Westinghouse_High_School_(Chicago)

George Westinghouse College Prep

George Westinghouse College Prep

Public secondary selective enrollment school in Chicago, Illinois, United States

George Westinghouse College Preparatory High School (formerly known as Westinghouse Area Vocational High School) is a public 4–year college preparatory selective enrollment high school located in the Humboldt Park[3] neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.[4] Operated by the Chicago Public Schools district, Westinghouse is named for American entrepreneur and engineer George Westinghouse. Westinghouse opened as a vocational school in 1960.

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History

Opening in August 1932, Westinghouse was originally housed in a former Bunte Brothers candy factory. The building was designed by Schmidt, Garden and Martin in 1920 and was one of the largest examples of the Chicago School architectural style. The factory was converted to a high school building in 1965, opening as a neighborhood vocational high school for the 1965 school year. The first graduating class was in 1968 with 24 senior class students and 23 actually graduating.[5] A new, $106.5 million facility was built at 3223 West Franklin Boulevard in 2009.[6][7] The former building was demolished and now is the site of the school's football field.

Athletics

Westinghouse competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).[8] The school sport teams are nicknamed Warriors. For many years an area basketball powerhouse,[9] The school's boys basketball team won the Illinois Class AA Boys' Basketball Championship in 2001–02 [10] and were Class AA fifteen times (1976–79, 1980–81, 1989–94, 1995–96, 1998–2000, 2003–06). The basketball team were Public league champions seven times (1977–78, 1980–81, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2001–02). The girls' basketball team were Regional champions in 2013–14. In 2014-15 the boys basketball team won a conference championship and a Regional Championship in 2016–17 season for the first time since the building reopened.[11][12]

Notable alumni

Notes

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    Chicago Public Schools: Westinghouse
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    Westinghouse High School. Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
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    Rosalind Rossi. "Westinghouse High to cost $103 million". Chicago Sun-Times. 29 March 2007.
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    "New Chicago schools Archived 2009-09-10 at the Wayback Machine". Chicago Sun-Times. 7 September 2009.
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    IHSA Chicago (Westinghouse)
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    Patrick Z. McGavin. "House (of blues) fades to black". Chicago Sun-Times. 14 February 2007.
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    IHSA
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    "Farragut holds strong in Red-West with win over North Lawndale". 28 January 2015.
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    "3A Fenwick Sectional semifinal preview: No. 1 Fenwick (26-4) vs. No. 4 Westinghouse (13-14) – the Public League". Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
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    Mark Aguirre at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
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    Eddie Johnson at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
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    Hersey Hawkins at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
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    Kiwane Garris at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
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