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John Hersey High School

John Hersey High School
HerseyHS(IL)logo.png
Address
1900 E. Thomas St.
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
United States
Coordinates 42°06′14″N 87°57′34″W / 42.10389°N 87.95944°W / 42.10389; -87.95944Coordinates: 42°06′14″N 87°57′34″W / 42.10389°N 87.95944°W / 42.10389; -87.95944
Information
School type Public high school
Opened 1968
School district Twp. H.S. District 214
Superintendent Dr. David Schuler
Dean Thomas Scotese and Matt Norris
Principal Gordon Sisson
Faculty 193
Grades 9–12
Gender coed
Enrollment 2,031
Average class size 17.7
Campus Suburban
School colour(s)      orange
     brown
     white
Athletics conference Mid-Suburban League
Mascot Husky
Nickname Huskies
Newspaper The Correspondent
Yearbook The Endeavor
Website

John Hersey High School, (Hersey or JHHS), is a four-year public high school located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois in the United States, it has its students from Arlington Heights and also takes some students from Prospect Heights, Mount Prospect and a small part of Des Plaines. Named after writer John Hersey, it is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, Prospect High School, Rolling Meadows High School, and Wheeling High School.

Middle schools whose graduates usually attend Hersey include Thomas Middle School, MacArthur Middle School and River Trails Middle School. JHHS also receives students from several private schools such as St. James, St. Alphonsus Ligouri, St. Emily, St. Paul, St. Peter Lutheran and St. John Brebeuf.

John Hersey High School was opened in the fall of 1968 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, to support the growing population in the regional towns within what was then known as High School District 214. These towns included Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Mt. Prospect, Prospect Heights and Wheeling. John Hersey High School's colors are orange, brown, and white, and the mascot is the husky. John Hersey High School is known as one of the few schools in the state that specifically caters to students with special needs. The hard-of-hearing population at JHHS is one of the largest in the area and well noted. Hersey also welcomed the CLS (Career and Life Skills) program, formerly housed at Wheeling High School, to its school in 2006. JHHS built a new fine arts and fitness section in June 2009.


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