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De Kalb High School
Location
Map
1515 S. Fourth St
DeKalb
,
Illinois

USA
Information
TypePublic Secondary
EstablishedEarly 1900s
PrincipalLindsey Hall
Faculty110 Teachers, 40 Support Personnel
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,750
Campusrural
Color(s)Orange, Black
MascotBarbs
NewspaperThe Barb Wire
YearbookKalibre
Websitewww.dist428.org/dhs

De Kalb High School

Established Early 1900s Type Public Secondary Principal Lindsey Hall Faculty 110 Teachers, 40 Support Personnel Students 1,750 Grades 9–12 Location 1515 S. Fourth St DeKalb, Illinois, USA Campus rural Colors Orange, Black Mascot Barbs Yearbook Kalibre Newspaper The Barb Wire Website www.dist428.org/dhs

Overwiew

De Kalb High School is a public four-year high school located in De Kalb, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of De Kalb School District 428.

Population

The school currently has 1,666 students enrolled.

History

De Kalb High School dates its founding to the early 1900s. DHS is currently very full of students, and that has created a problem for students in the hallways. It has been decided a new high school will be built, and ready in two years. The current campus will be given to Huntley Middle School.

Academics

In 2006, De Kalb had an average composite ACT score of 20.6 and graduated 90.6% of its senior class. De Kalb has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. It is up to the class of 2010 to keep this school out of Government Control. Despite these scores, there is a large amount of tutoring available to the students of DeKalb High School. There is a math lab that is open during school hours, as well as before and after school. Science Tutoring is offered three days a week after school, and foreign language tutoring is offered every Wednesday after classes.

Athletics

De Kalb's 22 athletic teams are known as the Barbs. This name comes from the fact that barbed wire was invented in DeKalb County. Its nine boys teams and thirteen girls teams now compete in the Western Sun Conference—which was just formed in 2006—as well as in the Illinois High School Association.

Music

  • In 2008 the DHS Jazz Ensemble was named a finalist in the prestigious Essentially Ellington band competition, one of only 15 bands from all of North America to receive such honors. [1]

De Kalb High School Guys' A Cappella

  • The De Kalb High School Guys' A Cappella group, Fly Check, won the ICHSA midwest regional championship in 2007 and 2008, and they attended nationals in New York City both years. They are one of 4 groups to be selected from the entire nation.

Other Extracurricular Activities

De Kalb sponsors the following extracurricular activities:

Current Students

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Essentially Ellington Website" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-08.

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