Whitney Young Magnet High School
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211 S. Laflin Street Chicago, Illinois 60607 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′42″N 87°39′49″W / 41.8782°N 87.6636°WCoordinates: 41°52′42″N 87°39′49″W / 41.8782°N 87.6636°W |
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| School type | Public Secondary Magnet |
| Established | 1975 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 141383 |
| Principal | Joyce Dorsey Kenner |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,153 (2015–16) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Orange Navy |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Dolphins |
| Newspaper | The Beacon |
| Website | wyoung |
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (commonly known simply as Whitney Young) is a public 4–year magnet high school located in the Near West Side neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Young is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. Whitney Young opened on September 3, 1975 as the city's first public magnet high school. The school consistently scores among the top high schools in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2009, Whitney was accorded the Blue Ribbon Award. Admission to Whitney Young is granted based on entrance exam performance, standardized test scores, and elementary school grades, and is open to all residents of Chicago. The school was named after Whitney Moore Young Jr., a prominent civil rights leader.
Plans for a public magnet school on Chicago's Near West Side began in 1970. A proposal called for a high school to be built at 211 S. Laflin on an empty lot burned out during the riots following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968. The school opened on September 3, 1975, as a selective enrollment school under the school's first principal, Bernarr E. Dawson. The founding teachers developed and planned the initial curriculum and policies for the school: Joe Korner (English), Jory Chelin (Math), Melanie Wojtulewicz (Science), Larry Minkoff (Social Studies), Roger Stewart (Tech), Sandra McKinley (Librarian), and Dr. William Marshall (Hearing Impaired). The Principal's Secretary was Lillian O'Neill. They met for many months unpaid in the unused John Phillips Sousa School Building while the Whitney Young facility was being constructed.
The Whitney Young High School Math Team competes in several local and national competitions, including the City of Chicago Math League, the North Suburban Math League, the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics competition, the American Mathematics Competitions, and the Mandelbrot Competition. They won the 2013 4AA Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) State Championship.
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