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Libertyville High School, or LHS, is a public four-year high school located in Libertyville, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Park Avenue (IL Rte 176) and Dawes Street and is part of Community High School District 128, which also includes Vernon Hills High School. For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ...
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Libertyville is a suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
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Libertyville is a suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. ...
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Vernon Hills High School, or VHHS, is a public four-year high school located in Vernon Hills, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. ...
History
The school was originally founded as Libertyville Township High School in 1917. The original building (the Brainerd campus) still stands today, although it is mostly unused due to safety concerns. The current, pictured building opened its doors in 1953. January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ...
In 1980, the aquatic facilities of LHS were used for the film Ordinary People. The entire film was originally to be shot at LHS, but was moved to Lake Forest Academy, because the LHS campus was deemed "too nice". This article is about the film. ...
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. ...
In 2001, James Hughes filmed New Port South at Libertyville's Brainerd campus. James is the son of the legendary eighties teen writer/director/producer John Hughes. New Port South is a drama released in 2001. ...
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Feeder schools Before going to LHS, students attend Libertyville District 70, where they would go to Adler Park Elementary School, Butterfield Elementary School, Copeland Manor Elementary School, or Rockland Elementary School, then Highland Middle School. However, students from Oak Grove School, a K-8 school in Green Oaks, and students of Hawthorn District 73 who live in Libertyville, also feed into LHS. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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Academics In 2005, LHS had an average composite ACT score of 24.1, and graduated 99.4% of its senior class. Libertyville 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. ...
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The staff includes 157 teachers, of whom 88% hold an advanced degree.[2]
In 2006, Newsweek released a list of the best high schools in America. LHS was ranked 779th nationwide and 22nd. state-wide.[3] In 2007 Libertyville ranks 652nd on the list. The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...
In 2004, Libertyville was awarded the "Bright Red Apple Award of Excellence" for its eleventh consecutive year by SchoolSearch.
2006 Libertyville High School Report Card
Athletics Libertyville competes in the North Suburban Conference. Its mascot is the Wildcat. The North Suburban Conference is an IHSA recognized high school extra-curricular conference including the following schools, generally located in the North Shore (Chicago) area in Illinois. ...
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Libertyville's rivals are Stevenson High School, and Vernon Hills High School. Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Stevenson High School, or SHS, is a public four-year high school located near the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Half Day Road in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. ...
Vernon Hills High School, or VHHS, is a public four-year high school located in Vernon Hills, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. ...
The Libertyville athletic director is Mr. Briant Kelly, former Statistics and Geometry teacher.
Wildcat Football Chicago Bears players Brian Urlacher, Cedric Benson, Chris Harris, and Devin Hester have been at LHS football games.[citation needed] City Chicago, Illinois Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway Team colors Navy Blue and Orange Head Coach Lovie Smith Owner Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman Michael McCaskey General manager Jerry Angelo Fight song Bear Down, Chicago Bears Mascot Staley Da Bear League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919) National Football...
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Cedric Myron Benson (born December 28, 1982 in Midland, Texas) is an American football running back. ...
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Devin Hester (born November 4, 1982) is a wide receiver and return specialist, who plays for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. ...
2003 The Wildcats were state runner-ups in 2003. They lost in overtime to Oswego.
2004 The school's varsity football team won the Class 7A State Championship in 2004 in a 13-3 win over Cary-Grove.
2005 In 2005 Libertyville put in a modern FieldTurf field, along with new speakers. This improvement allows all sports to constantly utilize the field for practice as well as games, as the turf does not break down and requires minimal maintenance. The team lost in the first round of the Illinois state playoffs to Providence. The wide plain of FieldTurf used at Torontos Rogers Centre was installed after the 2004 baseball season. ...
2006 In 2006, Libertyville packed in 6,500 in "The Wildcat Den" to watch Libertyville take on Stevenson High School and featured Illinois High School Football's (Illinois High School Association) first Jumbotron. The Wildcats went on to win the game. The team went undefeated in the regular season, and were the #1 seed in the playoffs, but the "Cats" lost in the second round. Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Stevenson High School, or SHS, is a public four-year high school located near the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Half Day Road in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. ...
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in interscholastic events at the high school level. ...
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2007 The Cats were 4-4 going into the last game of the season needing at least a 5-4 record to make the playoffs, they needed to win. The game was against Lake Forest. The Cats were down 14-0 going into halftime. The Cats would comeback to take the lead only to be tied at the end of regulation. The game in overtime was won by Lake Forest, and a down year for Libertyville would disappointingly end with no playoffs for the first time in 10+ years.
Wildcat Baseball The LHS Baseball team was state runner-up in 1976. In 1997 and 2003, the Cats won state in summer baseball.
The Wildcats recently renovated their stadium, adding a net behind the plate, and a brick wall around the stadium.
Wildcat Girls Soccer In 1991 and 2001 the school's varsity girls soccer team won the State Championship.
Wildcat Girls Volleyball In 2006 the schools varsity volleyball team won the NSC, and continued on to the sweet sixteen round of the state tournament In 2007 the school's girls volleyball team qualified for state competition, earning a 4th place finish. This squad was the first in the school's history to reach state competition.
Wildcat Boys Basketball Libertyville's boys basketball team advanced to the IHSA Class AA Semifinals in 1991, losing to eventual state champion Proviso East by four points. Proviso East High School serves the educational needs of four villages within the Proviso Township, namely Maywood where it is located, Broadview, Forest Park and Melrose Park. ...
Three years later, the Wildcats advanced to the quarterfinals, losing to Rockford Boylan. The 1994 team was led by All-State guard Matt Heldman, who went on to letter four years at the University of Illinois. Heldman was in the middle of a professional career in Europe when he died in an automobile crash in Libertyville. Boylan Titans Central Catholic High School is a private Catholic school in the city of Rockford, Illinois. ...
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Wildcat Boys Lacrosse Libertyville's boys lacrosse team placed second in the state in 2004 and has made multiple final four appearances. The team has sent many players to college, most notably Steven Brooks, an All-American at Syracuse University.
Wildcat Girls Swimming and Diving The girl's JV swim team won at JV Conference in 2007 beating Stevenson and Lake Forest. The Varsity girls came in third at conference, but first at sectionals. There were 8 state qualifiers, the best of which came in 9th.
Activities The school's mathematics team won state in 2003 and 2004. They were runner-up in 2002 and 2005. The Speech Cats won 2nd place for small schools during their home tournament in the 2005-2006 school year. The Academic Decathlon team finished 5th in state in 2005. The Scolastic Bowl team placed fourth in state in 2007. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is one of the premier academic competitions in the United States. ...
LHS's Model United Nations participates in many national conferences such as those at Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Illinois, and UIC.
The Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Don Shupe, has performed at several national and international music conferences. In 1998 and 2004, the Wind Ensemble performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic for an international audience of music professionals. In addition, the Wind Ensemble has either won the University of Illinois Superstate Band Competition or been the honor band in every year from 1996-2005. The school's jazz band has won one of the local jazz festivals every year for over twenty years. In 2007 the Wind Ensemble won the National Wind Band Honors in Class AAAAA high schools, one of the highest honors in the country. The success of the Libertyville High School bands has earned them a position among the best high school bands in the country. A wind band, also called concert band, symphonic band, or wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of woodwind, brass, percussion instruments, and often string bass. ...
A jazz band (or jazz ensemble in western dialects of American English) is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. ...
There are currently three Libertyville orchestras, Chamber Orchestra being the most prestigious. The Symphony Orchestra performed for the Midwest Clinic in 2004. Every other year the orchestra performs all throughout the world. They have been to China, Italy, and many other places.
Each year, the Fine and Performing Arts department presents a fall musical, a winter play, a spring play, and an evening of student-directed one-act plays. LHS was the first high school in Illinois, as well as one of the first in the country, to perform the internationally known musical Les Misérables. Their 2005 Fall musical, Pippin, was performed at the 2006 Illinois High School Theatre Festival at Illinois State University. Past musicals and plays include Robin Hood, Arcadia, A Murder Is Announced, Into The Woods, Oklahoma!, Once in a Lifetime (play)|Once in a Lifetime, Rumors, Macbeth, Pacific Overtures, Fiddler on the Roof, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Picnic, Cyrano de Bergerac, Guys and Dolls, CATS and many more. Les Misérables (pronunciation ), colloquially known as Les Mis, is a musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg on a libretto by Alain Boublil. ...
Pippin is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. ...
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Arcadia is a play by Tom Stoppard which first opened at the Royal National Theatre in London on 13 April 1993 and has played at many theatres since. ...
Into the Woods is an award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ...
Oklahoma! was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ...
Rumors is a farce by Neil Simon. ...
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Pacific Overtures was an ambitious 1976 musical by Stephen Sondheim, with a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler, set in 1853 Japan. ...
For the film, see Fiddler on the Roof (film) Fiddler on the Roof is a well-known Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. ...
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Picnic is a 1953 play by William Inge. ...
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Libertyville is a suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. ...
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References - ^ Illinois School Report Card
- ^ School Profile
- ^ The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools
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