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Lake Park High School is a public, four-year high school comprising of two campuses, both located in Roselle, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. Juniors and seniors attend the West Campus and freshmen and sophomores attend the East Campus (the original campus), located near Medinah. It is part of the Lake Park Community High School District 108. Students from Medinah, Roselle, Bloomingdale, Keeneyville, Wood Dale, Itasca and Hanover Park attend the school.

[edit] History

The name "Lake Park" is derived from the campuses being between "Lake" Street and Irving "Park" Road. The east campus borders the Medinah Country Club that has hosted three U.S. Opens (1949, 1975, 1990), two PGA Championships (1999, 2006), and will host the Ryder Cup in 2012.

[edit] Academics

Lake Park High School offers approximately 245 course offerings in nine different academic areas, and at several different ability levels. The school offers 20 Advanced Placement courses in which college-level material is studied. Students may also choose from a variety of meaningful electives through which to explore career opportunities. The school's Applied Arts Department includes classes in business education, cooperative education, family and consumer sciences and industrial technology. The Fine Arts Department includes art and music.

In 2008, Lake Park had an average composite ACT score of 22.3. That year, the school had a graduation rate of 90%. The average class size is 21. The school administered 630 Advanced Placement tests in 2008 with 80% of the scores being 3 or above.

The staff has 158 teachers, of which 80% hold a Master's degree or above, compared to 53% in Illinois. The average number of years of teaching experience for the district is 14.5 years.

[edit] Departments

• Art
• Business Education
• Cooperative Education
• Driver Education
• English
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Foreign Language
• Industrial Technology
• Mathematics
• Music
• Physical Education and Health
• Science
• Forensic Science
• Social Studies
• Special Education (subset of Mathematics Department)

[edit] Athletics

Lake Park has 28 athletic teams, of which there are 13 boys, 11 girls teams and 4 unisex teams that compete in the Upstate Eight Conference and Illinois High School Association.

Boys:

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Cross country
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Hockey
• Soccer
• Swim & Dive
• Tennis
• Track
• Volleyball
• Wrestling

Girls:

• Badminton
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Cheerleading
• Cross Country
• Diving
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Lancettes^[2]
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swim & Dive
• Tennis
• Track
• Volleyball

Loyalty Song Stand and Cheer for Lake Park High, Pledge your loyalty. We are her sons and daughters faithful and true, And we will keep her banners high! Rah, Rah, Rah, Fight team fight for victory, For we know that you can win. Let's have a Hail, Hail, The gangs all here, We're from good old Lake Park High!

Alma Mater Hail to thee, O Alma Mater true, Your colors white and blue. Through the years we'll hold your banners high, Your glories magnify. Though we journey to a distant shore, We'll remain true Lancers evermore. O Alma Mater hail; O Lake Park High all hail.

State Titles

• Boys Track 1997
• 2 Girls Bowling
• Boys Bowling 2008-2009
• Lancettes 2008-2009

[edit] Activities

Lake Park offers more than 40 extracurricular activities: Career and Hobby Organizations, Competitive Organizations, Honorary Organizations, Performance Organizations, Publications, Service and Prevention Organizations, and Spirit Organizations.

[edit] Competitive Organizations

• Contest Play
• Group Interpretation
• Deca
• Lake Park Marching Band
• Speech Team
• Theater
• Scholastic Bowl
• Math Team

[edit] Notable alumni

• Duncan Rouleau, 1981, American comic book writer & artist,^[3][4][5][6] co-creator of Cartoon Networks "Ben 10."^[7] Duncan has penciled numerous graphic novels for DC Comics including superman^[8] and Marvel Comics such as Wolverine,^[9] New X-men,^[10] Spiderman^[11] and many others. He is a founding member of the "Man of Action"^[12] media studio.
• Mark Gorski, 1978, Olympic Gold Medalist (Track cycling Individual sprint, 1984 Summer Olympics)
• Glenn Kotche, 1989, Drummer for the band Wilco, Grammy winner (2005)
• Don Schulze (1980) - Major League Baseball Player (Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Japan League)^[13]
• Gino Pisellini,(2004) American Hockey League player for the Philadelphia Phantoms
• Keith Hackney, (1976) American mixed martial arts fighter.
• Kwame Agyeman, (2004) NCAA Football Player, starting linebacker for the 2007 Oregon Ducks^[14]
• Robert Shallcross, 1976, screenplay writer and director of movies such as "Uncle Nino" (2003) "Bored Silly" (2000)^[15] and writer "Little Giants" (1994)^[16]

[edit] References

1. ^ "School Profile 2008". Lake Park Community High School District 108. 2008-07-17. http://www.lphs.org/export/sites/lphs/about/facts/School_Profile/200809_schoolprofile.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-03. 
2. ^ http://www.lplancettes.com
3. ^ http://heroeswiki.com/Duncan_Rouleau
4. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Rouleau
5. ^ http://www.mastersofcomicbookart.com/rouleau/
6. ^ http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=10382
7. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745691/
8. ^ http://www.dccomics.com/dccomics/search/?q=rouleau
9. ^ http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=10352
10. ^ http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=5636
11. ^ http://yetanothercomicsblog.blogspot.com/2004/12/quick-holiday-comic-reviews.html
12. ^ http://www.manofaction.tv/index.html
13. ^ Don Schulze Statistics
14. ^ Kwame Agyeman
15. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787768/
16. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Giants

[edit] External links

• Official website