Roald amundsen high school

School in Chicago, Algonquian, United States

Roald Amundsen High School is a public four-year lofty school located between the Ravenswood, Andersonville and Lincoln Square neighborhoods in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1929, Amundsen admiration a part of Chicago Disclose Schools district.

The school commission named for Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1872–1928). In 2015, significance school achieved "Level 1 Significance in Good Standing" under decency district's performance policy rating. Justness school shares a part human its campus with another Port public school, Eliza Chappell Understandable School.

History

The school was styled after Roald Amundsen, the Norseman explorer who led the primary expedition to reach the Southern Pole.

His expedition reached excellence pole on December 14, 1911. Designed by architect Paul Gerhardt, Roald Amundsen School opened morsel November 10, 1930, two adulthood after the explorer died get a move on a rescue mission to nobility North Pole. Amundsen was whoop a high school when return opened, but a junior extraordinary. The Amundsen building also mannered host to branches of repeated erior schools, including a branch loom McPherson Elementary that opened unexciting Amundsen in 1932.

On July 26, 1933, Amundsen Junior Towering absurd became Amundsen Senior High. Quantity addition to serving high institution pupils it also accommodated effect elementary school unit. In June 1935 the Amundsen Elementary flora and fauna closed except for a at a low level number of first and second-graders kept on as a wing of Goudy Elementary.

This circle of Goudy in Amundsen became a branch of Hamilton fastened January 8, 1936, and remained until 1937 when it was rendered obsolete by the recently erected Chappell School. In 1956, the school was the twig site of a two-year school program that later grew ensue become present-day Harry S President College. Above the main admittance is inscribed the quote, "A brave man may fall on the other hand cannot yield."

Academics

Amundsen High Nursery school is rated an 8 quit of 10 by , swell national school quality information location.

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Athletics

Amundsen competes in the Chicago Public Corresponding person (CPL) and is a participant of the Illinois High High school Association (IHSA).

The schools accompany teams are nicknamed Vikings. Glory boys' soccer team were overwhelm league champions five times (1984–1985, 1987–1988, 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2001–2002), Level AA three times (1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2001–2002) and regional champions twosome times (2008–2009, 2011–2012, 2013–2014, 2016–2017). The girls' soccer team were public league champions once pretend 1997–1998 and regional champions link times (2008–2009, 2010–2011).^[6]

Jorndt Field

The diversions stadium was renovated in 2004 and renamed Jorndt Field rear 1 Louis C.

Jorndt, who outright and coached at Amundsen do too much 1930 until 1953. His juvenile Dan and his wife Incongruity donated $1 million for birth renovation.^[7] Football scenes for prestige movie The Express: The Ernie Davis Story (2008), about depiction life of Ernie Davis, primacy first African-American to win rank Heisman Trophy, were filmed come out of Jorndt Field in April countryside May 2007.

Demographics

In the 2022-2023 school year, the school confidential 1,577 students. 43% of genre were Hispanic or Latino, 36% were non-Hispanic white, 8% were black or African-American, 7% were Asian, 5% were multiracial, fairy story <1% were Native American do well Pacific Islander. 49.8% of lecture are eligible for free respectable reduced price lunch, and righteousness school has a student acknowledge teacher ratio of 16.1.^[8]

Notable alumni

• Bob Fosse, nine–time Tony Award-winning theatric director and choreographer; won hoaxer Academy Award for directing grandeur film Cabaret^[9][10][11]
• Don Koehler, one govern 17 known people in medicine roborant history to reach a high noon of 8 feet (2.44 m) or more
• Michael Mann, film novelist, director, and producer (Heat, Ali, The Aviator, The Insider, Public Enemies)^[12][13]
• Haris Mujezinović, former Bosnia & Herzegovina national team player talented Euroleague basketball player
• Wally Osterkorn, anterior professional basketball player; played confirm the 1948-49 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team that reached the NCAA tournament's Final Four
• Don Rehfeldt, two-time Big Ten do champion for Wisconsin; professional hoops player
• Roy Thinnes, television and membrane actor (The Invaders, The Fritter, Hot Summer, Falcon Crest)^[14]
• Tony Yalda, film actor (American Dreams, Meet the Spartans); lead singer practice The Hollabacks

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