Waukegan High School

Waukegan High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Waukegan, Illinois, USA, a city to the north of Chicago, Illinois. It is part of Waukegan Community Unit School District 60. Students attend classes at the Washington Campus (EAST Campus), located at 1011 Washington Street, and also at the Brookside Campus (WEST Campus), at 2325 Brookside Avenue.

Waukegan High School
Address
2325 Brookside Avenue

Waukegan
,
Illinois
60085

United States
Coordinates34.1693°N 73.2425°E / 34.1693; 73.2425 (Brookside)
42.35855°N 87.844148°W / 42.35855; -87.844148 (Washington)
Information
School typePublic
Opened1870
School districtWaukegan Community Unit School District 60
SuperintendentTheresa Plascencia
PrincipalTimothy Bryner
Teaching staff215.00 FTE
Grades9–12
Gendercoed
Number of students4,609 (2017–18)[1]
Average class size20.4[2]
CampusSuburban
School color(s)purple
green
gold
SongThe Purple, Green And Gold
Fight songThe Purple, Green And Gold
Athletics conferenceNorth Suburban Conference
MascotBulldog
NicknameBulldogs
Team nameWaukegan Bulldogs
AccreditationAdvancED[3]
NewspaperThe Dog Times
Websiteschools.wps60.org

History

WHS first opened its doors in 1870 with the original building the aforementioned Washington Campus. From this point up to the construction of Brookside Campus, it was known as the Waukegan Township High School. Brookside Campus was built to accommodate the baby boomer generation after WWII and opened in 1974.[4] Brookside Campus originally held the Freshmen and Sophomore classes, while Washington Campus housed the Junior and Senior classes. Between the 1975–76 school year, and the 1989–90 school year, Waukegan High School split into two completely separate campuses. The East (Washington) campus is considered to be one and the same as the current and previous Waukegan High School. The West (Brookside) Campus was, during those years, a separate high school known as Waukegan West. After 1990, the two campuses combined, with Washington Campus becoming a 9th grade center, while Brookside Campus became a 10th-12th grade center. One small development of the two schools combining was the new mascot, a bulldog with an eye-patch. The eye-patch is an homage to Waukegan West's mascot: a raider.

After the 2004 school year, a new program called "Houses" was created, with the goals of creating smaller learning environments for the student body, and allowing for those students to learn with like-minded people. All even number houses up to eight were located at Washington Campus, while all odd-numbered houses up to seven were located at Brookside Campus. Each house contained their own principal, dean, secretary, and several counselors. The program ended by the 2017-2018 school year, and instead a change was opted where Brookside Campus became a 9th-10th grade learning center, while Washington Campus became an 11th-12th grade learning center.

Today, it is one of the largest high schools in the United States.[5]

Demographics

According to the Illinois School Report Card for 2018, the demographics are as follow: 79.2% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3.5% White, 1.6% Asian, 1.7% Two or More Races, 0.8% American Indian, and 0.2% Pacific Islander.[6]

Feeder Schools

Public schools
Name of feeder school Name of feeder school's school district
Daniel Webster Middle School[7] Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
Jack Benny Middle School[8] Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
Miguel Juarez Middle School[9] Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
Robert E. Abbott Middle School[10] Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
Thomas Jefferson Middle School[11] Waukegan Community Unit School District 60

Athletics

The Waukegan Bulldogs are members of the North Suburban Conference. They also compete as a part of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which sponsors the state tournaments for most of the sports and activities in the state.

During the time when Waukegan High School was split into Waukegan East and Waukegan West High Schools, East retained the "Bulldog" nickname that had been in use, while the West school took the name "Raiders". When the schools merged again, the traditional Bulldog name was retained, however, a pirate's eye patch was added to depictions of the bulldog to honor the "Raiders" legacy of the West campus.[12]

Waukegan sponsors the following interscholastic athletic teams for men and women:

While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors teams in pom poms for women, and coed teams in drill team and rifle team.[13]

The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective state championship tournaments, sponsored by the IHSA:[14]

  • Baseball: 2nd place (1959–60); State Champions (1970–71, 1982–83)
  • Basketball (boys): 4th place (1958–59); 2nd place (2008–09); 3rd place (2009–10)
  • Cross Country (boys): 3rd place (1993–94)
  • Golf (boys): 4th place (1939–40); 3rd place (1957–58); 2nd place (1953–54, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1969–70)
  • Golf (girls): 4th place (1976–77, 1977–78, 1983–84); 3rd place (1992–93); 2nd place (1981–82); State Champions (1975–76, 1980–81, 1991–92)
  • Track & Field (boys): 4th place (1926–27); 3rd place (1982–83, 1989–90); 2nd place (1953–54); State Champions (1979–80)
  • Track & Field (girls): 3rd place (1994–95); 2nd place (1995–96)
  • Wrestling: 4th place (1953–54, 1960–61, 1991–92, 1993–94, 2000–01); 3rd place (1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1981–82); 2nd place (1950–51, 1951–52, 1961–62, 1990–91); State Champions (1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66)

The 1982–83 baseball state title, the 1983–84 4th place finish in girls golf, and the 1989–90 3rd place finish in boys track & field were won by Waukegan West High School. The IHSA recognizes the current Waukegan High School as the caretaker of these victories.[14]

The Purple, The Green, The Gold (Fight Song)

Also known as the School Song, or Purple, Green, and Gold, it was originally composed by Otto E. Graham in 1959.[15] The lyrics are:

Hail Waukegan High, Hail Waukegan High
How grandly rings your name
With fervor, joy and loyalty
As it wings its way to fame
In our school we climb the ladder
Four years of constant stress
Ev’ry task that we can conquer
A step upward to success

Hail Waukegan High, Hail Waukegan High
You lead in noble thought
The truth that’s taught within yours walls
It will never come to naught
We will win in ev’ry contest
Our athletes will be bold
March onward oh Waukegan
Hail, hail the Purple, Green and Gold

Hoo-ray, hoo-rah, rah rah rah rah Waukegan
Hoo-ray, hoo-rah, rah rah rah rah Waukegan
(whistle)—BOOM

Hail Waukegan High, Hail Waukegan High
We will ever praise our honored school her worth can ne’er be told.
Hail Waukegan High, Hail Waukegan High
From your mantled walls of ivy clad
‘Neath the Purple, Green and Gold.

(Fight Bulldogs---Fight!)

Notable alumni
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