Homewood-Flossmoor High School
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Homewood-Flossmoor High School (H-F) is a public high school
in Flossmoor
, Illinois
, in the Chicago metropolitan area. The majority of HF students live in Flossmoor and nearby Homewood
, but the school also serves areas of Olympia Fields
, Chicago Heights
, Glenwood
, and Hazel Crest
serving school districts 153, 161 and 167.
The campus consists of a North and South building. The South building contains a number of sub-buildings each assigned a letter, and includes the school's radio station (WHFH
), television station VTV, science labs, a swimming pool
, a music building and an auditorium
.
In 1989, football coach John Wrenn proposed District 233 adopt a mandatory drug-testing policy similar to one at two Lafayette
, Indiana
high schools, where a recent landmark court case decision allowed the creation of such programs. H-F became the first high school in Illinois to require mandatory random drug testing for its student athletes.
In 1996, the school gained publicity when up to 20,000 people gathered on the school lawn to hear President Bill Clinton
deliver a speech on education during his 1996 reelection campaign
.
In addition to being named a Blue Ribbon School
by the United States Department of Education
three times, the school has received Department of Education Technology Award twice. In 1995, the school's technology plan was named one of the five best in the nation.
In 2005, H-F encountered controversy over a campaign to promote homosexual acceptance led by three students. Campaigners encouraged students to buy colorful shirts that read "Gay? Fine by me." In response, a local church distributed black T-Shirts with text that read "Crimes committed against God," which included a list of perceived offenses against Christian students. The opposing campaigns gained national attention.
(AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination
, the test used in the state of Illinois to fulfill mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act
. While the school overall has achieved AYP, one student subgroup has not met AYP in reading.
H-F has been named one of Newsweek's
top 1,000 schools on several occasions in recent years: 2009 (#1142), 2008 (#746), 2007 (#682), 2006 (#849), 2005 (#744), and 2003 (#518).
H-F holds the Illinois record for state titles and top three finishes in Drama.
(SWSC) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association
(IHSA), the organization which governs most sports and competitive activities in Illinois. Teams are stylized as the Vikings.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball
, cross country
, golf
, gymnastics
, soccer, swimming & diving
, tennis
, track & field, volleyball
, and water polo
. Young men may compete in baseball
, football
, lacrosse
, and wrestling
, while young women may compete in badminton
, cheerleading
, and softball
. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors an ice hockey
team for young men as well as field hockey
and poms teams for young women.
The school also offers a fencing team at a club level, which participates in the Great Lakes High School Conference every winter.
The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet:
As of 2009, the girls golf team has finished in the top ten at the IHSA State Finals more than any team in state history; their six state titles is the second highest total in state history.
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 Flossmoor
Flossmoor, Illinois
Flossmoor is a village in south suburban Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,464 at the 2010 census.The village is renowned for the quality and architectural variety of its housing stock, as well as its proximity to numerous country clubs. It prides itself on being a...
, 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,...
, in the Chicago metropolitan area. The majority of HF students live in Flossmoor and nearby Homewood
Homewood, Illinois
Homewood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,543 at the 2000 census. Homewood is a sister city to Homewood, Alabama.- Geography :...
, but the school also serves areas of Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields, Illinois
Olympia Fields is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,732 at the 2000 census. It is the location of the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club, and is also noteworthy as one of the wealthiest majority black communities in the United States...
, Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights, Illinois
Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 31,373 at the 2005 census. Chicago Heights is nicknamed 'Crossroads of the Nation'.-History:...
, Glenwood
Glenwood, Illinois
Glenwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,000 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Glenwood is located at ....
, and Hazel Crest
Hazel Crest, Illinois
Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,816 at the 2000 census. Despite being primarily located in Bremen Township, the village is also located in Rich Township south of 183rd Street and Thornton Township east of I-80/94 The Village is located in...
serving school districts 153, 161 and 167.
The campus consists of a North and South building. The South building contains a number of sub-buildings each assigned a letter, and includes the school's radio station (WHFH
WHFH
WHFH 88.5 FM is an American FM non-profit non-commercial educational high school radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to serve the community of and areas surrounding Flossmoor, Illinois. The station is owned and operated by Homewood-Flossmoor High School.Flossmoor is...
), television station VTV, science labs, a swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
, a music building and an auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
.
History
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School cite opened in 1959 with enrollment at 1,170 students. There were 51 classrooms, which included ten English classes, ten Social Science, eight Science, six Mathematics, five Foreign Language, three Physical Education, one Homemaking, three Industrial Arts, two Art, and three Music classes. A cafeteria, library and administrative area were also included.In 1989, football coach John Wrenn proposed District 233 adopt a mandatory drug-testing policy similar to one at two Lafayette
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
high schools, where a recent landmark court case decision allowed the creation of such programs. H-F became the first high school in Illinois to require mandatory random drug testing for its student athletes.
In 1996, the school gained publicity when up to 20,000 people gathered on the school lawn to hear President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
deliver a speech on education during his 1996 reelection campaign
United States presidential election, 1996
The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack...
.
In addition to being named a Blue Ribbon School
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
three times, the school has received Department of Education Technology Award twice. In 1995, the school's technology plan was named one of the five best in the nation.
In 2005, H-F encountered controversy over a campaign to promote homosexual acceptance led by three students. Campaigners encouraged students to buy colorful shirts that read "Gay? Fine by me." In response, a local church distributed black T-Shirts with text that read "Crimes committed against God," which included a list of perceived offenses against Christian students. The opposing campaigns gained national attention.
Academics
In 2008, H-F had an average composite ACT score of 21.5 and graduated 89.9% of its senior class. H-F has not made Adequate Yearly ProgressAdequate 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....
, the test used in the state of Illinois to fulfill 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...
. While the school overall has achieved AYP, one student subgroup has not met AYP in reading.
H-F has been named one of Newsweek's
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...
top 1,000 schools on several occasions in recent years: 2009 (#1142), 2008 (#746), 2007 (#682), 2006 (#849), 2005 (#744), and 2003 (#518).
Student life
Activities
The following activities placed in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship competition:- ChessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
: 4th place (1980–81); 3rd place (1978–79) - DebateDebateDebate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
: 4th place (1965–66, 70–71); 2nd place (1974–75); State Champions (1973–74) - DramaDramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
: 4th place (1977–78, 2006–07, 2009-10); 3rd place (1989–90, 94–95, 2005–06); 2nd place (1968–69, 70–71, 78–79, 79–80, 95–96, 96–97); State Champions (1966–67, 72–73, 73–74, 74–75, 75–76, 76–77, 80–81, 81–82, 82–83, 83–84, 85–86, 87–88, 97–98, 98–99, 99–2000, 00–01, 01–02) - Group Interpretation: 4th place (1975–76, 78–79, 81–82, 93–94, 2003–04, 05–06); 3rd place (1976–77); 2nd place (1998–99, 2007–08); State Champions (1995–96, 99–2000, 06–07)
- Individual Events: 4th place (1966–67, 78–79, 85–86, 96–97); 3rd place (1973–74, 76–77, 77–78, 79–80, 86–87), 2nd place (1970–71, 72–73); State Champions (1967–68, 74–75, 80–81, 83–84)
- SpeechPublic speakingPublic speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners...
: 2nd place (1966–67); State Champions (1967–68, 68–69, 70–71)
H-F holds the Illinois record for state titles and top three finishes in Drama.
Athletics
H-F competes in the Southwest Suburban ConferenceSouthwest Suburban Conference
The Southwest Suburban Conference is an athletic and competitive activity conference consisting of public secondary schools located in the south and southwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois....
(SWSC) and 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), the organization which governs most sports and competitive activities in Illinois. Teams are stylized as the Vikings.
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 & 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, 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...
, and water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
. Young men may 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....
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, 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...
, 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...
. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors an ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team for young men as well as field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
and poms teams for young women.
The school also offers a fencing team at a club level, which participates in the Great Lakes High School Conference every winter.
The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet:
- Basketball (boys): 3rd place (1984–85); 2nd place (2003–04)
- Cross Country (boys): 2nd place (1985–86)
- Football: Semifinals (1986–87, 87–88, 92–93, 10-11); State Champions (1994–95)
- Golf (boys): 4th place (1968–69); 3rd place (1972–73, 92–93); 2nd place (1976–77); State Champions (1969–70)
- Golf (girls): 3rd place (1977–78, 87–88, 93–94, 94–95, 95–96, 99–2000); 2nd place (1976–77, 80–81, 82–83, 83–84, 88–89, 96–97, 2008–09); State Champions (1979–80, 81–82, 84–85, 85–86, 97–98, 2009–10)
- Gymnastics (boys): 4th place (1971–72); 3rd place (1984–85), 2nd place (1995–96); State Champions (1996–97)
- Swimming & Diving (girls): 4th place (1986–87)
- Tennis (boys): 4th place (1975–76, 86–87); 3rd place (1992–93); 2nd place (1988–89, 91–92)
- Tennis (girls): 4th place (1986–87); 3rd place (1990–91, 91–92, 94–95); 2nd place (1988–89); State Champions (1989–90)
- Track & Field (girls): 4th place (1990–91, 98–99); 3rd place (1999–2000, 04–05)
- Volleyball (boys): 4th place (1993–94); 3rd place (1991–92)
- Water Polo (girls): 4th place (2002–03); 3rd place (2004–05)
As of 2009, the girls golf team has finished in the top ten at the IHSA State Finals more than any team in state history; their six state titles is the second highest total in state history.
Notable faculty
- Von Mansfield is the current superintendent. He is a former NFL defensive backDefensive backIn American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
.
- Charles J. Shields was a counselor English teacher, and Chair of the English department (1979–97). He is the author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, the first biography written about author Harper LeeHarper LeeNelle Harper Lee is an American author known for her 1960 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which deals with the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama...
which reached #15 on the New York Times Non-fiction Bestseller List. He has written 20 other books, primarily biographies and histories.
Notable alumni
- Christine KorsgaardChristine KorsgaardChristine Marion Korsgaard is an American philosopher and academic whose main scholarly interests are in moral philosophy and its history; the relation of issues in moral philosophy to issues in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and the theory of personal identity; the theory of personal...
(1970) is a moral philosopher at Harvard. - Cathleen Crowell WebbCathleen Crowell WebbCathleen Crowell Webb was a New Hampshire woman, who, in 1985, recanted her testimony from an earlier rape case to free an innocent man...
(1979) falsely accused Gary DotsonGary DotsonGary Dotson Litke, James. , May 9, 1986 Associated Press report. The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida. Accessed October 23, 2009. is an American man who was the second person to be exonerated of a criminal conviction by DNA evidence...
of rape while she was a student at Homewood-Flossmoor. She later recanted, leading to a series of cases where Mr. Dotson became one of the first people exonerated of a crime, based on DNA evidence. - Sophia DanenbergSophia DanenbergSophia Danenberg is an American mountain climber best known as the first African American and the first black woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. She is biracial, with her father black and her mother Japanese.-Mount Everest:At 7 a.m. on May 19, 2006,...
(1990) was the first black woman to climb Mount EverestMount EverestMount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...
. - Borzou DaragahiBorzou DaragahiBorzou Daragahi is a print and radio journalist and the former Baghdad bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. A U.S. citizen of Iranian descent, he was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of Iraq and led the bureau that was named a 2007 Pulitzer finalist for its Iraq coverage...
is a journalist for the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. He was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
, and has covered events in BaghdadBaghdadBaghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
and BeirutBeirutBeirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
. - Casey DriessenCasey DriessenCasey Christopher Driessen is an American bluegrass fiddler and singer. He plays acoustic and electric five-string violins, each of which has an additional low C string....
is a bluegrassBluegrass musicBluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
fiddlerFiddlerA fiddler is a person who plays a fiddle or violin.Fiddler may also refer to:*Fabrangen Fiddlers, an American musical group founded in 1971*Tupolev Tu-28 "Fiddler", a fighter aircraft*Fiddler , a DC Comics villain...
and singer. - Wes HamiltonWes HamiltonWes Hamilton is a former American football offensive lineman who was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 3rd round in the 1976 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tulsa University. One of Wes's sons, Ben Hamilton is an offensive lineman, who currently plays for the Seattle Seahawks...
is a former NFL offensive lineman (1976–84), playing his entire career for the Minnesota VikingsMinnesota VikingsThe Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
. - Nolan HarrisonNolan HarrisonNolan Harrison III is a former American football defensive lineman who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Indiana University and was team captain All Big 10...
is a former NFL defensive lineman (1991–2000). - Brittany RileyBrittany RileyBrittany Riley is a female hammer thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 72.51 metres, achieved in April 2007 in Des Moines.-Achievements:-References:...
is a hammer throwHammer throwThe modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
er. - Larry RothschildLarry RothschildLawrence Lee Rothschild is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and manager. He currently serves as the pitching coach of the New York Yankees.-Playing career:...
(1971) was a pitching coach for the Chicago CubsChicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
and is currently pitching coach for the New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
. - ShawnnaShawnnaRashawnna Guy , better known by her stage name Shawnna is an American rapper. She was the first female artist signed to Def Jam through Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace Records...
is a rap artist. - Chad SmithChad SmithChad Smith is an American musician, best known as the longtime and current drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot which includes Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Michael Anthony, former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes' backing band and...
is the longtime and current drummer for the Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
. - Julian WrightJulian WrightJulian Emil-Jamaal Wright is an American professional basketball player who last played for the NBA's Toronto Raptors. He played collegiately for the University of Kansas.-High school career:...
is a professional basketball player who was a first round draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft2007 NBA DraftThe 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
, and currently plays for the Toronto RaptorsToronto RaptorsThe Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...
. - Eric HillmanEric HillmanJohn Eric Hillman is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He pitched his entire 3-year MLB career with the New York Mets . After his MLB career, he pitched in NPB from 1995-1998 for the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Yomiuri Giants...
was a major-league and Japanese league pitcher. - John ElyJohn Ely (baseball)John Daniel Ely is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He made his Major League Baseball debut with Dodgers in April 2010.-Early years:...
is the current right handed rookie for the LA Dodgers. - Freddie BarnesFreddie BarnesFreddie Lee Barnes is an American football wide receiver currently a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2010...
who holds the Division I (NCAA) record for most receptions in a single season (155). - Stephen HillenburgStephen HillenburgStephen McDannell Hillenburg is an American animator, writer, producer, actor, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He currently owns his own production company, United Plankton Pictures...
is the creator and current executive producer of the television series "Spongebob SquarepantsSpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
."
External links
- Homewood-Flossmoor High School, official site
- "The Dream Becomes Reality": The Creation of Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School, Student Paper in Mr. Pyne's United States history class composed for the Chicago Metro History Fair