Lake View High School (Chicago)

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Lake View High School
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Lake View High School (Chicago)
4015 N. Ashland Avenue.

Chicago
,
Illinois
60613

United States
Coordinates 41°57′19″N87°40′07″W / 41.9554°N 87.6686°W / 41.9554; -87.6686
Information
School type Public secondary
Motto Ad astra per aspera
"To the stars through difficulties"
Opened1874 [1]
1886 (current location)
School district Chicago Public Schools
CEEB code 140930 [2]
PrincipalPaul Joseph Karafiol [3]
Grades 9–12
Gender Coed
Enrollment1,287 (2015–16) [4]
Campus type Urban
Color(s)  Red
  White [5]
Athletics conference Chicago Public League [5]
Team name Wildcats [5]
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [6]
NewspaperLake reView [7]
YearbookRed & White [7]
Website lakeviewhs.com

Lake View High School is a public four-year high school located in the Lake View neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Lake View is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. While the current building opened in 1886, the school itself opened in 1874, dating to a time when the Lake View community was not a part of the city of Chicago. Lake View became a part of Chicago in 1889. Created when the Lake View area was its own township before it joined Chicago, the school is the oldest operating township secondary school in the state of Illinois. [8]

Contents

Parts of the film My Bodyguard were filmed at Lake View High School. [9]

Academics and activities

Lake View High School earned a bronze medal in the U.S. News /School Matters Best High School rankings. [10]

The school offers approximately 20 clubs and activities for students. [7] Among those which are chapters or branches of nationally notable organizations are National Honor Society and Key Club. [7]

Athletics

Lake View competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL), and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Teams are stylized as the Wildcats. The boys' track & field team finished second at the first IHSA State Meet in 1892–93, and its boys' soccer team finished fourth in the IHSA State Tournament in 2008–09. [11] [12]

In the years before World War Two, the school had a fifty-foot rifle range in the basement and fielded a rifle team. [13]

Feeder patterns

K-8 schools which feed into Lake View include Audubon, Bell, Blaine, Burley, Greeley, Hamilton, Jahn, Nettelhorst, and Schneider. [14] [15]

Notable alumni

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