School type public secondary Superintendent John Sparlin Grades 9–12 Mascot Panthers Founded 1951 Colors Navy blue, Orange | Opened 1951 Principal Mike Wayne Gender coed Average ACT scores 21.2 Average class size 21.7 | |
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District Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Headquarters Oswego, Illinois, United States | ||
Oswego High School, or OHS, is a public four-year high school located in Oswego, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Oswego Community Unit School District 308, which also includes Oswego East High School.
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History
The current Oswego High school building, built in 1964, is the third location of the high school. The former Oswego High School building became Traughber Junior High School. That building remained in use until the junior high moved to a new building in 2008. The old location now houses district offices.
In the past decade, Oswego High School has undergone many additions to its existing location to accommodate such a fast-growing community.
Academics
In 2008, Oswego had an average composite ACT score of 21.2, and graduated 93.5% of its senior class. As of 2008, Oswego has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, the Illinois state test used to fulfill the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Activities
In 2005, the combined marching bands of Oswego High and Oswego East marched the 116th Tournament of Roses parade. OHS offers many co-curricular activities and clubs including five student band classes, several choirs, a drama club, and service organizations. Also available for students to join are organizations that compete in IHSA competitions such as a scholastic bowl team, a speech team, mathletes, WYSE Scholastic Team, and Horticulture/FFA. Oswego High School also boasts an active Student Council, a member of the IASC, and National Honors Society.
Athletics
Oswego competes in the Southwest Prairie Conference, and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), the organization which governs most interscholastic sports and competitive activities in Illinois. Teams are stylized as the Panthers. The Oswego High School football stadium is named "Ken Pickerill Stadium". The school's song is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish fight song.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Young men may compete in baseball, High school football, golf, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, bowling, cheerleading, gymnastics, and softball.
The following teams have won their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments or meets: