- Lake Forest High School, or LFHS, is a public four-year high school located in Lake Forest, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the only school of Lake Forest Community High School District 115, which serves the communities of Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Knollwood, and smaller parts of Mettawa and North Chicago. It is fed by Lake Bluff Middle School, Lake Forest Country Day School, Saint Mary's, and Deer Path Middle School.
- History
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The current LFHS was built in 1935.
- Campus
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The high school has both a studio theater and auditorium, as well as a television studio with 5,500 videotapes. It also has computer labs, computerized library with CD-ROM retrieval, student publication facilities, photography lab, and special education facilities. Sports facilities include a field house, climing wall, and Olympic-size swimming pool with a diving well.
- The grounds include a large front lawn (used for field hockey, lacrosse, and ultimate) and a full-sized track and football field with 2 sets of bleachers. Because the school is situated very close to residential areas, the City of Lake Forest does not permit the school's football team to use floodlights, effectively prohibiting night games; however, in 2006, the city did allow the school to rent lights for a one-time night game. A 2007 referendum relocated the school’s football facilities to the school’s west campus, where the use of floodlights is not prohibited. The referendum passed by an overwhelming 2/3 majority, and renovations are set to take place in two phases. The first phase, to be completed by the 2007/2008 school year includes the addition of a music wing, and renovation of the west campus including construction of a Varsity field. The second phase, to be completed by August 2008, will include academic renovations at the east campus with a brand new dining room and library, and construction of administrative offices at the west campus. Prior to this, a first referendum was passed on November 7, 2006 unanimously by the Lake Forest High School Board of Education. This referendum was later passed on to the rest of the community and appropriated $54 million to be paid back over the next 20 years.
- Academics
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As of the Class of 2008, Lake Forest had a mean ACT compostite score of 25.6; the national average was 21.1. SAT mean scores were 601 in Critical Reading; 621 in Math; and 594 in Writing. The average tenure of faculty members at Lake Forest High School is 3.5 years. Members of the faculty have been instrumental in the development of Advanced Placement courses, serve on a number of state curriculum committees, and have authored both articles in professional journals and textbooks.
- In the past graduating class, 58% have enrolled in 4-year colleges and 42% have enrolled in 2-year Colleges. 33% of students took more units of mathematics than LFHS's minimum of three, and 18% of students took at least four years of English. Along with the typical course offerings,Lake Forest High School also covers Advanced Placement classes in: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Economics, Environmental Science, French V, French VI, German IV, Latin IV, Latin V, Literary Analysis and Criticism, Modern European History, Music Theory, Psychology, Physics B, Physics C, Political Science, Spanish V, Statistics, Studio Art, United States History, and World History.
- Activities
- Amplification
- Art/Photo Club
- Astronomy Club
- Chess Club
- Congressional Debate
- CROYA
- Debate
- Environmental Club
- Forensics Team
- Global Connections
- Human Rights Club
- International Club
- Japanese Animation
- Jazz Band
- Junior State of America
- Math Team
- Men's Club
- National Forensic League
- Model United Nations
- National Honor Society
- Red Cross Club
- SADD
- Sailing Club
- Scholastic Bowl
- Science Olympiad
- Scout Buddies
- Senior Class
- Student to Student
- Student Council
- Tech Crew
- Theatre
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Women's Club
- YAK
- Yearbook
- Young Idea
- Notable alumni
- Alan Benes, 1990 — Major League Baseball pitcher, 1995–2003: St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers
- Andrew Bird, 1991 — musician: Squirrel Nut Zippers
- Thierry J. Chaunu, 1974 — president of Chopard USA Limited
- Dave Eggers, 1988 — writer
- Charlie Finn — actor
- Matt Grevers, 2003 — swimmer: 2008 Summer Olympics gold medalist in 4x100m backstroke relay and 4x100m freestyle relay; silver medalist in 100m individual backstroke
- Mike Kanaval, 1982, gay rights and pro-choice activist
- Rob Pelinka 1988, sports agent
- Phil Rosenthal, 1981, columnist: Chicago Tribune
- Jane Skinner, 1985 — television news presenter: Fox News Channel
- Brittany "McKey" Sullivan, 2007, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11
- Donald Tiffany, 1988, actor
- Vince Vaughn, 1988, actor
- Catherine Warren, 2002 — Miss Illinois USA 2006
- Tim Weigel, 1963 — sportscaster
- Notable faculty
- Peter Ferry — author: Travel Writings
- Media References
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The 1980 film Ordinary People is set at Lake Forest High School, and parts of the film were shot at the school; however all swim team scenes were filmed at nearby Lake Forest College.
- External links
- Official website
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