Wheaton North High School
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701 West Thomas Road Wheaton, Illinois 60187 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′02″N 88°06′58″W / 41.88389°N 88.11611°WCoordinates: 41°53′02″N 88°06′58″W / 41.88389°N 88.11611°W |
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| School type | Public Secondary |
| Opened | 1964 |
| School district | Comm. Unit S.D. 200 |
| NCES District ID | 1742180 |
| Superintendent | Jeffrey Schuler |
| CEEB code | 144386 |
| NCES School ID | 174218004223 |
| Principal | Matt Biscan |
| Teaching staff | 152 Certified staff & 52 Classified (support) staff |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 2,114 (2016–17) |
| Average class size | 24 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| School color(s) |
Blue Gold |
| Fight song | "Falcon Fight Song" |
| Athletics conference | DuPage Valley Conference |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Nickname | Falcons |
| Average SAT scores | 1846 (2016) |
| Average ACT scores | 23.3 (2016) |
| Publication | Déjà vu |
| Newspaper | Falcon Flyer |
| Yearbook | The Northerner |
| Website | www |
Wheaton North High School (WNHS), locally referred to as "North," is a public four-year high school in Wheaton, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is one of two high schools that are part of Community Unit School District 200, the other being Wheaton Warrenville South High School.
As demand for a second high school increased in the 1950s and 1960s, Wheaton North High School split off from the original Wheaton Community High School in 1963. At this time, Wheaton Community changed its name to Wheaton Central, and in 1974 a third high school Wheaton Warrenville, joined the district. In 1983 Wheaton Warrenville was closed and the district only had the two high schools, Wheaton North and Wheaton Central. In 1992, Wheaton Central moved into the former Wheaton Warrenville high school and changed its name to Wheaton Warrenville South.
The building underwent significant renovations in the mid-1990s and on April 1, 2003, residents of Community Unit School District 200 approved, by a vote of 10,173 to 6,518, a $72 million bond referendum to renovate and add onto both Wheaton North, and its counterpart, Wheaton Warrenville South. Construction began in the summer of 2003 with its first phase of the building of a field house. The second phase included renovations and additions to the building, which were completed in summer 2006.
On August 31, 2007, the school received a surprise visit from former U.S. President Bill Clinton. He made the visit to commend the school for its history of community service, and particularly singled out Kendall Ciesemier for her achievement in raising money and awareness for highly vulnerable children in Africa through her charity, Kids Caring 4 Kids, despite suffering her own medical problems. Kendall was rewarded with a trip to The Oprah Winfrey Show. The episode featuring Kendall aired September 4, 2007.
As of 2015 Most of the school has not changed its appearance inside and out physically, until a flood occurred. This flood generated momentum and a problem for the school. The library received help from the community, its own faculty and other people as it was being refinished. This newly refinish library was also the class gift from the class of 2015.
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