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Yorkville High School
Location
Map
797 Game Farm Road
Yorkville
,
Illinois

USA
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1893
School districtYorkville Community Unit School District 115
PrincipalDavid Travis
Faculty80
Grades9–12
Enrollment1650
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Red, White
MascotFoxes
NewspaperFoxtales [1]
Websitewww.y115.org
File:Yorkvillehs.gif
Former Yorkville teacher Dennis Hastert, as Speaker of the House.

Yorkville High School, or YHS, is a public four-year high school located in Yorkville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Yorkville Community Unit School District 115.

The service area of the school district, and therefore the high school itself, includes Yorkville, Bristol, Montgomery, Oswego, and Plano.[2]

History

Yorkville dates back to 1893, and opened up a new building in 1998. The current main campus building was built on the former Illinois State Game Farm, which raised pheasants and other gaming birds. The Yorkville High School Academy opened in the fall of 2008 for Freshmen students.

United States Congressman for Illinois' 14th district and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert spent 16 years teaching at Yorkville from 1964–1980, primarily government and history classes..

Academics

In 2005, Yorkville had an average composite ACT score of 20.4, and graduated 97.2% of its senior class. The average class size is 20.5.[3] Yorkville has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[4]

Athletics

Yorkville competes in the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference and Illinois High School Association. They formerly competed in the Western Sun Conference. Its mascot is the Foxes.

Yorkville athletes compete in a range of sports, including but not limited to:

Dennis Hastert was Yorkville's head wrestling coach from the program's first season in 1973 until his departure in 1980. During his tenure as head coach, The Foxes won district four of seven seasons, including a state championship in the 1975-76 school year. Yorkville also won back-to-back state championships in wrestling under Coach Bob Long in the 92-93 and 93-94 school years.[7] During his time, he is being alleged to have sexually molested at least three people.

The girls cross country team won four straight Class 2A state championships from 2011 to 2014 and the boys team won the state championship in 2013 and 2014 after finishing 3rd in 2012 .[8]

Activities

Beyond sports, Yorkville has a range of clubs and activities in which to participate. Some of these include:

Famous alumni or affiliated persons

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/schools/foxtales/index.pdf
  2. ^ "About Our School District" (Archive). Yorkville Community Unit School District 115. Retrieved on June 9, 2015.
  3. ^ schools-data.com
  4. ^ Illinois School Report Card
  5. ^ Draper, Coach. "Yorkville Track and Field". Yorkville Track and Field. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  6. ^ "Yorkville High School Football". Yorkvillefootball.com. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  7. ^ IHSA Season Summaries
  8. ^ "Yorkville Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 11 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  9. ^ Yorkville High School Videogame Club

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