Niles West High School

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Niles West High School
Address
Map
5701 Oakton St

Skokie
,
Illinois
60077

United States
Coordinates42°01′28″N 87°46′20″W / 42.0244°N 87.7723°W / 42.0244; -87.7723
Information
School typepublic, comprehensive secondary
Opened1958
School districtNiles Township High School District 219
NCES District ID1728530[1]
SuperintendentThomas Moore[2]
NCES School ID172853002988[1]
PrincipalJeremy Christian[3]
Teaching staff184.25 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12[1]
Gendercoed[1]
Enrollment2,609 (2022–23)[4]
Student to teacher ratio14.16[1]
Campus typeCity: small[1]
Color(s)  red
  white[5]
Athletics conferenceCentral Suburban League[5]
Team nameWolves[5]
RivalNiles North High School
NewspaperNiles West News
YearbookSpectrum
Websitehttp://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/west/

Niles West High School (NWHS), officially Niles Township High School West, is a public four-year high school located in Skokie, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago, in the United States. NWHS is part of the Niles Township Community High School District 219, which also includes Niles North High School. The name of the school teams originally was the Indians, which later was changed to the Wolves, in 2001. The feeder middle-schools for NWHS are Lincoln Junior High School (Skokie), Fairview South School (Skokie), Lincoln Hall Middle School (Lincolnwood), Culver Middle School (Niles), and Park View School (Morton Grove). Niles West High School also matriculates many students from MCC Academy, Morton Grove, Illinois.

History

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Niles West High School sits on over an acre of land. The school opened in the fall of 1958.

See also: Niles Township Community High School District 219 § Labor relations

In 1996, the Niles Township Federation of Teachers went on a strike for two weeks over negotiations with administrators. During that time numerous students staged a walkout and pledged their allegiance to Niles West. Strikes have also happened in 1979 and 1985 with similar results.

Academics

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In 2007, Niles West had an average composite ACT score of 22.3, and graduated 93.2% of its senior class.[6] The average class size was 19.2.[6] In 2012, Newsweek ranked Niles West on its list of the Top 1000 Public Schools in the nation.

As of March 2020, many 8th or 7th graders have been attending Niles West High School as part as an off-level program.[7]

Student life

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Activities

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The "West Word" student newspaper has been awarded first place for seven years running, with special merit twice, by the American Scholastic Press Association Newspaper contest.[8] Starting in the 2010–2011 school year, the print newspaper was retired, renamed "Niles West News", and moved online.

Fine arts

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In April 2007, both Niles West and Niles North received the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network and National School Boards Association Award for excellence in arts education.[9]

In summer 2010, the Niles West High School Theatre Department performed at the 2010 American High School Theatre Festival in Scotland.[10]

The Illinois Art Education Association awarded the Fine Arts Departments with three awards in 2020: Art Education Program of the Year, Patti-Anne Ford as the Art and Design Administrator of the Year, and Deanna Sortino as the Secondary Art Educator of the Year.[11]

Athletics

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Niles West competes in the Central Suburban League and Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Teams are stylized as the Wolves.

Until the end of the 1999–2000 school year, the sports teams were known as Niles West Indians, a name which was changed to the Wolves so as not to offend Native Americans.[12]

Niles West sponsors interscholastic athletic teams for boys and girls in basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, water polo, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Boys may also compete in baseball and football. Girls can also compete on the wrestling team and may compete in softball. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors a poms team for girls.[13]

The baseball team has won two IHSA state championships (1971–72 and 1974–75).[14] The girls basketball team won the IHSA state championship in 1978-79.[14]

Niles West also won the IHSA state championship for boys gymnastics in 2016.[15]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Niles West High School". Statistical analysis. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). October 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Niles Township High School District 219 Board of Education Announces New Superintendent". Niles Township High School District 219. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Congratulations to Jeremy Christian, the New Principal of Niles West!". Niles Township High School District 219. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "Niles West High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Skokie (Niles West)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). August 27, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Class of 2007 school report card Archived April 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Malek, Sonja. "Our Youngest Wolves: Middle School Mathematicians". Niles West News. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  8. ^ "American Scholastic Press Association". Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  9. ^ Kennedy Center: Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
  10. ^ "Skokienet.org". Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  11. ^ "Niles West Alumni". The Education Foundation. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  12. ^ "Niles West High School's Team Name To Be Wolves". Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  13. ^ Niles West Athletic Department; accessed 11 April 2009
  14. ^ a b "Skokie (Niles West) Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). August 3, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  15. ^ Tribune, Chicago. "Showing how far they've come, Niles West gymnasts capture state title". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  16. ^ Kleine, Ted (January 7, 1999). "In Print: the history of Hollywood on the lake". Chicago Reader. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  17. ^ "Arnie Bernstein". Illinois Center for the Book. Illinois State Library. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  18. ^ Green, Michelle (March 2, 1992) "Bloody Ending to a Double Life", People. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  19. ^ Swartz, Tracy (December 28, 2020). "Chicago women to root for on reality TV in 2021". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  20. ^ "George Kontos joins Giants broadcast team on NBC Sports Bay Area". RSN. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  21. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkremen/ [self-published source]
  22. ^ O'Connell, Patrick; Skiba, Katherine; Meisner, Jason (October 31, 2017). "Former Trump campaign adviser, DePaul alum from Chicago pleads guilty to lying to FBI". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  23. ^ Snell, Joe (March 2019). "Atour Sargon, longtime Lincolnwood resident, runs on ticket of transparency, diversity". The Assyrian Journal. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  24. ^ Civic Engagement in the Assyrian American Community (9/7/19) on YouTube
  25. ^ Lee, Lexi. "Face of College Admissions Scandal Is a Niles West Alum". Niles West News. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  26. ^ Niles West High School (1985). Spectrum 1985 - Niles West High School Yearbook. Morton Grove Public Library. Niles West High School.
  27. ^ "Sucherman unwinds & rewinds with Styx — Skokie news, photos and events — TribLocal.com". TribLocal. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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