Sullivan High School (Chicago)

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Sullivan High School
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Sullivan High School (Chicago)
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
Opened1923
School district Chicago Public Schools
CEEB code 141310 [1]
PrincipalChad H. Adams
Gender Coed
Enrollment731 (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]
NewspaperSentinel [5]
YearbookNavillus [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.

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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]

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. [9] In 1977–78, the school's football team won the Public League championship. [10]

Notable alumni

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  1. ↑ CollegeBoard: High School Search
  2. ↑ Chicago Public Schools: Sullivan
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  4. ↑ "Institution Summary for Sullivan High School". AdvancED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Clubs". directory. Roger C. Sullivan High School. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  6. 1 2 Baron, Dan (1990). "Sullivan High School: an interim report on Chicago's local school councils". Illinois Issues. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  7. 1 2 3 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. ↑ IHSA Chicago (Sullivan)
  10. ↑ Fred Mitchell. "Sullivan saves best for last in title drive". Chicago Tribune. November 26, 1978. C3.
  11. 1 2 3 "Sullivan, Roger C. Sullivan High School Honor Roll"
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Meyer-Abbott, Ben (10 November 2009). "Sullivan". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Goldsborough, Bob (July 23, 2018). "Richard Greenberg, title designer for major Hollywood films, dies at 71". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Chicago Man Named Shimer College Head". Chicago Tribune. 1970-06-04. p. A9.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ Faye, Marcia, "Art Paul: The art of designing Playboy", iitmagazine (Spring 2009)
  20. ↑ 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.
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