Bloomington High School (BHS) is a public secondary school in Bloomington, Illinois, and is part of Bloomington School District 87.
| Bloomington High School | |
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| Address | |
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1202 E. Locust Street , 61701 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°29′12″N 88°58′27″W / 40.4866°N 88.9741°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | District 87 |
| Principal | Timothy Moore |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 1,374 (2015-16[1]) |
| Average class size | 13.5 |
| Hours in school day | 6.5 |
| Color(s) | Purple Gold |
| Athletics | IHSA |
| Athletics conference | Big Twelve |
| Team name | Purple Raiders |
| Newspaper | The Aegis |
| Feeder schools | Bloomington Junior High |
| Nobel laureates | Clinton Davisson |
| Website | bhs |
Curriculum edit
Courses include subjects of standard core high school curricula (Math, English, Science, Physical Education, Foreign Language, etc.) as well as courses in fine arts, vocational skills and special education.
Athletics edit
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.[2]
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 edit
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.[3]
Notable alumni edit
- Gordon William Lillie[4] a.k.a. Pawnee Bill, worked for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, then later operated his own wild west show
- Sidney Smith[5] (1890s) Syndicated cartoonist
- A.C. Littleton (1908?) – Professor and accounting historian University of Illinois (now Gies College of Business), editor-in-chief The Accounting Review, Accounting Hall of Fame inductee
- Curt Raydon[6] (1952?) — Former MLB player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
- Jim Cox[7] (1968) — Former MLB player (Montreal Expos)
- Edward B. Rust Jr.[8] (1968) — CEO, State Farm
- Bob Bender[9] (1975) — basketball coach and player: Currently working as an assistant with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.[10]
- Tim Bradstreet[11] (1985) — Comic book artist and illustrator
- Brandon Hughes[12] (2004) — Philadelphia Eagles football player
- Clinton Davisson, recipient of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics.[13]
- Greg Engel, NFL player
- Zach Bradford, pole vaulter
- Kenneth Raisbeck (1916), playwright and screenwriter[14]
- T. Markus Funk, law professor and attorney at Perkins Coie.[15]
References edit
- ^ "Bloomington High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ "About Bloomington High School". Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ "Bloomington High School / Homepage".
- ^ "::District 87 Sesqui: Pawnee Bill::". old.district87.org. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "::District 87 Sesqui: Sidney Smith the Gumps::". old.district87.org. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Curt Raydon Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ "Jim Cox Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ "15 Fortune 500 CEOs that Attended Public School | PublicSchoolReview.com". Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ^ "Bob Bender Profile - University of Washington Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ^ http://www.nba.com/coachfile/bob_bender/index.html?nav=page Bob Bender. nba.com.
- ^ "Craft: It's a match made in comic book heaven".
- ^ "Kindred: Life in 'the dream' good for BHS grad Hughes".
- ^ Kemp, Bill (October 27, 2013). "Bloomington Native Won Nobel Prize in Physics". Pantagraph.
- ^ Salt, Bonnie B. (December 22, 2015). "Kenneth Raisbeck papers". Hollis for Archival Study. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- ^ Stock, Eric (30 September 2022). "Bloomington High School, District 87 induct 3 into their halls of fame". WGL FM.