Lake Park High School

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Lake Park High School
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Location
Lake Park High School
600 S. Medinah Road
Roselle, IL 60172 (East)
500 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Roselle, IL 60172 (West)
,
Illinois

United States
Coordinates East Campus: 41°58′24″N88°03′14″W / 41.973259°N 88.053768°W / 41.973259; -88.053768
West Campus: 41°58′36″N88°05′37″W / 41.976768°N 88.093529°W / 41.976768; -88.093529
Information
Type Public high school
Established1956
School district Lake Park Community High School District 108
SuperintendentLynne Panega
PrincipalAmanda Brode-Rico
Faculty156.6 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–10 (East)
11–12 (West)
Enrollment2,522 (as of 2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.10:1 [1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Navy Blue
  White
Athletics DuKane Conference
Illinois High School Association
Team name Lancers
Accreditation Illinois State Board of Education
PublicationMontage
NewspaperPerspective
YearbookLance
Website www.lphs.org

Lake Park High School is a four-year public high school occupying two campuses, both located in Roselle, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. Freshmen and sophomores attend the East Campus (the original campus built in 1956), located near Medinah, and juniors and seniors attend the West Campus. It is part of the Lake Park Community High School District 108. Students from Roselle, Medinah, Bloomingdale, Itasca, Wood Dale, Keeneyville, and Hanover Park attend the school.

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History

The name "Lake Park" is derived from the campuses being between "Lake" Street and Irving "Park" Road. The citizens of northwestern DuPage County, Illinois founded Lake Park High School District 108 in 1953, and the doors opened at what is now East Campus, 600 South Medinah Road, Roselle, in September 1956 to 320 students. In less than twenty years, the number of students had increased substantially and West Campus was built in 1975. [2] The east campus borders the Medinah Country Club.

Athletics

Lake Park has 28 athletic teams, of which there are 13 boys, 11 girls teams and 4 co-ed teams that compete in the DuKane Conference and Illinois High School Association.

State titles

Exchanges

Lake Park has an exchange program with Helene-Lange-Gymnasium in Hamburg, Germany, allowing students to experience each other's culture and lifestyle.

Notable alumni

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