Simeon Career Academy
| Simeon Career Academy | |
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| Address | |
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8147 S. Vincennes Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60620 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°44′45″N 87°38′05″W / 41.7457°N 87.6348°WCoordinates: 41°44′45″N 87°38′05″W / 41.7457°N 87.6348°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Secondary Vocational |
| Opened | 1949 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 141380 |
| Principal | Sheldon D. House |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 1,365 (2015–16) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) |
Blue Gold |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Wolverines |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | simeonca |
Neal F. Simeon Career Academy (formerly known as Neal F. Simeon Vocational High School, Neal F. Simeon Career Technical Academy) is a public 4–year vocational high school located in the Chatham neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Simeon is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. The school is named for African-American educator and administrator Neal Ferdinand Simeon. Simeon opened in 1949.
Simeon was founded in 1949, as Westcott Vocational High School in a building located at 8023 S. Normal Avenue, where it operated until the Kroger company donated a vacant warehouse (located at 8235 S. Vincennes Avenue) to the Chicago Public Schools in 1963. The school was renamed Neal F. Simeon Vocational High School in September 1964. The school named changed from "Vocational High School" to "Career Technical Academy" in September 1998. Simeon operated in the Kroger building amidst conditions until a new building was built and opened for students in September 2003. When the new building opened, the school's address changed to 8147 S. Vincennes Avenue. In 2003, Simeon name changed to its present name.
Neal Ferdinand Simeon was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 30, 1916 and was of Creole descent. His family was from New Orleans where his father made a living as a cigar maker. He had two sisters and three brothers; Lillian, Ethel, Omer, Albert and Leo. Neal F. Simeon married Helen and to this union was born daughter Sharon A. Simeon. Simeon went on to graduate from Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago, IL in 1934 where he was football captain and valedictorian. Mr. Simeon won an academic scholarship to Northwestern University, but instead enrolled at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) where he starred in track and boxing. While an undergrad, he was the IIT light heavyweight boxing champion and competed in the Golden Gloves. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT in 1938 and was elected to Pi Tau Sigma, an honorary Mechanical Engineering fraternity.
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