Lake Forest High School
Motto	Abeunt Studia in Mores (They leave, striving after morality)
Established	1935
Type	Public secondary
Faculty	150
Students	1,749
Grades	9–12
Location	1285 N. McKinley Rd. Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Royal blue and gold
Mascot	Scouts
Website	www.lfhs.org

Lake Forest High School, or LFHS, is a public four-year high school located in Lake Forest, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It serves the communities of Lake Forest, Lake Bluff and Knollwood. It is fed by Lake Bluff Middle School, Lake Forest Country Day School, Saint Mary's and Deerpath Middle School. Image File history File links Lfhsseal. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions. ... Incorporated City in 1861. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Look up Scout in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Scout can refer to: International Harvester Scout, an SUV Reconnaissance Scouting, the world-wide youth organization Scout rank (Boy Scouts of America) Scout (comic), a comic book from Eclipse Comics. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education, which is otherwise known as secondary education. ... Incorporated City in 1861. ... North Shore refers to more than one geographic area: North Shore, New Zealand, a city in the Auckland conurbation, New Zealand North Shore (Sydney), a suburban region of Sydney, Australia North Shore (Victoria), a suburb of Geelong, Australia North Shore (Lake Superior), the area of Minnesota, USA and Ontario, Canada... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Incorporated City in 1861. ... Lake Bluff is a village located in Lake County, Illinois. ... Knollwood is a small patch of unincorporated Lake County, Illinois, between Lake Bluff and Roundout. ... Lake Bluff Middle School is located in East Lake Bluff, Illinois. ... Lake Forest Country Day School (LFCDS) is a private K-8 school located in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA. External links Lake Forest Country Day School website ... School Of St. ... Deerpath Middle School is located in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA. Grades 5-8. ...

History

Originally built in 1935, the facilities have had substantial and continual renovation. The school now boasts state of the art science labs, a studio theater, an auditorium theater, a complete array of special education facilities, 8 computer labs and 3 mobile laptop carts, a state-of-the-art foreign language lab, a student publication center, photography lab, a television studio with a collection of 5,500 curriculum-related videotapes, a computerized library with CD-ROM information retrieval, a field house with climbing wall.

Every room has been outfitted with a ceiling-mounted projector within the last year. The school has recently spent $4 million renovating its auditorium. LFHS' field house was completed in the 1990s and is outfitted with a continually improving climbing wall, Mount Scout.

The grounds are well kept, and they include: A large front lawn, used for Field Hockey and other sports such as lacrosse and ultimate, and a full-sized track and Football field with 2 full sets of bleachers. Due to the school being situated very near residential areas, the city of Lake Forest does not permit the football team to use lights at the football field for night games. This issue is being addressed with the referendum, where a new Varsity field is to be constructed at the west campus. A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... The Dive Shot. Lacrosse is a team sport that is played with ten players (mens field), six players (mens box), or twelve players (womens field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a hard rubber ball with the aim... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The referendum passed by an overwhelming 2/3 majority, and renovations are set to take place in two phases. The first phase, to be completed by the 2007/2008 school year includes the addition of a music wing, and renovation of the west campus including construction of a Varsity field. The second phase, to be completed by August of 2008, will include academic renovations at the east campus, and construction of administrative offices at the west campus.

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Academics

In 2005, Lake Forest had an average composite ACT score of 25.1, and graduated 99.8% of its senior class. It has been included in the "Top thousand" and "Most Successful" lists of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Parade magazine. The average class size is 19.3. Lake Forest has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.^[1] The ACT® test is a standardized achievement examination for college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. ... Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a term defined by the No Child Left Behind Act. ... President Bush signing the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act at Hamilton H.S. in Hamilton, Ohio. ...

The staff is comprised of 149 teachers, of which 78% hold an advanced degree.^[2] The average tenure of faculty members at Lake Forest High School is 9.9 years. Members of the faculty have been instrumental in the development of Advanced Placement courses, serve on a number of state curriculum committees, and have authored both articles in professional journals and textbooks.^{[citation needed]}

In the past graduating class, 86% have enrolled in 4-year colleges and 5% have enrolled in 2-year Colleges. 94% of students took more units of mathematics than LFHS's minimum of three, and 30% of students took at least four years of English. Along with the typical course offerings, Lake Forest High School also covers Advanced Placement classes in: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Economics, Environmental Science, French V, French VI, German IV, Latin IV, Latin V, Literary Analysis and Criticism, Modern European History, Music Theory, Psychology, Physics B, Physics C, Political Science, Spanish V, Statistics, Studio Art, United States History, and World History. Advanced Placement (AP) is the term used to describe high school classes that are taught at a college level. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that the central science be merged into this article or section. ... Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of writing, testing, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... AP Environmental Science is for highly motivated students with interest in interdisciplinary science. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Music theory is a field of study that investigates the nature or mechanics of music. ... Psychology (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhÄ“, spirit, soul; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is an academic / applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior of humans and animals. ... AP Physics B is an advanced placement science course that is separated into five different sections of study: Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics, Waves and Optics, and Atomic and Nuclear Physics. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with AP Physics B. (Discuss) Categories: | | ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... AP Statistics students engage in the exploratory analysis of data, using graphical and numerical techniques. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This college-level course offered through the College Boards Advanced Placement Program helps students develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts in interactions with different types of Human societies. ...

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Notable alumni

• Alan Benes, 1990, MLB baseball pitcher
• Andrew Bird, 1991, musician
• Thierry J. Chaunu, 1974, president of Chopard USA Limited [1]
• Dave Eggers, 1988, writer
• Charlie Finn, actor
• Rob Pelinka 1988, sports agent
• Phil Rosenthal, 1981, columnist Chicago Tribune
• Don Tiffany, 1988, actor
• Vince Vaughn, 1988, actor [2]
• Catherine Warren, 2002, Miss Illinois USA 2006
• Tim Weigel, 1963, newscaster [3]

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References

1. ^ Illinois School Report Card
2. ^ School Profile

External links

• Official Website