Sullivan High School is a
public four-year
high school located in the
Rogers Park neighborhood on the north side of
Chicago,
Illinois,
United States. Sullivan is a part of the
Chicago Public Schools district. Opened in 1926, the school is named for businessman and Illinois
politician Roger Charles Sullivan
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.
History
Sullivan opened in 1926 as a
junior high school
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under the Chicago Board of Education's plan creation of junior high schools in Chicago.
The school begin serving as a traditional high school when junior high schools in the city were phased out in 1933.
In the 2010s, Sullivan High School has served a large number of refugee students.
As of 2017, 45% of students were foreign-born and came from 38 different countries.
That same year, the school was designated a "newcomer center" by Chicago Public Schools for its programming for refugee and immigrant students.
Athletics
Sullivan competes in the
Chicago Public League
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(CPL) and is a member of the
Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The schools sport teams are nicknamed the Tigers. Sullivan boys' soccer team were regional champions and sectional finalists in 2016 and 2017. Sullivan girls'
basketball team were regional champions in 2008–09. The boys'
track and field became public league champions in 1938–39. In 1977–78, the school's football team won the Public League championship.
Notable alumni
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Personal life
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– jazz pianist, arranger, and composer, best known for writing commercial jingles for Kellogg's Raisin Bran
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and Ken-L Ration dog food; scored the film '' A League of Their Own''; his son is musician Richard Marx
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Marx's Richard Marx (album), self-titled debut album went tri ...
* Clayton Moore – actor, best known for his portrayal of '' The Lone Ranger''Danny Newman Danny Newman (January 24, 1919 – December 1, 2007) was the long-time press agent for the Lyric Opera of Chicago from its founding in 1954 until his retirement in 2002. Newman was known for increasing the use of subscription programs to build a ...
– publicist and author who worked for Jimmy Durante
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, Milton Berle
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, the New York Philharmonic, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago; pioneered the idea of subscription sales
* Cliff Norton – radio announcer and character actor on television and in films
* Art Paul
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– former '' Playboy'' Art Director and designer of its rabbit-head logoCharles H. Percy
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– U.S. Senatorcinematographer
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('' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', '' Bound for Glory'')
References
External links
Sullivan High School website
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Educational institutions established in 1923
Public high schools in Chicago
1923 establishments in Illinois