Wheaton Academy
Encyclopedia
Wheaton Academy is a private
, non-denominational Christian
high school
, that is known for being an educational institution committed to the evangelical Christian
faith. Wheaton Academy's campus is located in the city of West Chicago
in DuPage County, Illinois
, and is thirty-five miles west of Chicago
.
's campus in Wheaton Illinois from 1917 to 1945. Then the school moved from Wheaton to West Chicago, a neighboring town a few miles away. The school's "Academy Hall" building once served as a children's hospital prior to being purchased by the Wheaton Academy High school. Academy Hall has classrooms on the lower floor but is closed upstairs due to asbestos in some of the tiles in a room in the southeast rear corner. The School has gone through many name changes, from Wheaton Christian High School, to Wheaton Academy, to Wheaton Christian Academy.
and the DuPage County Education Service Region. Wheaton Academy is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools International
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(IHSA) as well as the Private School League (PSL). Beginning with the 2009-2010 season, Wheaton Academy will become a part of the renamed Suburban Christian Conference (SCC), formerly known as the Suburban Catholic Conference. Chicago Christian and Aurora Christian, fellow members of WA in the PSL also will be joining the conference. Below are the sports that Wheaton Academy fields competitively:
Girls Sports
Mens Sports
Wheaton Academy has also had a variety of students participate in swimming, gymnastics, hockey, boxing, and lacrosse as individuals.
Track & Field / Cross Country
Wheaton Academy's track and field program has grown over the past decade, both in numbers and athletic successes. Starting in spring 2000, there was a stretch of 6 straight years where Wheaton Academy sent runners to the state meet. In 2001, Matt Field became only the second Wheaton Academy athlete to win an individual state championship, winning the Class A 1600 m run. Carl Meyers was the other state champion, who won the long jump competition in 1990 and 1991. Both the girls and boys cross country teams qualified for the state meet in 2007. The boys finished 16th overall, while the girls took 7th.
Mens Basketball
The Boys Basketball program at Wheaton Academy is led by head coach Paul Ferguson. In the 2006-07 the team captured their first Private School League championship since 2003. In 2010-11 they clinched the Regional Championships. http://www.wheatonacademybasketball.com
Women's Soccer
The women's varsity soccer team won the Class A state championship in 2004 and the class AA championship in 2009. They also achieved 3rd place in the AA 2010 Illinois State tournament.
Mens Golf
Recently the Wheaton Academy mens golf team won the 2010 state championship! The 2010 Varsity team included Blake Biddle, David Flynn, Christopher Urbanowski, Clayton Bruntjen, Elio Vento, Lars Olson, Austin Graf, Jay Gulbransen, Jack Anderson, Jeff Berg, and the infamous Daniel Gryfinski. Coaches of the golf team include Bob Broman (varsity), and Josh Burick (junior varsity).
In the 2008 state tournament, Wheaton Academy finished third overall, becoming the highest place finish in Wheaton Academy's golfing history. Although Wheaton placed third overall as a school, Wheaton Academy Junior, David Flynn, placed first individually (Scoring an even par on both days of the tournament), making him the first golf state champion ever to go through Wheaton Academy. The program is led by head coach Bob Broman.
Private school
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, non-denominational Christian
Non-denominational Christianity
In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
high school
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....
, that is known for being an educational institution committed to the evangelical Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
faith. Wheaton Academy's campus is located in the city of West Chicago
West Chicago, Illinois
West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,469 at the 2000 census. It was formerly named Turner Junction after its founder, John B. Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad in 1855...
in DuPage County, Illinois
DuPage County, Illinois
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 916,924, White Americans made up 77.9% of Dupage County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 70.5% of the population. Black Americans made up 4.6% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.3% of Dupage County's population...
, and is thirty-five miles west of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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Heritage
Wheaton Academy was housed at Wheaton CollegeWheaton College (Illinois)
Wheaton College is a private, evangelical Protestant liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago in the United States...
's campus in Wheaton Illinois from 1917 to 1945. Then the school moved from Wheaton to West Chicago, a neighboring town a few miles away. The school's "Academy Hall" building once served as a children's hospital prior to being purchased by the Wheaton Academy High school. Academy Hall has classrooms on the lower floor but is closed upstairs due to asbestos in some of the tiles in a room in the southeast rear corner. The School has gone through many name changes, from Wheaton Christian High School, to Wheaton Academy, to Wheaton Christian Academy.
Accreditation
Wheaton Academy holds institutional accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary schools since 1911. The school is recognized by the state of IllinoisIllinois
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,...
and the DuPage County Education Service Region. Wheaton Academy is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools International
Association of Christian Schools International
The Association of Christian Schools International is an association of evangelical Protestant Christian schools.-Purposes:ACSI, a protestant association for Christian schools, impacts nearly 23,000 schools and transforms the lives of more than 3.9 million students worldwide...
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Sports
Wheaton Academy is a member of the Illinois High School AssociationIllinois 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) as well as the Private School League (PSL). Beginning with the 2009-2010 season, Wheaton Academy will become a part of the renamed Suburban Christian Conference (SCC), formerly known as the Suburban Catholic Conference. Chicago Christian and Aurora Christian, fellow members of WA in the PSL also will be joining the conference. Below are the sports that Wheaton Academy fields competitively:
Girls Sports
- Fall
- Cross Country RunningCross country runningCross 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...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball 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...
- TennisTennisTennis 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...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading 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...
- Cross Country Running
- Winter
- BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading 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...
- Basketball
- Spring
- Track and fieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- Soccer
- SoftballSoftballSoftball 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...
- Track and field
Mens Sports
- Fall
- Cross Country RunningCross country runningCross 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...
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- GolfGolfGolf 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....
- Soccer
- Cross Country Running
- Winter
- BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
- Basketball
- Spring
- BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- TennisTennisTennis 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 and fieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball 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...
- JoustingJoustingJousting is a martial game or hastilude between two knights mounted on horses and using lances, often as part of a tournament.Jousting emerged in the High Middle Ages based on the military use of the lance by heavy cavalry. The first camels tournament was staged in 1066, but jousting itself did not...
- Baseball
Wheaton Academy has also had a variety of students participate in swimming, gymnastics, hockey, boxing, and lacrosse as individuals.
Track & Field / Cross Country
Wheaton Academy's track and field program has grown over the past decade, both in numbers and athletic successes. Starting in spring 2000, there was a stretch of 6 straight years where Wheaton Academy sent runners to the state meet. In 2001, Matt Field became only the second Wheaton Academy athlete to win an individual state championship, winning the Class A 1600 m run. Carl Meyers was the other state champion, who won the long jump competition in 1990 and 1991. Both the girls and boys cross country teams qualified for the state meet in 2007. The boys finished 16th overall, while the girls took 7th.
Mens Basketball
The Boys Basketball program at Wheaton Academy is led by head coach Paul Ferguson. In the 2006-07 the team captured their first Private School League championship since 2003. In 2010-11 they clinched the Regional Championships. http://www.wheatonacademybasketball.com
Women's Soccer
The women's varsity soccer team won the Class A state championship in 2004 and the class AA championship in 2009. They also achieved 3rd place in the AA 2010 Illinois State tournament.
Mens Golf
Recently the Wheaton Academy mens golf team won the 2010 state championship! The 2010 Varsity team included Blake Biddle, David Flynn, Christopher Urbanowski, Clayton Bruntjen, Elio Vento, Lars Olson, Austin Graf, Jay Gulbransen, Jack Anderson, Jeff Berg, and the infamous Daniel Gryfinski. Coaches of the golf team include Bob Broman (varsity), and Josh Burick (junior varsity).
In the 2008 state tournament, Wheaton Academy finished third overall, becoming the highest place finish in Wheaton Academy's golfing history. Although Wheaton placed third overall as a school, Wheaton Academy Junior, David Flynn, placed first individually (Scoring an even par on both days of the tournament), making him the first golf state champion ever to go through Wheaton Academy. The program is led by head coach Bob Broman.
Fine Arts
Wheaton Academy has been recognized as a school with an advanced fine arts for a high school program. The school has a relatively large chorale program, which includes groups for both young men and young women, as well as a more advanced combined group. The musicals and drama at Wheaton Academy are also well known for being exceptional.Notable alumni
- Todd BeamerTodd BeamerLisa Beamer was born on april 10, 1969 in Albany, New york.Lisa Beamer is the widow of Todd Beamer, a victim of the United Flight 93 crash as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States....
, a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93United Airlines Flight 93United Airlines Flight 93 was United Airlines' scheduled morning transcontinental flight across the United States from Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport in California. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757–222 aircraft operating the...
during the September 11 attacks. - Randy HultgrenRandy HultgrenRandall Mark "Randy" Hultgren is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.Hultgren previously represented the 48th district Senate seat in the Illinois General Assembly from 2007 - 2011...
, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 14th district of Illinois since 2011. - Ryan Dzingel, drafted 204th Overall by the Ottawa SenatorsOttawa SenatorsThe Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft2011 NHL Entry DraftThe 2011 NHL Entry Draft was the 49th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 24–25, 2011, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was the first time the Draft was held in the state of Minnesota since the Minnesota North Stars hosted the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.The top three picks consisted...
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