New Trier High School | |
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Location | |
Illinois 60093 United States |
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Coordinates |
42°05′40″N 87°43′09″W / 42.09454°N 87.71914°W (Winnetka) 42°05′27″N 87°45′53″W / 42.09088°N 87.76478°W (Northfield) |
Information | |
School type | Public Secondary |
Motto | To commit minds to inquiry, hearts to compassion, and lives to the service of humanity. |
Established | 1901 |
School district | New Trier Township High School District 203 |
Superintendent | Linda Lee Yonke, PhD |
CEEB code | 144430 |
Principal | Denise Dubravec (Winnetka) Paul Waechtler (Northfield) |
Teaching staff | 350 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 4241 (2013) |
Average class size | 22.7 |
Campus | Suburban |
Campus size | Large |
School color(s) |
Blue Green |
Athletics conference | Central Suburban League |
Nickname | Trevians |
Average SAT scores | 1962 |
Average ACT scores | 27.8 (class of 2016) |
Publication | Logos and Calliope |
Newspaper |
New Trier News Freshman Focus Sophomore Journal Examiner |
Yearbook | Trevia |
Website | www |
New Trier High School (/nuː ˈtrɪər/, also known as New Trier Township High School or NTHS) is a public four-year high school, with its main campus for sophomores through seniors located in Winnetka, Illinois, US, and a freshman campus in Northfield, Illinois, with freshman classes and district administration. Founded in 1901, the school is known for its large spending per student, academic excellence, and its athletic, drama, visual arts, and music programs. The school serves the Chicago North Shore suburbs of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, most of Northfield, and parts of Glenview. New Trier's logo depicts the Porta Nigra, a symbol of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The athletic teams are known as the Trevians, an archaic demonym for the city's people.
New Trier Township High School was founded in 1901 in Winnetka, Illinois, with seventy-six students and seven faculty members.Chicago's north shore communities had decided to build a school that would enable parents to educate their children without sending them to college preparatory schools on the Eastern seaboard.