Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Elk Grove High School

motto =
established = 1966
principal = Dr. Nancy Holman
asst principal = Mr. Kenneth Stiff
vice principal = Mr. Dave Travis
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = 500 W. Elk Grove Blvd
Elk Grove Village
state = Illinois
country = USA
enrollment = 2,000
campus = Suburban
mascot = Grenadier
colors = Green and gold
yearbook = "Montage"
newspaper = "The Guardian"
testname = Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE)
website = [http://eghs.d214.org eghs.d214.org]
picture =

Elk Grove High School, or EGHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, John Hersey High School, Prospect High School, Rolling Meadows High School, and Wheeling High School. The school services most of Elk Grove Village and a significant portion of Des Plaines, as well as portions of Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect.

History

Elk Grove High School opened in 1966, initially servicing students from the older Elk Grove Village area. With the closing of Forest View High School in 1986, some Des Plaines students from FVHS relocated to EGHS, while the other portion of FVHS' students began attending Prospect High School.

In 2004, the EGHS natatorium was built, giving EGHS swimming teams their own pool. Boys' and girls' water polo teams were created as well. EGHS currently shares its pool with aquatic teams from Rolling Meadows High School.

In 2006, EGHS started its annual Grenaissance, a day devoted to the arts that includes hands-on workshops and demonstrations in areas such as Computer Graphics, Music, Dance, Stage Acting/Performances, and others. In 2008's Grenaissance, it was announced that Grenaissance would become biannual due to financial problems Fact|date=May 2008.

During the first week of the 2007-2008 school year, EGHS was closed for one day due to the flooding of nearby Salt Creek. The flooding completely submerged the varsity baseball fields and partially covered the football/track and soccer areas. The back parking lots were also partially submerged, and power was temporarily lost. [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/12077244@N03/1224578999/ Salt Creek 1 sur Flickr : partage de photos ! ] ]

Elk Grove High School shares its original layout with Wheeling High School. The courtyard, lunchroom, and academic classrooms are located in the same places, although since the additions of the natatorium, the BTLS/Graphic Arts wing, the Fieldhouse, and the northwestern Science/Math wing to EGHS, considerable differences have been raised.

Academics

In 2007, Elk Grove had an average composite ACT score of 21.5, and graduated 92.2% of its senior class. The average class size is 22.2. In 2008, Elk Grove did make Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. [ [ftp://ftpirptcard.isbe.net/ReportCard2005/1401621400002_e.pdf Illinois School Report Card] ] The Class of 2008 also has two National Merit Finalists and four Commended Students.

Athletics

Elk Grove competes in the Mid-Suburban League East Conference and Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Grenadier.

Boys' Sports (Years next to sport are Conference Championships.)
*Baseball - 1967-68, 2005-06
*Basketball - 1977-78, 78-79, 2001-02
*Cross Country
*Football - 1971-72, 72-73, 73-74, 76-77, 77-78, 78-79, 79-80, 81-82, 87-88, 2004-05
*Golf
*Gymnastics - 1972-73, 73-74, 76-77, 78-79, 79-80, 2001-02
*Soccer
*Swimming
*Tennis
*Track and Field
*Volleyball - 1992-93
*Water Polo
*Wrestling

Girls Sports
*Badminton
*Basketball - 1977-78, 80-81, 81-82, 83-84, 85-86, 91-92, 92-93, 95-96
*Bowling
*Cross Country
*Gymnastics - 1977-78, 2000-01
*Soccer
*Softball - 1980-81, 81-82, 90-91, 91-92, 92-93, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 99-2000, 01-02
*Swimming
*Track and Field
*Tennis
*Volleyball
*Water Polo

chool fight song

"Fight on for Elk Grove. Charge down the field." "Push on to victory, we will never yield." "raise high our banner, hail to varsity." "Rise Elk Grove Grenadiers, go on-ward to victory."

Activities

*African American Club
*Anime Club
*Athletic Trainers
*Book Club
*BotsIQ Battlebots (5th & 32nd place in 2006, 5th and 19th in 2007)
*Chess Team
*Cheerleading
*Co-ed Cheerleading (State champs 2006-2008)
*Contest Play
*Cricket
*Debate
*DECA
*EG Breakers (breakdancing)
*EG Magazine
*Fall and Winter Plays
*Film Production Club
*French Club
*Games Club
*GSA
*Green Grens
*Group Interpretation
*History Club
*Hockey ( part of the PREP team, along with Palatine High School, Rolling Meadows High School and Prospect High School)
*International Club
*Italian Club
*Japanese Exchange Program
*Latino Club
*LOST Club
*Marching Band
*Math Team
*Musical
*National Honor Society
*Newspaper (The Guardian)
*Orchesis (Performed in the State Festival 30 years in a row)
*Peer Helpers
*Poms
*Public Service Practicum (PSP)
*Renaissance
*Role-Playing Games (RPG) Club
*SADD
*Service Learning
*Science Olympiad
*Scholastic Bowl
*Skate Club
*Socrates Society
*South Asian Club
*Spanish Club
*Speech (1989 State Champions)
*Spring Musical
*Student Council
*Technical Theatre
*Variety Show
*Yearbook (Montage)

Notable alumni

* Dave Otto (MLB Pitcher) Fact|date=February 2007
* James Iha (Guitarist of the Smashing Pumpkins) Fact|date=November 2007
*Bill Kelly, Writer (Disney's Enchanted, Premonition, Blast from the Past)Fact|date=January 2008
*Stephanie Faracy, Actress (Flightplan, Sideways, Hocus Pocus)Fact|date=January 2008
*Steven Kazmierczak, perpetrator of the Northern Illinois University shooting

References

External links

* [http://eghs.d214.org Official Website]