Eisenhower High School (Decatur, Illinois)
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Dwight Eisenhower High School is a public high school
located in Decatur
, Illinois
. The school serves about 1200 students in grades 9 to 12 in Decatur Public Schools District 61. Students from this school were recently were featured on The N's "Student Body", a show on which students competed against other students from their crosstown rival, MacArthur High School, to see who could lose the most weight for a $25,000 grand prize. Eisenhower High School organizes its students into communities divided by class, and has recently instituted a mandatory school uniform policy along with crosstown rival MacArthur High School.
Notable Alums:
Ray D'Alessio (CNN/HLN Sports Anchor) (Class of 1987)
Professional Athletes that attended this school include:
Roe Skidmore
(MLB)
Bill Madlock
(MLB)
Jeff Innis
(MLB)
Kevin Roberson
(MLB)
Brit Miller
(NFL)
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....
located in Decatur
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city, sometimes called "the Soybean Capital of the World", was founded in 1823 and is located along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2000 the city population was 81,500,...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The school serves about 1200 students in grades 9 to 12 in Decatur Public Schools District 61. Students from this school were recently were featured on The N's "Student Body", a show on which students competed against other students from their crosstown rival, MacArthur High School, to see who could lose the most weight for a $25,000 grand prize. Eisenhower High School organizes its students into communities divided by class, and has recently instituted a mandatory school uniform policy along with crosstown rival MacArthur High School.
Notable Alums:
Ray D'Alessio (CNN/HLN Sports Anchor) (Class of 1987)
Professional Athletes that attended this school include:
Roe Skidmore
Roe Skidmore
Robert Roe Skidmore is a retired American professional baseball player. An outfielder and first baseman, he had a ten-year, 1,289-game career in minor league baseball, but made only one Major League appearance as a pinch hitter for the Chicago Cubs...
(MLB)
Bill Madlock
Bill Madlock
Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. From 1973 to 1987, Madlock was a right-handed hitter who won several National League batting titles. His record of four batting titles as a third baseman would be eclipsed in 1988 by Wade Boggs. Since 1970, only Tony Gwynn has...
(MLB)
Jeff Innis
Jeff Innis
Jeffrey David Innis is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the New York Mets from through . He batted and threw right-handed....
(MLB)
Kevin Roberson
Kevin Roberson
Kevin Lynn Roberson was a Major League Baseball player from to for the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets. He was an outfielder. Broadcaster Harry Caray made Roberson famous amongst Cubs' fans when he would declare, "They're dancing in the streets in Decatur, Illinois!" after Roberson would hit a...
(MLB)
Brit Miller
Brit Miller
Brit William Miller is an American football fullback for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2009...
(NFL)