Hyde Park Academy High School
| Hyde Park Academy High School | |
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| 6220 S. Stony Island Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60615 United States |
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| School type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1863 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB Code | 140880[1] |
| Principal | Antonio D. Ross |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 795 (2015–16)[2] |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue White |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Thunderbirds |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3] |
| Yearbook | The Aitchpe[4] |
| Website | hydeparkcps |
Hyde Park Academy High School (formerly known as Hyde Park High School and Hyde Park Career Academy) is a public 4–year high school located in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1863, Hyde Park is located at 6220 South Stony Island Avenue. Hyde Park is operated the Chicago Public Schools district.[5] In 2012, Hyde Park became the fourth Chicago public high school to become an International Baccalaureate school.[6] Hyde Park has a 53% percent graduation rate, 12% lower than the Chicago Public Schools average.
History
While the school was established in 1863, it moved to its present site in 1914, and underwent several major renovations in the 20th century. In 1973, the school became a magnet school and a "career academy" similar to nearby Kenwood Academy. Hyde Park began to offer International Baccalaureate classes in 2001.[7] The school name changed from Hyde Park Career Academy to Hyde Park Academy High School in 2012 when the school became International Baccalaureate. On February 15, 2013, President Barack Obama delivered a televised speech at the school addressing the gun violence in Chicago.[8]
Athletics
Hyde Park competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Hyde Park boys' basketball team have been regional champions four times (2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09). The boys' track and field placed first in the state in 1903 and 1929. The girls' basketball team won regional titles three consecutive seasons (2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05).[9]
Notable alumni
- Steve Allen — comedian, songwriter, actor, original host of NBC's The Tonight Show
- Ruby Andrews — singer
- Boyd Bartley — former MLB player (Brooklyn Dodgers)
- Fred Beebe — former MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians)
- Carl C. Bell (1965) — community psychiatrist, international researcher, academician, author, president/CEO
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1934) — poet and writer
- Paul Butterfield (1959) — blues singer in Blues Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- L. Scott Caldwell (1967) — actress
- Frances Dee (1927) – actress
- Melinda Dillon — Oscar-nominated actress, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, A Christmas Story
- Amelia Earhart (1915) — iconic aviator
- Walter Eckersall (1883) — college football Hall of Fame player
- Jane Fauntz — Olympic diving medalist
- Jeff Fort — imprisoned Chicago gang leader of the Black P. Stones and its faction El Rukins[10]
- Jerome Frank — United States Court of Appeals judge[11]
- Jim Fuchs — Olympic shot putter, two-time bronze medalist[12]
- Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Hammond — football player and coach, industrialist and soldier
- Herbie Hancock (1958) — Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, fusion keyboardist
- Donny Hathaway — Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, musician
- Geraldine Hunt — disco/dance singer, songwriter and producer
- Ina Ray Hutton (1916) — entertainer, leader of all-girl band
- June Hutton — singer
- Mel Jackson (1988) — actor and spoken word artist known for "Soul Food" and "Living Single"
- Frederick C. Leonard (1914) — astronomer specializing in meteorites
- Joe Mays (2003) — NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos
- Minnie Riperton (1964) — R&B and soul singer, mother of actress Maya Rudolph
- Renault Robinson (1960) — former Chicago Police Department officer and Chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority
- Paul Samuelson — economist and Nobel Laureate
- Roger Sherman - football player for Michigan, coach for Iowa, and president of Illinois State Bar Association
- Carole Simpson (1958) — newscaster, ABC
- Lester Telser (1948) — economist
- Mel Torme (1944) — singer, composer, 1999 recipient of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Dick Anthony Williams — actor
References
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- ↑ Chicago Public Schools: Hyde Park
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- ↑ All About Chicago's Hyde Park Historical Society
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- ↑ Hyde Park Career Academy to become an IB school
- ↑ http://www.enotes.com/topic/Hyde_Park_Career_Academy
- ↑ President Obama says Chicago’s violence 'equivalent to a Newtown every four months'
- ↑ IHSA Chicago (Hyde Park)
- ↑ Bridges of Memory Volume 2: Chicago's Second Generation of Black Migration By: Timuel D. Black
- ↑ Yale University Library Guide to the Jerome New Frank Papers - Biographical History.
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External links
- Hyde Park Career Academy School Website
