Addison Trail High School
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Addison Trail High School, or ATHS, is a public four-year high school
in DuPage County, located approximately half a mile east of Interstate 355
at the intersection of Army Trail Road
and Lombard Road in Addison, Illinois
, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States
. It is part of DuPage High School District 88, which also includes Willowbrook High School
. Addison Trail draws its students from Addison and unincorporated areas adjacent to Lombard
and Wood Dale
.
and Willowbrook High School, Addison Trail's sister school.
score of 25.5 and graduated 98.5% of its senior class. Addison Trail has met Adequate Yearly Progress
(AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination
, which with the ACT, comprise the assessments used to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act
. The school as a whole exceeded expectations in reading, and three of the four students subgroups met the expectations in both mathematics and reading.
In 2009, Newsweek
, using the Challenge Index
, ranked Addison Trail #491 in its list of the top 1,500 public high schools in America.
. The school is a member of the Illinois High School Association
(IHSA) which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. Addison Trail's teams are stylized as the Blazers
.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in: basketball
, cross country
, golf
, gymnastics
, soccer, swimming
& diving
; tennis
, track & field, and volleyball
. Young men may also compete in baseball
, football
, and wrestling
, while young women may compete in badminton
, bowling
, cheerleading
, and softball
.
The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in DuPage County, located approximately half a mile east of Interstate 355
Interstate 355
Interstate 355 , also known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, is an Interstate Highway and tollway in the western and southwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Like most other toll roads in the northeastern portion of the state, I-355 is maintained by a State Highway Authority...
at the intersection of Army Trail Road
Army Trail Road
Army Trail Road is a county road in parts of DuPage and Kane Counties, Illinois. Army Trail Road begins at the Addison Village Hall east of John F. Kennedy Drive in a cul de sac in Addison, Illinois. It ends at Illinois Route 25 in Wayne, Illinois. The portion of Army Trail Road from Illinois 53 to...
and Lombard Road in Addison, Illinois
Addison, Illinois
Addison is a village located west of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 35,914 at the 2000 census. The estimated population was 36,378 as of 2002.The Village of Addison lies on Salt Creek...
, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is part of DuPage High School District 88, which also includes Willowbrook High School
Willowbrook High School
Willowbrook High School is a public four-year high school located approximately half a mile North of Illinois Route 38 on Ardmore Ave in Villa Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is part of School District 88, which also includes Addison Trail High School...
. Addison Trail draws its students from Addison and unincorporated areas adjacent to Lombard
Lombard, Illinois
Lombard, "The Lilac Village", is a suburb of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois. The population was 42,322 at the 2000 census. The United States Census Bureau estimated the population in 2004 to be 42,975.-History:...
and Wood Dale
Wood Dale, Illinois
Wood Dale is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,535 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wood Dale is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
.
History
Addison Trail opened in 1966 and was originally to be named Army Trail High School, after the street that is situated on. The students that attended Addison Trail the year it opened were mostly transfers from York Community High SchoolYork Community High School
York Community High School is a public secondary school in Elmhurst, Illinois, United States. Most of the students reside in Elmhurst, however the district also draws a small number of students from Addison, Bensenville, and Oak Brook...
and Willowbrook High School, Addison Trail's sister school.
Academics
In 2008, Addison Trail had an average composite ACTACT (examination)
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...
score of 25.5 and graduated 98.5% of its senior class. Addison Trail has met Adequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized...
(AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination
Prairie State Achievement Examination
The Prairie State Achievement Examination is a two-day standardized test taken by all High School Juniors in the U.S. state of Illinois. On the first day, students take the ACT, and on the second day, a WorkKeys examination and Illinois State Board of Education-developed science examination....
, which with the ACT, comprise the assessments used to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in public schools.NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office...
. The school as a whole exceeded expectations in reading, and three of the four students subgroups met the expectations in both mathematics and reading.
In 2009, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, using the Challenge Index
Challenge Index
The Challenge Index is a method for the statistical ranking of top public high schools in the United States by Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews...
, ranked Addison Trail #491 in its list of the top 1,500 public high schools in America.
Athletics
Addison Trail compete in the West Suburban ConferenceWest Suburban Conference
The West Suburban Conference is an athletic conference in DuPage County and Cook County in the state of Illinois.The conference was founded in 1924.-Member schools:All of the schools are also members of the Illinois High School Association...
. The school is a member of the Illinois High School Association
Illinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High...
(IHSA) which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. Addison Trail's teams are stylized as the Blazers
Trail blazing
Trail blazing, or trailblazing, is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with blazes, markings that follow each other at certain — though not necessarily exactly defined — distances and mark the direction of the trail...
.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in: basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, soccer, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
& diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
; tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, track & field, and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
. Young men may also compete in baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
, and wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
, while young women may compete in badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, and softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
.
The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet.
- Football: semifinals (1990—91, 91—92); 2nd place (1983—84 97—98)
- Gymnastics (boys): 4th place (1987—88); 3rd place (1982—83, 86—87, 88—89, 2002—03); 2nd place (1978—79, 83—84, 2001—02); State Champions (1976—77, 77—78, 79—80, 80—81, 81—82, 84—85, 85—86)
- Gymnastics (girls): State Champions (1977—78, 78—79, 79—80, 80—81, 90—91)
- Soccer (boys): 4th place (1989—90)
- Wrestling: 2nd place (1970—71); State Champions (1978—79, 79—80)
- Hockey State Champions (1993)
- Boys Swimming: 25th place(2009-2010)
Activities
Students are allowed to create their own clubs if they can meet requirements: enough student participants, a teacher sponsor, and that the club is school appropriate.- Academic Team
- Art Club
- Band
- Best Buddies
- Blazer Blues Band (guitar)
- Blazettes (Poms)
- Breakers
- Business Professionals of America
- Cheerleading
- Choir
- CIMA
- Pay It Forward
- Debate Team
- DECA
- Diversity Club
- Drama Club
- Energy Rush (hip hop dance)
- Environmental Club (S.M.I.L.E.)
- FCCLA Club
- Flags
- Guitar Ensemble
- Hockey
- Horticulture Club
- Italian Club
- Interact Club
- International Club
- Jazz Band
- Key Club
- Lights, Camera, Action! Club
- LASO
- LADIES
- Letterman's Club
- Marching Band/Pep Band
- NHS
- Psychology
- Science Olympiad
- Shades of Blue (Vocal Jazz Ensemble)
- Skills USA
- Student Council
- Orchesis
- Orchestra
- The Torch (Newspaper)
- Tri-M
- Yearbook
- Youth in Government
Notable alumni
- Mark AnelliMark AnelliMark Anthony Anelli is an American football player who is currently a free-agent. He played on the St. Louis Rams' practice squad.-High School Years:...
(class of 1997) was an NFL tight endTight endThe tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
(2002), playing for the San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
. - Jim EllisonJim EllisonJim Ellison was the frontman for the band Material Issue. He tirelessly promoted his band, booked tours, and secured a major-label deal in 1990. Ellison — along with bassist Ted Ansani and drummer Mike Zelenko — would lead the renaissance of powerpop in the early 1990s...
, Founder and Lead Singer of the rock band Material IssueMaterial IssueMaterial Issue was a 1980-1990s power pop trio from Chicago. The band's trademark was pop songs with themes of love and heartbreak, where a number of song titles using girls' first names.-History:...
. - Kyle KinaneKyle KinaneKyle Kinane is an American stand-up comedian originally from Addison, Illinois.-Career:Kinane currently performs stand-up regularly in the Los Angeles area. His debut album Death of the Party, released in 2010 on AST Records, has won critical acclaim...
(class of 1995), Stand-up comedian - James MillnsJames MillnsJames G. Millns Jr. is an American ice dancer. With partner Colleen O'Connor, he was the 1974–1976 U.S...
(class of 1967), with partner Colleen O'ConnorColleen O'ConnorColleen M. O'Connor is an American ice dancer. With partner James Millns, she is the 1974-1976 U.S. national champion, the 1975 World silver medalist, the 1976 World bronze medalist, and the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist....
, won three U.S. National ChampionshipsUnited States Figure Skating ChampionshipsThe United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...
in ice dancingIce dancingIce dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....
. The pair became the first Americans to medal in that event at the Olympics, winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter OlympicsFigure skating at the 1976 Winter OlympicsThe 1976 Winter Olympic Games figure skating results. Ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic event in these Olympics.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Sonia BianchettiAssistant Referee:* Emil Skákala...
. - Mark RodenhauserMark RodenhauserMark Todd Rodenhauser is a former American football center who played 13 seasons in the National Football League with seven different teams. He played college football at Illinois State University. He was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft...
, was an NFL centerCenter (American football)Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
(1987—99). - Suzi Schott, (class of 1979) Model and Actress, PlayboyPlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
August 1984 Playmate - Rocco SistoRocco SistoRocco Sisto is a stage, film, television, and voice actor.On television, Sisto played young Junior Soprano in the HBO series The Sopranos...
(class of 1970) Actor, Played Richie Gazzo in Donnie Brasco and young Junior Soprano in The SopranosThe SopranosThe Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
. - Lenae WilliamsLenae WilliamsLenae Teresa Williams is professional basketball player. A 6'1" guard-forward from DePaul University, she played 27 games for the Detroit Shock of the WNBA in 2002...
(class of 1998) was a basketball player in the WNBA (2002) with the Detroit ShockDetroit ShockThe Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
. - Mike Retondo, the bassist and backing vocalist for the band Plain White T'sPlain White T'sPlain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.The band is best...
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