Wheaton North High School

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Wheaton North High School
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Address
Wheaton North High School
701 West Thomas Road [1]

Wheaton
,
Illinois
60187

United States
Coordinates 41°53′02″N88°06′58″W / 41.88389°N 88.11611°W / 41.88389; -88.11611
Information
School type Public Secondary
Opened1964;60 years ago (1964)
School district Comm. Unit S.D. 200
NCES District ID1742180
SuperintendentJeffrey Schuler [2]
CEEB code 144386
NCES School ID174218004223
PrincipalDan Korntheuer [3]
Teaching staff132.85 (on an FTE basis) [4]
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment1,871 [4]  (2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio14.08 [4]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Blue
  Gold [5]
Fight song "Falcon Fight Song"
Athletics conferenceDuKane Conference [5]
MascotFalcon [1]
Team name Falcons [5]
PublicationFalcon Weekly [6]
NewspaperFalcon Flyer [6]
YearbookThe Northerner [6]
Website www.wnhs.org

Wheaton North High School (WNHS), locally referred to as "North" is a public four-year high school in Wheaton, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is one of two high schools that are part of Community Unit School District 200, the other being Wheaton Warrenville South High School.

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History

As demand for a second high school increased in the 1950s and 1960s, Wheaton North High School split off from the original Wheaton Community High School in 1963. At this time, Wheaton Community changed its name to Wheaton Central, and in 1974, a third high school Wheaton Warrenville, joined the district. In 1983, Wheaton Warrenville was closed and the district only had the two high schools, Wheaton North and Wheaton Central. In 1992, Wheaton Central moved into the former Wheaton Warrenville high school and changed its name to Wheaton Warrenville South.

The building underwent significant renovations in the mid-1990s and on April 1, 2003, residents of Community Unit School District 200 approved, by a vote of 10,173 to 6,518, [7] a $72 million bond referendum to renovate and add onto both Wheaton North, and its counterpart, Wheaton Warrenville South. Construction began in the summer of 2003 with its first phase of the building of a field house. The second phase included renovations and additions to the building, which were completed in summer 2006.

On August 31, 2007, the school received a surprise visit from former U.S. President Bill Clinton. He made the visit to commend the school for its history of community service, and particularly singled out Kendall Ciesemier for her achievement in raising money and awareness for highly vulnerable children in Africa through her charity, Kids Caring 4 Kids, despite suffering her own medical problems. Kendall was rewarded with a trip to The Oprah Winfrey Show . The episode featuring Kendall aired September 4, 2007. [8]

As of 2015, most of the school has not changed its appearance inside and out physically, until a flood occurred. This flood generated momentum and a problem for the school. The library received help from the community, its own faculty and other people as it was being refinished. This newly refinished library was also the class gift from the class of 2015. [9] [10]

Academics

In 2013, Wheaton North had an average composite ACT score of 23.6 and graduated 93.8% of its senior class. [11] Wheaton North has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, which with the ACT comprise the assessment tools used in Illinois to fulfill the federal No Child Left Behind Act. One of the school's student subgroups failed to meet minimum expectations in reading and mathematics.

The Challenge Index, used annually by The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine to rank U.S. high schools, placed Wheaton North in the top 1300 three years in a row. This index ranks public schools according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in the past year divided by the number of graduating seniors. In 2009, Wheaton North ranked #1260. In 2006, the school had ranked #1078, in 2007, it had ranked #1039, and in 2008, the school ranked #1276. [12]

Athletics

Wheaton North competes in the DuKane Conference, and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs most interscholastic sports and competitive activities in the state.

In 2003, Wheaton North and Wheaton Warrenville South became the first high schools in the DuPage Valley Conference, and among the first high schools in the nation, to convert their football fields to artificial field turf.

The school sponsors interscholastic athletic teams for boys and girls in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, parasailing, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Boys may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while girls may compete in badminton, cheerleading, and softball. [13]

The following teams have won championships in their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet: [14]

Activities

Wheaton North offers language clubs, service activities, and various other activities, typical of an American high school.

Competitive activities

The following competitive activities have earned championships in their respective State Championship Tournaments, sponsored by the IHSA: [14]

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ "Organizational Chart" (PDF). Community Unit School District 200. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
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