Danville High School (Illinois)
| Danville High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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202 East Fairchild Street Danville, Illinois 61832 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°08′17″N 87°37′36″W / 40.1381°N 87.6267°W |
| Information | |
| School type | public secondary |
| Motto | Service |
| Opened | 1870 |
| School district | Danville District 118 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Alicia Geddis |
| Principal | Kimberly Norton |
| Staff | 151 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 1,585 |
| Average class size | 20.8 |
| Campus type | urban |
| Color(s) |
maroon white |
| Athletics conference | Danville competes in the Big Twelve Conference (Illinois) along with Peoria Richwoods, Peoria High, Peoria Manual, Peoria Notre Dame, Urbana, Champaign Central, Normal Community West, Normal Community, and Bloomington |
| Mascot | Odin |
| Team name | Vikings/Lady Vikings |
| Average ACT scores | 18.5 |
| Newspaper | Maroon & White |
| Yearbook | Medley |
| Website | [1] |
Danville High School (DHS) is a public high school located in Danville, Illinois. DHS is part of Danville District 118, which also includes two middle schools and eight elementary schools. This also includes The Kenneth D. Bailey Academy, previously Holy Family Catholic School, the new home for Danville School District 118’s alternative programs.
The school is perhaps best known for three of its alumni who went on to success in acting: Gene Hackman, and the brothers Dick and Jerry Van Dyke, and one who became an important figure in popularizing early twentieth century popular music, Bobby Short.
Kimberly Norton, the current principal of Danville High School, is the school's 32nd principal since 1870.
In 2008, DHS had an average composite ACT score of 18.5, and graduated 75.3% of its senior class. Danville High School has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which the state of Illinois uses to fulfill mandates set forth in the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The school, overall, failed to meet minimum expectations in mathematics and reading, in addition to two of the three student subgroups. 13.7% of juniors last spring scored high enough on at least three of the four parts of the ACT to be considered “college-ready” for key freshman classes.
In September 2009, the school hosted several education administrators from Taiwan who were visiting to not only see how the school functions, but to participate in a learning opportunity for the school's Global House.
The school offers approximately 30 clubs and activities ranging from service-oriented clubs to academic competition, to art appreciation. Among the clubs which are chapters for more national organizations are Key Club, and National Honor Society.
The choral music program supports a choir, show choir, and madrigal program.
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