Zion-Benton Township High School
Encyclopedia
Zion-Benton Township High School, or ZBTHS, is a public four-year high school
located at the corner of Kenosha Road and 21st Street in Zion, Illinois
, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States
. It is part of Zion-Benton Township High School District 126. The school mascot/symbol is the Fighting Zee-Bee which was adapted from the Navy SeaBee's of WWII. In 2008 the district opened a partner school at the former ZBTHS Pierce campus called New Tech High at Zion-Benton East
, a 4-year high school associated with the New Tech Network of Napa, California. New Tech is located at the division of Bethesda Avenue and 23rd Street in Zion.
ZBTHS is fed by three major middle schools, including North Prairie Junior High of Winthrop Harbor, IL, Beach Park Middle School of Beach Park, IL and Zion Central Middle School of Zion, IL. ZBTHS is one of the most diverse high schools in the state of Illinois. The district is 39.5% Caucasian, 30.7% African American, 23.3% Hispanic, 2.6% Asian and Pacific Islander, and .3% Native American, providing a diverse learning environment.
. Having a consistently strong basketball team, the Zion-Benton Zee-Bees Boys Basketball team became the IHSA Class 4A State Runner Ups in the 2007-08 season. Also the ZB Majorettes have won 18 straight Illinois State championships, and have placed nationally several times.
^ = Indicates ZBTHS only activities
High school
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located at the corner of Kenosha Road and 21st Street in Zion, Illinois
Zion, Illinois
Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,866 at the 2000 census, and estimated at 24,303 as of 2005. The city was founded in July 1901 by John Alexander Dowie. He also started the Zion Tabernacle of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, which was the only...
, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States
United States
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. It is part of Zion-Benton Township High School District 126. The school mascot/symbol is the Fighting Zee-Bee which was adapted from the Navy SeaBee's of WWII. In 2008 the district opened a partner school at the former ZBTHS Pierce campus called New Tech High at Zion-Benton East
New Tech High at Zion-Benton East
New Tech High at Zion-Benton East, or New Tech, is a public four-year high school located at the intersection of Bethesda Drive and 23rd Street in Zion, Illinois, a town located in the northeastern corner of Illinois and a suburb of Chicago. It is the second school of Zion-Benton Township High...
, a 4-year high school associated with the New Tech Network of Napa, California. New Tech is located at the division of Bethesda Avenue and 23rd Street in Zion.
ZBTHS is fed by three major middle schools, including North Prairie Junior High of Winthrop Harbor, IL, Beach Park Middle School of Beach Park, IL and Zion Central Middle School of Zion, IL. ZBTHS is one of the most diverse high schools in the state of Illinois. The district is 39.5% Caucasian, 30.7% African American, 23.3% Hispanic, 2.6% Asian and Pacific Islander, and .3% Native American, providing a diverse learning environment.
Academics
Zion-Benton offers an extensive list of academic courses, including many physical education courses, business courses, Driver's Ed, Mathematics, Science, English, History, NJROTC, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Family and Consumer Sciences, and foreign languages (Spanish, French, and German). On top of regular course, Zion offers the following AP courses: Calculus, Government, US History, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, French, Spanish, English language, English literature, Statistics, and Psychology.Athletics
Zion-Benton, along with New Tech in a combined athletic program, competes in the North Suburban Conference and 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...
. Having a consistently strong basketball team, the Zion-Benton Zee-Bees Boys Basketball team became the IHSA Class 4A State Runner Ups in the 2007-08 season. Also the ZB Majorettes have won 18 straight Illinois State championships, and have placed nationally several times.
District 126 Activities
- Band (Symphonic, Wind Ensemble, Jazz, Pep, and Marching)^
- Baseball
- Bass Fishing Club
- Boys Basketball
- Boys Soccer
- Boys Swimming
- Brother 2 Brother^
- Cheerleading
- Chess Club
- Choir^
- Class Officers^
- Cross Country
- Encore Players (Drama)
- Football
- Fencing Club
- German Club^
- Girls Badminton
- Girls Basketball
- Girls Bowling
- Girls Soccer
- Girls Tennis
- Girls Volleyball
- Girls Swimming
- Golf
- Healthy YOUth
- Key Club
- Mock Trial^
- Math Club
- Majorettes
- National Honor Society^
- Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC)
- Newspaper^
- Outreach
- Poms
- Scholastic Bowl^
- Shades^
- Softball
- Speech Team
- TechCrew^
- The Swarm
- Track
- WebCrew^
- Yearbook
^ = Indicates ZBTHS only activities