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Argo Community High School

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Opened
  
1920

Principal
  
Dr. Christopher Covino

Grades
  
9–12

Founded
  
1920

Superintendent
  
Dr. Kevin O'Mara

Faculty
  
121

Phone
  
+1 708-728-3200

Colors
  
White, Maroon

Dean
  
Vince Loizzo, Denise Ghaowi, and Nicole Wasko

Address
  
7329 W 63rd St, Summit, IL 60501, USA

District
  
Argo Community High School District 217

Similar
  
School District 217, Summit Police Departme, Summit Village Office, Suburban Life Newspap

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Argo Community High School is a public four-year high school located in Summit, Illinois. The district draws students from the communities of Summit, Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Justice, Willow Springs, and a portion of Hickory Hills. The school was named for the area surrounding the large corn processing plant located near the school, which manufactured Argo corn starch and is currently owned by Ingredion. In 2014 and 2016, Argo was awarded a Bronze Medal by U.S. News & World Report for outstanding academic performance, the only school in the South Suburban Conference to receive such recognition.

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On March 11, 2016, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a campaign rally at Argo, which was attended by thousands of people.

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Sports

The school competes as a member of the South Suburban Conference. It also competes in state championship series sponsored by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Argo sponsors interscholastic teams for men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. There are men's teams in baseball and football. Women may compete in badminton and softball.

Notable alumni

  • Bob Bercich, a former NFL safety for the Dallas Cowboys.
  • Bill Damaschke, an animator and producer who was formerly an executive at DreamWorks.
  • Donald C. Day, a United States Navy ensign who was lost aboard the USS Thresher.
  • Kyle Hill, a former professional basketball player in Europe. He was the second-round draft pick of the Dallas Mavericks in the 2001 NBA draft.
  • Johnny Karras, a halfback for the Illinois team that won the 1952 Rose Bowl. He was the second-round choice of the Chicago Cardinals in the 1952 NFL draft.
  • Ted Kluszewski, a Major League Baseball first baseman (1947–61) who played most of his career with the Cincinnati Reds. He hit three home runs for the Chicago White Sox in the 1959 World Series.
  • Sheldon Mallory, a former MLB player for the Oakland Athletics.
  • Carol McGowan, a radio personality on WCCQ-FM 98.3 in Chicago.
  • Mamie Till, the fourth black graduate of Argo and mother of Emmett Till, whose murder mobilized the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
  • Dick Portillo (class of 1957), a restaurateur and founder of the Portillo Restaurant Group, the most notable business of which is Portillo's.
  • Todd Rogers (class of 1982), the video game industry's first paid professional video game player.
  • Mike York (class of 1982), a former MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Indians.
  • Saul White, a professional basketball player who currently travels the world entertaining fans as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters.

    • References

    Argo Community High School Wikipedia
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