Sullivan High School | |
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Address | |
6631 N. Bosworth Avenue , 60626 | |
Coordinates | 42°00′10″N87°40′08″W / 42.0028°N 87.6689°W |
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 |
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.
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]
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. [9] In 1977–78, the school's football team won the Public League championship. [10]
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Dick Marx graduated from Sullivan High School whose alumni includes jingle composer Marty Rubenstein.
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.
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.
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.