Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 | |
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Address | |
841 West End Court , Illinois , 60061United States | |
District information | |
Grades | PreK-8 |
Superintendent | Dr. Pete Hannigan [1] |
Other information | |
Website | Official website |
Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 is located in Vernon Hills, Illinois, approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago. It has approximately 3,937 students as of 2020 [2] in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade in six schools spread across two campuses, the North Campus and the T.G. Oakson Campus.
Oakson Campus refers to the schools on the south site of Route 60. [3]
As of 2011, Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School and Hawthorn Townline Elementary school offer a dual-language program in only Spanish. They are optional schools within the district. Children who do not attend these will not receive language learning until 7th grade. Children who do attend these schools will be given an advanced Spanish course in 6th grade instead of a Writing course. [4] [ verification needed ] By about 2012, [5] [6] [7] while formerly a single classroom in each building, [8] the dual language program since became its own cohesive building called the School of Dual Language, housed at Townline Elementary, which provides at least 50% of instruction in Spanish. [9]
In 2012, the district piloted full-day kindergarten in two of its elementary schools, [10] which previously had separate half-day morning and afternoon kindergarten classes. The district permanently began full-time kindergarten districtwide in the 2015-16 school year, [11] along with other restructuring such as the elimination of the choice school system (with the exception of the School of Dual Language). [12] [3]
In 2017, the district began working to expand the dual language program into middle schools, [3] [8] and the program is now located at the School of Dual Languagefor students in grades K-5, and at both Middle School North and Middle School South for students in grades 6-8. [13]
In August 2020, the Hawthorn School for Young Learners opened, a new kindergarten building, taking students from all elementary schools except the School of Dual Language, [14] and opened its doors to in-person students in January 2021. [3]
After discussions beginning in April 2020, school hours for kindergarten and above were extended starting in the 2023-24 school year to 7 hours per day, from the previous 6 hours 15 minutes for elementary schoolers and 6 hours 30 minutes for middle schoolers. [15] [16]