Deerfield High School (Illinois)
| Deerfield High School | |
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1959 N. Waukegan Road Deerfield, Illinois 60015 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°11′15″N 87°51′08″W / 42.1874°N 87.8523°W |
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| School type | Public Secondary |
| Opened | 1959 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Township High School District 113 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Christopher Dignam |
| Principal | Kathryn Anderson |
| Staff | 287 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 1,754 |
| Average class size | 18.5 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| School color(s) |
Red Gray |
| Athletics conference | Central Suburban League |
| Nickname | Warriors |
| Average ACT scores | 27.1 |
| Publication | Troubadour |
| Newspaper | Deerprints |
| Yearbook | O*YAD |
| TV station | WDHS |
| Communities Served | Deerfield, Bannockburn, Riverwoods, parts of Highland Park |
| Website | http://dhs.dist113.org/ |
Deerfield High School, or DHS, is a public four-year high school in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is part of Township High School District 113, which also includes Highland Park High School.
The original building was constructed during the mid-1950s in response to the post-war nuclear threat. Construction was completed in 1959 and its first class graduated in 1963. As of 1999, DHS included 327,000 square feet (30,400 m2) of space.
In 2000, DHS and its sister school, Highland Park High School, underwent a two-year, $75 million renovation and expansion project. DHS received new science and arts wings for a total of 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2) added and 61,600 square feet (5,720 m2) renovated. The additions and renovations were designed by Legat Architects and executed by VACALA Construction, Inc.
Beginning in 2004, the school ceased comparing the academic achievements of students, nor does it distribute students' class rank to colleges. The elimination of class rank aimed at creating a less stressful competitive academic environment. The school also spends the most in the state of Illinois on each student over the course of a year. The current amount is over $22,000 for each student, each year. This was one of the reasons that Deerfield was ranked second in the top ten towns in which to raise a family in 2007.
The DHS Auditorium is a proscenium style theater that seats 914 persons and is used for assemblies and productions of dance, musical theater, and concerts by soloists and large ensembles. The Auditorium's stage house measures 3,200 square feet (300 m2) with a proscenium that is 35 feet (11 m) wide, 18 feet (5.5 m) high and a stage that is 30 feet (9.1 m) deep to the cyclorama. The lighting grid is 30 feet (9.1 m) high. The Studio Theatre is located immediately adjacent to the Auditorium and is used as a backstage area during Auditorium productions. The orchestra pit is located at house level and can contain up to thirty musicians. The stage house has a 7-line, manual, single purchase counterweight fly system, with 500-pound capacity per line-set. In addition, the Auditorium houses a walk-draw white cyclorama, movable tormentors, four travelers, dead-hung teasers and a walk draw black scrim.
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