Bloomington High School (BHS) is a public secondary school in Bloomington, Illinois, and is part of

Bloomington School District 87 Bloomington School District 87, often shortened to District 87, is a school district in Bloomington, Illinois Bloomington is a city and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States. It is adjacent to the town of Normal, and is ...

Curriculum

Courses include subjects of standard core high school curricula ( Math,

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, etc.) as well as courses in fine arts,

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skills and

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Athletics

Athletics include a full range of individual and team sports, including football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, swimming, diving, wrestling, track and field, cross country, golf, cheerleading, gaming club, and pom pons. A wide variety of school clubs also meet on various topics. The school's colors are purple and gold. The school dropped its mascot, a Native American chief head, in 2001 because it was deemed offensive. The school's students at that time voted not to replace the mascot but still called the Purple Raiders. Bloomington High School participates in the Big 12 Conference (Illinois).

Awards

Bloomington High School was named by '' U.S. News & World Report'' as a Bronze Medal Winner in 2009 and a Silver Medal Winner in 2012, reflecting its status as one of the nation's best high schools.

Notable alumni

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a.k.a. Pawnee Bill, worked for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, then later operated his own wild west show * Sidney Smith (1890s) Syndicated cartoonist * A.C. Littleton (1908?) – Professor and accounting historian

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inductee * Curt Raydon (1952?) — Former

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player ( Pittsburgh Pirates) * Jim Cox (1968) — Former

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) * Edward B. Rust Jr. (1968) — CEO, State Farm * Bob Bender (1975) —

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(1985) — Comic book artist and illustrator * Brandon Hughes (2004) —

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, NFL player

References

External links

School website
{{authority control Public high schools in Illinois Schools in Bloomington–Normal