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* [[Bob Dudley]] (class of 1973) is the current CEO of [[BP]].<ref name="New BP chief has Hinsdale connection">{{cite web|last=Bosch |first=Sandy |url=http://www.pioneerlocal.com/clarendonhills/news/2539958,clarendon-hills-dudley-072910-s1.article |title=Bosch, ; 'New BP chief has Hinsdale connection''; 27 July 2010; ''Pioneer Local''; accessed 27 July 2010 |publisher=Pioneerlocal.com |date=2010-07-27 |accessdate=2010-07-08}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:51, 7 October 2011
| Hinsdale Central High School | |
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| Address | |
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5500 S. Grant St. , 60521 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°47′14″N 87°56′00″W / 41.7872°N 87.9332°W |
| Information | |
| School type | public secondary |
| Opened | 1879 |
| School district | Hinsdale Township High School District 86 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Nicholas D. Wahl[1] |
| Principal | Mr. Michael McGrory [2] |
| Faculty | 352[3] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 2,686[4] |
| Average class size | 21.8[4] |
| Campus | suburban |
| Colour(s) | red white[5] |
| Athletics conference | West Suburban Conference |
| Nickname | Red Devils[5] |
| Publication | Solstice[6] |
| Newspaper | Devils' Advocate[6] |
| Yearbook | El Diablo[6] |
| Website | http://central.hinsdale86.org/ |
Hinsdale Central High School, or HCHS (locally referred to as simply "Central") is a public four-year high school located at the corner of W. 55th St. and S. Grant St. in Hinsdale, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Founded in 1879, the school is well known for its large spending per student, academic excellence, and athletic programs. It is part of Hinsdale Township High School District No. 86, which also includes Hinsdale South High School. The school is 17 miles west of Chicago and serves a suburban residential area of approximately 35,000 people. The Central campus draws its students from all of the village of Hinsdale, majority of Clarendon Hills and Oak Brook, and small parts of Burr Ridge, Darien, Willowbrook and Westmont.[7]
The official name of the school is Hinsdale Township High School Central, often abbreviated Hinsdale TWP HS Central. This name is derived from the school's original name: Hinsdale Township High School (HTHS). "Central" was added to the original name when Hinsdale South High School opened in 1965.
History
Hinsdale High School was established in 1879 when community members began to see the need for education beyond eighth grade for their children. The first students, Alice Warren, Minnie Hinds, Grace Redfield, and Florence Webster graduated in 1883. In this period, there were five teachers, including the principal, teaching about 120 students in grades 1 - 12. All twelve grades shared the ca. 1866 schoolhouse at Garfield and Third Streets, built by William Robbins to serve the community he was developing.
In 1894 the school building burned, and was replaced by a new building on the same site. In 1911 the school district was reorganized, and the school became officially known as Hinsdale Township High School. In 1916 a new school building was completed nearby.
By the 1930s, a site for a new school to serve the growing community was purchased south of town at the corner of 55th & Grant Streets. Though a new football field was dedicated on this property in 1932, Depression and World War II constraints postponed construction until 1948. The current high school building was dedicated in 1950.
By the 1960s, two additional school sites were purchased. Hinsdale South High School opened in 1965 a the corner of Clarendon Hills Road and 75th Street in Darien. It was then that the word "Central" was added to the name of the school. The other property at the corner of Midwest Road and 31st Street in Oak Brook, for a potential Hinsdale North High School, was later determined to be not needed, and was sold. This property now forms part of the Trinity Lakes Subdivision.
In 2004, the school underwent additional construction to alleviate crowded hallways and rebuild deteriorating parts of the building. The reconstruction included a new 5 million dollar library, extended cafeteria, and connected hallways greatly opening up the campus and improving the flow of traffic.
In 2007, it was the only high school in the country to be nominated as a Character Counts school and was named Character Counts School of the Year [8]
In 2009, Hinsdale Central was named the National School Of Character by the Character Counts! organization.
Academics
The Class of 2009 scored an average composite score of 26.2 on the ACT examination, and graduated 96.4% of the class.[4] The school is making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[4]
In Newsweek's 2009 Top 1500 high schools in the United States, which bases school rankings on a ratio of advanced Placement exams taken compared to the student population, Hinsdale Central was ranked #347 in the nation.[9] The Chicago Sun Times ranked Hinsdale Central as #5 in the state of Illinois in its Top 100 High Schools in Illinois Rankings, it is number #3 in the state of Illinois when not including magnet schools.[10] In 2011, NewsWeek ranked Hinsdale Central 69th best high school in the country, 3rd best in Illinois, and the best public high school in the state.[11]
Technology
In recent years the administration has moved towards integrating technology into the daily life of the school. A so-called "Tablet Initiative" attempted to have every freshman from the class of 2009 purchase a tablet PC for use in classes. However, this initiative was met with poor enthusiasm, fewer than 10 notebooks were sold.[citation needed]
Grade notification, attendance, discipline records, schedules,and registration information are available online. Hinsdale Central has integrated their server with Microsoft's SharePoint Services solution as opposed to their original use of Blackboard in the 2003-2004 school year. Students and faculty members are also given a school email, running Microsoft Exchange Servers.
The school currently provides teachers with Tablet PCs, and the school is equipped with wireless internet access points. Tablet PC carts and desktop PC workstations are also available to students. Also, students at Hinsdale Central are allowed the option of bringing a laptop computer, tablet PC, or personal digital assistant for note taking and word processing in class.[citation needed]
Hinsdale Central has a fully equipped and operating radio room which powers its own radio station, WHSD 88.5 FM. This station is also operated by Hinsdale Central's sister school, Hinsdale South High School.
Student life
Athletics
Hinsdale Central competes in the West Suburban Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. Its teams are stylized as the Red Devils.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in: basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. [12] There are teams for young men in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton and softball.[12] While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors teams for young men and women in lacrosse, and a team for young men in hockey.[12]
Hinsdale Central has finished in the top four of the following IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments or meets:[13]
| IHSA Top 4 Finishes for Hinsdale Central HS | |
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| Sport | Finishes |
| Badminton: | 4th place (1992–93, 97–98); 3rd place (2000–01); 2nd place (2003–04); State Champions (2007–08) |
| Basketball (boys): | 4th place (1907–08); 3rd place (1909–10); State Champions (1908–1909) |
| Basketball (girls): | State Champions (2001–02) |
| Cross Country (girls): | 4th place (2005–06); 2nd place (2008–09); State Champions (2006–07) |
| Football: | 2nd place (2008–09); Semi-finalists (2005–06, 2002–03) |
| Golf (boys): | 3rd place (1952–53, 62–63, 63–64, 72–73, 78–79, 2007–08); 2nd place (1961–62, 2008–09); State Champions (45–46, 53–54, 60–61) |
| Golf (girls): | 4th place (1987–88, 2003–04); 2nd place (2006–07) |
| Gymnastics (boys): | 4th place (1978–79, 92–93, 2003–04); 3rd place (1987–88, 89–90, 95–96, 96–97, 1999–2000); 2nd place (1968–69, 73–74, 91–92, 98–99, 2005–06); State Champions (1969–70, 70–71, 71–72, 72–73, 74–75, 75–76, 90–91, 93–94, 94–95) |
| Gymnastics (girls): | 4th place (1977–78); 2nd place (1995–96) |
| Soccer (boys): | 4th place (2007–08); State Champions (1975–76) |
| Soccer (girls): | 3rd place (1988–89); State Champions (2008–09) |
| Swimming & Diving (boys): | 4th (1960–61, 91–92); 3rd place (1961–62, 64–65, 83–84, 84–85, 85–86, 2001–02, 02–03, 03–04); 2nd place (1963–64, 65–66, 78–79, 79–80, 90–91, 93–94, 94–95, 95–96); State Champions (1962–63, 66–67, 67–68, 68–69, 69–70, 70–71, 71–72, 72–73, 73–74, 74–75, 75–76, 76–77, 77–78, 80–81, 86–87, 87–88, 88–89) |
| Swimming & Diving (girls): | 4th place (1999–2000); 3rd (1977–78, 85–86); 2nd place (1978–79, 81–82, 82–83, 89–90, 2008–09); State Champions (1976–77, 79–80, 80–81, 90–91, 91–92, 92–93, 93–94) |
| Tennis (boys): | 4th place (1964–65, 81–82, 87–88, 91–92, 95–96, 97–98, 1999–2000); 3rd place (1950–51, 62–63, 84–85, 88–89, 98–99, 2004–05); 2nd place (1948–49, 54–55, 59–60, 60–61, 63–64, 66-67, 68-69, 70-71, 82-83, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 96-97, 2000–2001, 01-02, 09-10); State Champions (1955–56, 56–57, 57–58, 58–59, 65–66, 67–68, 71–72, 72–73, 73–74, 74–75, 75–76, 76–77, 77–78, 78–79, 79–80, 89–90, 90–91, 2006–07, 07–08, 08-09) |
| Tennis (girls): | 4th place (1975–76, 84–85, 2004–05, 05–06); 3rd place (1973–74, 82–83, 86–87, 87–88, 93–94, 2002–03); 2nd place (1974–75, 80–81, 81–82, 85–86, 94–95, 97–98, 98–99); State Champions (1976–77, 77–78, 78–79, 79–80, 83–84, 1999–2000, 00–01, 03–04, 06–07, 07–08, 08–09, 09-10) |
| Track & Field (boys): | 4th place (1947–48); 3rd place (1922–23, 42–43, 48–49); 2nd place (1919–20); State Champions (1924–25) |
| Track & Field (girls): | 4th place (1996–97); State Champions (2009–10) |
| Volleyball (girls): | 3rd place (1977–78)
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In the 2006-07 season, the girls lacrosse team won the state championship.[14] In 2007-08 and 2009-2010 the girls lacrosse team finished 3rd in state.[15]
The boys gymnastics team's 33 top ten finishes and nine state titles is the state record.[16]
The boys tennis team's 57 top ten finishes and 19 state championships is the state record.[17] The girls tennis team's 33 top ten finishes is the second highest total in state history, though their 11 state titles is the state record.[18]
The boys swimming & diving team's 44 top ten finishes and 17 state titles is the second highest totals in state history.[19] The girls swimming & diving team, similarly, is second in state history with 27 top ten finishes and 7 state championships.[20]
Activities
The school offers more than one hundred clubs[citation needed], including community service organizations, academic competition teams, foreign language groups, and special interest clubs. Many clubs have won local and state awards and competitions.
The following IHSA sponsored competitive activities have finished in the top 4 of their respective state tournament:[13]
- Chess: State Champions (1972–73); 3rd place (2009-2010); 3rd place (2010-2011)
- Individual Events: 3rd place (2007–08)
- Scholastic Bowl: 2nd place (1997–98, 2001–02); State Champions (1991–92)
Sexual assault
During the years 2000-2004 two female students were sexually assaulted by the men's basketball coach, who was also a teacher at the school. The school district received sharp criticism for its handling of the cases, as school administrators did not immediately report the abuse to the authorities when tipped by an anonymous caller. The DuPage county State's Attorney General argued that school administrators violated a state law mandating abuse reporting when they decided to conduct their own investigation instead of contacting the authorities. The superintendent and principal at the time were not charged with any crimes after they signed an agreement to improve training of the staff and to report suspected abuse in the future.[21] The teacher is now serving 32 years in prison for eight counts of criminal sexual assault. The two girls testified they had consensual sexual relationships with the teacher.[22]
Identity theft
In the 2004-2005 school year, two students broke into the school's server and obtained the Social Security numbers of the student body and faculty.[23] The incident was reported to authorities on May 12, 2005.[24] The school's administration was not aware of this network security breach for several months, but upon finding out the principal sent a letter home, stating "Our investigation is on-going, but the students seemed to be more focused on entering files to demonstrate that they could gather the data than on actually using the Social Security numbers." [25] Hinsdale Central High School administrators gave the Social Security numbers to the Social Security Administration and the Federal Trade Commission as a precaution. There was no indication that the students used the Social Security numbers they obtained, and both students later claimed to have destroyed the information obtained. However, some incident reports indicate that the information was retained by the students.[23] There is no way to verify if the Social Security numbers were actually destroyed. As a result of this incident, Hinsdale Central no longer keeps electronic records of Social Security numbers of its students and faculty. The IT department restructured the system to prevent future security breaches, but it is unclear if the changes have helped. The two students were indefinitely suspended from the school network.[25][26]
Turf Field
On August 17, 2009, the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education voted to install artificial fields at both schools in the district. The new field is said to be of better quality than ordinary fields and may be safer as well.[27] Central Coach Skipper Begley noted how the artificial field would allow for more practice out of the year, because bad weather often hinders practice.[28] There have also been plans to erect an inflatable dome over the turf field in September 2009, but as of now, such plans have not gone into effect.[29]
The turf field was completed over summer 2010, the last class to graduate on "Old" Dickinson Field being the class of 2010.
Notable alumni
- Kirk Dillard (class of 1973) is an Illinois State Senator (1994–present).[30]
- John Kinsella was an Olympic swimmer, winning a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics. He is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[30]
- Ben Murphy is an actor best known for his work in television.[30]
- John Murphy was a swimmer at the 1972 Olympics.[30]
- Joseph Nechvatal (class of 1969) is a visual artist.
- Robert Nieman (class of 1966) was a three–time Olympic Modern pentathlon athlete.[30]
- Cathy Richardson (class of 1986) is an actress, singer, songwriter.[30]
- Marty Riessen (class of 1960) was a professional tennis player. He was a five–time member of the United States Davis Cup team.[30]
- Bill Veeck (attended Hinsdale Central, but transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy) was a Major League Baseball team executive and owner. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.[30]
- Bob Dudley (class of 1973) is the current CEO of BP.[31]
- Danielle Campbell (class of 2013) actress
- Mitchell Meyer (class of 2014) average, good-looking guy
References
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- ^ "Office of the Principal; accessed 3 May 2009". Central.hinsdale86.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Staff listing for HCHS; accessed 10 July 2009". Central.hinsdale86.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ a b c d e "Illinois School Report Card" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Hinsdale Central HS information; ihsa.org; accessed 3 May 2009". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ a b c 2008-09 list of student activities at Hinsdale Central HS; accessed 3 May 2009[dead link]
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- ^ "Character Counts! Chronicle". Charactercounts.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "The Top of the Class 2008". Newsweek. Retrieved 2009-11-20; accessed 20 November 2009.
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- ^ a b "Hinsdale Central Season Summaries; IHSA.org; accessed 2 May 2009". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "2007 State Tournament results; Illinois High School Womens Lacrosse Association; accessed 2 August 2009". Ihswla.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "2008 State Tournament results; Illinois High School Womens Lacrosse Association; accessed 2 August 2009". Ihswla.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Table of Titles for IHSA Boys Gymnastics; ihsa.org; accessed 3 May 2009". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Table of Titles for IHSA Boys Tennis; ihsa.org; accessed 3 May 2009". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Table of Titles for IHSA Girls Tennis; ihsa.org; accessed 3 May 2009". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Table of Titles for IHSA Boys Swimming & Diving; ihsa.org; accessed 3 May 2009". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Table of Titles for IHSA Girls Swimming & Diving; ihsa.org; accessed 3 May 2009". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ Coach's case tests abuse reporting law Hinsdale Central officials under fire
- ^ Kelley, Lane (2007-03-01). "Mueller sentenced to 32 years - Downers Grove, IL - Downers Grove Reporter". Mysuburbanlife.com. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ a b "Application Security Database Hacks and Security Breaches". Appsecinc.com. 2002-04-04. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "High school students access Social Security numbers". Datalossdb.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ a b Two students investigated for identity theft at high school
- ^ "A Chronology of Data Breaches". Privacyrights.org. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "AstroTurf." Hinsdale Township High School District 86. Web. 08 June 2010. <http://www.hinsdale86.org/archived_news/Pages/AstroTurf.aspx>.
- ^ Reports, Staff. "Artificial Grass Turf Takes Root on Many Area Soccer Fields - Huntley, IL - Huntley Farmside." Home - Downers Grove, IL - MySuburbanLife.com. Huntley Farmside. Web. 08 June 2010. <http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/huntley/sports/x1681294163>.
- ^ Woodward, Steve. "Covering the Stealth Dome | Hinsdale Talks." Home Page | Hinsdale Talks. Web. 08 June 2010. <http://www.hinsdaletalks.com/?q=node/1648>.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bell, Taylor (2007-08-22). "Bell, Taylor; ''Hinsdale Central - High School of the Week''; 22 August 2007; ''Chicago Sun-Times''; accessed 3 May 2009". Suntimes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ Bosch, Sandy (2010-07-27). "Bosch, ; 'New BP chief has Hinsdale connection''; 27 July 2010; ''Pioneer Local''; accessed 27 July 2010". Pioneerlocal.com. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
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