Joliet West High School

For schools of a similar name, see West High School (disambiguation).
Joliet West High School
Address
401 North Larkin Avenue
Joliet, Illinois 60435
United States
Coordinates 41°31′45″N 88°7′33″W / 41.52917°N 88.12583°W / 41.52917; -88.12583Coordinates: 41°31′45″N 88°7′33″W / 41.52917°N 88.12583°W / 41.52917; -88.12583
Information
Type Public secondary
Established 1964
Principal Teresa Gibson
Faculty 322
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 3005[1] (June 2014)
Campus Suburban
Color(s)      Black
     Gold
Mascot Tiger
Newspaper Tiger Tales
Yearbook Alpha Omega
Website School website

Joliet West High School, along with Joliet Central, makes up district 204 Joliet Township High School district in Joliet, Illinois. West's mascot is the Tiger.

Building

The school was originally constructed in 1964, one year after its identical sister school Joliet East, and has since been added onto 4 times. The first addition, completed in the early 1980s, added a bookstore to the cafeteria, additional space around the maintenance area, a multi-purpose room by the gymnasiums (primarily used for dance and wrestling), six additional classrooms, and a greenhouse. That greenhouse was later torn down.

The second and third additions were completed as two consecutive projects, adding several additional classrooms, a new band room, cafeteria, conference room, dean's offices, and student commons area. The first phase broke ground on November 4, 2001 and was completed the following school year. The second phase began during the 2002–03 year and was open for fall 2003 classes.

A field house was built in late 2007, and an additional building housing science classes was constructed in 2011.

Separation of Schools

During the 2008 - 2009 school year, Central and West began to again divide the schools' athletic programs, allowing the West mascot to become the Tiger once again, leaving Central as the Steelmen. The split began with Joliet's Freshmen football team dividing. As of the 2010 - 2011 school year, Joliet Central and Joliet West have their own, entirely independent sports programs.

Music tradition

Joliet West has music programs, both instrumental and choral. Many alumni continue on in music as a career, including Charlie Adams, John Barrowman, Jimmy Chamberlin, Andy Dick, Doug Pinnick, Anthony Rapp, and Janina Gavankar. The Marching Tigers, Joliet West's marching band, is one of the few groups that held the Tiger name throughout the adoption and relinquishment of the Steelmen mascot.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "School Directory". ihsa.org. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Charlie Adams". cityofjoliet.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Anstead, Mark (11 May 2007). "My Best Teacher". Times Educational Supplement. ISSN 0040-7887.
  4. ↑ "Jimmy Chamberlin". cityofjoliet.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Adrianna Curry". cityofjoliet.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Andy Dick - biography". biography.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Rackl, Lori (16 September 2014). "Joliet's Janina Gavankar plays it straight in cop dramedy 'Mysteries of Laura'". Chicago Sun TImes. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Clark, Mike (16 June 1998). "Rockets' new coach has deep roots in program". nwitimes.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Joliet native Steve Parris to attend grand slammer". oursportscentral.com. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Jacobs, Jodie (4 January 1998). "Rapp Session". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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