Sullivan High School (Chicago)

For other uses, see Sullivan High School (disambiguation).

Sullivan High School
Address
6631 N. Bosworth Avenue Chicago , Illinois 60626 United States
Coordinates	42°00′10″N87°40′08″W / 42.0028°N 87.6689°W / 42.0028; -87.6689
Information
School type	Public secondary
Opened	1923
School district	Chicago Public Schools
CEEB code	141310 [1]
Principal	Chad H. Adams
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	731 (2017-18) [2]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Navy Blue   Gold [3]
Athletics conference	Chicago Public League [3]
Team name	Tigers [3]
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [4]
Newspaper	Sentinel [5]
Yearbook	Navillus [5]
Website	sullivanhs.org

Sullivan High School is a public four-year high school located in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Sullivan is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. Opened in 1926, the school is named for businessman and Illinois politician Roger Charles Sullivan.

History

Sullivan opened in 1926 as a junior high school under the Chicago Board of Education's plan creation of junior high schools in Chicago. ^[6] The school begin serving as a traditional high school when junior high schools in the city were phased out in 1933. ^[6]

In the 2010s, Sullivan High School has served a large number of refugee students. ^{[7] [8]} As of 2017, 45% of students were foreign-born and came from 38 different countries. ^[7] That same year, the school was designated a "newcomer center" by Chicago Public Schools for its programming for refugee and immigrant students. ^[7]

Academics

Sullivan High School is rated a 2 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, a national school quality information site. ^[9] GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings: the Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school.

Athletics

Sullivan competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The schools sport teams are nicknamed the Tigers. Sullivan boys' soccer team were regional champions and sectional finalists in 2016 and 2017. Sullivan girls' basketball team were regional champions in 2008–09. The boys' track and field became public league champions in 1938–39. ^[10] In 1977–78, the school's football team won the Public League championship. ^[11]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Sullivan High School (Chicago) alumni

• Ira Berkow – New York Times sportswriter and author ^{[12] [13]}
• Elizabeth Ann Blaesing – illegitimate daughter of President Warren G. Harding ^[14]
• Sidney Blumenthal – journalist and aide to Bill Clinton ^[13]
• Hal Bruno – Newsweek correspondent and political director of ABC News; served as moderator for 1992's vice-presidential debate
• Bobby Dixon - Euroleague basketball player
• Richard Alan Greenberg - Oscar-nominated special effects designer ^[15]
• Shecky Greene – comedian and actor ^{[12] [13]}
• Robert Spencer Long – president of Shimer College ^[16]
• Dick Marx – jazz pianist, arranger, and composer, best known for writing commercial jingles for Kellogg's Raisin Bran and Ken-L Ration dog food; scored the film A League of Their Own ; his son is musician Richard Marx ^[17]
• Clayton Moore – actor, best known for his portrayal of The Lone Ranger ^[13]
• Danny Newman – publicist and author who worked for Jimmy Durante, Milton Berle, the New York Philharmonic, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago; pioneered the idea of subscription sales ^[18]
• Cliff Norton – radio announcer and character actor on television and in films ^[19]
• Art Paul – former Playboy Art Director and designer of its rabbit-head logo ^{[20] [13]}
• Charles H. Percy – U.S. Senator ^[21]
• Dewey Robinson – Major League Baseball pitcher (1979–81), playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox; currently a minor league coach ^[13]
• Jan Schakowsky – United States Representative for Illinois's 9th congressional district (1999–present) ^[13]
• ruth weiss - poet and filmmaker

• Haskell Wexler – two–time Oscar-winning cinematographer ( Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , Bound for Glory ) ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. CollegeBoard: High School Search
2. Chicago Public Schools: Sullivan
3. "Chicago (Sullivan)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 10 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
4. "Institution Summary for Sullivan High School". AdvancED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
5. "Clubs". directory. Roger C. Sullivan High School. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
6. Baron, Dan (1990). "Sullivan High School: an interim report on Chicago's local school councils". Illinois Issues. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
7. Schukar, Alyssa. "Welcome to Refugee High". Chicago magazine. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
8. Keilman, John. "New documentary highlights refugees' soccer triumph at Chicago's Sullivan High". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
9. "Best High Schools in Chicago, IL | GreatSchools". GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
10. IHSA Chicago (Sullivan)
11. Fred Mitchell. "Sullivan saves best for last in title drive". Chicago Tribune. November 26, 1978. C3.
12. "Sullivan, Roger C. Sullivan High School Honor Roll"
13. Meyer-Abbott, Ben (10 November 2009). "Sullivan". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
14. Wead, Doug (2003). All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families . New York: Atria Books. p. 355. ISBN   0-7434-4631-3.
15. Goldsborough, Bob (July 23, 2018). "Richard Greenberg, title designer for major Hollywood films, dies at 71". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
16. "Chicago Man Named Shimer College Head". Chicago Tribune. 1970-06-04. p. A9. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
17. "Dick Marx, "Chicago's Jingle King"". biography. Dick Marx & Associates. Archived from the original on 16 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009. Dick Marx graduated from Sullivan High School whose alumni includes jingle composer Marty Rubenstein.
18. Isaacs, Deanna (21 December 2006). "Hello, Newman: Legendary publicist Danny Newman has published a star-studded memoir". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 11 November 2009. By the time he graduated from Sullivan High School he was working as a publicist anywhere he could, from Bishop Bernard J. Sheil's Catholic Youth Organization to movie houses that featured the "double whammy" of vaudeville and flicks.
19. Webber, Brad (January 28, 2003). "CLIFF NORTON, 84 ; Veteran character actor known for comic touch: [North Sports Final Edition]". Chicago Tribune. p. II-8. ProQuest   419544162. Mr. Norton, 84, died of lung cancer Saturday, Jan. 25, in his Studio City, Calif., home. [..] Born in Chicago, Mr. Norton graduated from Sullivan High School in 1935. By the end of that decade, he was a disc jockey with a morning show on WAAF-AM 1000.
20. Faye, Marcia, "Art Paul: The art of designing Playboy", iitmagazine (Spring 2009)
21. Pearson, Rick (17 September 2011). "Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 September 2011. Percy attended Sullivan High School in Rogers Park for the first two years and New Trier High School for the last two years. The family had moved to Wilmette in 1935 after the father found temporary employment.

External links

• Sullivan High School website