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{{Infobox school
| name = John Hersey High School
| image = John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, IL - Aerial Shot.jpg
| caption =
| motto =
| streetaddress = 1900 East Thomas Street
| city
| state = [[Illinois]]
| zipcode = 60004
| country = USA
| coordinates = {{Coord|42|06|14|N|87|57|34|W|type:edu_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{GNIS|1830892|John Hersey High School}}</ref>
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| opened = 1968
| district = [[Township High School District 214|Twp. H.S. District 214]]
| superintendent = Dr. David Schuler<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.d214.org/staff/depts/superintendency/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210222506/http://www.d214.org/staff/depts/superintendency/index.php|url-status=dead|title=District 214 Superintendent's homepage|access-date=15 June 2009|archive-date=10 February 2006}}</ref>
| ceeb =
| dean = Jenna Korakakis and Matt Norris
| principal = Heath McFaul<ref>{{cite web |title=Administration / Meet Our Administrators |url=https://www.d214.org/___domain/469 |website=www.d214.org |access-date=15 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
| staff =
| faculty = 193<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.d214.org/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.d214.org%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D10|title=John Hersey HS / Homepage|website=www.d214.org|accessdate=1 August 2023}}</ref>
| teaching_staff = 123.60 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| grades = 9–12
| gender = coed
| enrollment = 2,035 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1704170&ID=170417000113|title=John Hersey High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=February 28, 2025}}</ref>
| slogan =
| conference = [[Mid-Suburban League]]
| mascot = Husky
| nickname = [[Husky|Huskies]]<ref name="IHSA school info">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/0117.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018033353/http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/0117.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2007|title=Schools|website=www.ihsa.org}}</ref>
| accreditation =
| ratio = 16.46<ref name=NCES/>
| publication =
| newspaper = ''The Correspondent''<ref>[https://www.correspondentlive.com ''The Correspondent'' website; accessed 22 April 2017]</ref>
| yearbook = ''The Endeavor''<ref name="auto"/>
| nobel_laureates =
| footnotes =
| picture =
| image_size =
| avg_class_size = 17.7<ref name="Class of 2008 school report card">{{Cite web|url=http://www.d214.org/shared/info/reportcards/JHHSreport08.pdf|title=Class of 2008 school report card; accessed 18 June 2009|accessdate=1 August 2023}}</ref>
| campus = [[Suburb]]an
| mascot image =
| school_colours = {{Color box|#FF8C00}} [[Orange (color)|orange]], {{Color box|#964B00}} [[Brown]], and {{Color box|white}} [[white]]<ref name="IHSA school info"/>
| homepage = [http://jhhs.d214.org/ jhhs.d214.org]
}}
'''John Hersey High School''' (also referred to as '''Hersey''' or '''JHHS''') is a four-year [[public high school]] located in [[Arlington Heights, Illinois]], a northwest suburb of [[Chicago]] in the United States. It enrolls students from Arlington Heights as well as parts of [[Prospect Heights, Illinois|Prospect Heights]] and [[Mount Prospect, Illinois|Mount Prospect]]. The attendance zone also includes small portions of [[Des Plaines, Illinois|Des Plaines]] and [[Glenview, Illinois|Glenview]] which lack residents. Named after American writer [[John Hersey]], it is part of [[Township High School District 214]] which also includes [[Buffalo Grove High School]], [[Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)|Elk Grove High School]], [[Prospect High School (Illinois)|Prospect High School]], [[Rolling Meadows High School]], and [[Wheeling High School]].
==Feeder schools==
Public middle schools whose graduates usually attend Hersey include [[Thomas Middle School]], [[MacArthur Middle School]] and [[River Trails Middle School]]. JHHS also receives students from several private schools such as Quest Academy, St. James School, St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School, St. Emily Catholic School, St. Paul Lutheran School, St. Peter Lutheran School, Our Lady of the Wayside School, Christian Liberty Academy and St. John Brebeuf Catholic School.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}
==History==
John Hersey High School was opened in the fall of 1968 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, in order to support the growing population of High School District 214. These towns include Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Mt. Prospect, Prospect Heights and Wheeling. John Hersey High School's colors are orange, brown, and white, and the mascot is the husky. John Hersey High School is known as one of the few schools in the state that specifically caters to students with special needs. The hard-of-hearing population at JHHS is one of the largest in the area and well noted. Hersey also welcomed the CLS (Career and Life Skills) program, formerly housed at Wheeling High School, to its school in 2006. JHHS built a new fine arts and fitness section in June 2009.
The Hersey Band's excellence was recognized through placement on the [[John Philip Sousa Foundation]]'s Roll of Honor of Historic High School Concert Bands. Hersey Bands were founded by band director [[Don Caneva]]. During Caneva's ten-year reign at Hersey, his bands brought home over 100 first-place awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=50|title = John Philip Sousa Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Don Ernest Caneva, U-T San Diego Newspaper | website=[[Legacy.com]] | date=September 8, 2008 | url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/utsandiego/obituary.aspx?n=donald-ernest-caneva&pid=116923834}}</ref><ref>Eileen Daday, "Ex-Hersey band director remembered", ''Daily Herald Newspaper'', Suburban Chicago IL, August 11, 2008, {{cite web|url=http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id%3D234215 |title=Ex-Hersey band director remembered -- Daily Herald |access-date=2015-09-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925201421/http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=234215 |archive-date=2015-09-25 }}</ref>
A few scenes from the 2010 remake ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' were filmed at Hersey in the first week of May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailyherald.com/story/print/?id=289286|author=Zalusky, Steve|title=Freddie's coming to Elk Grove Hersey high schools|date=27 April 2009|work=Daily Herald|accessdate=1 August 2023}}</ref>
The Canadian band [[Rush (band)|Rush]] played a concert at Hersey on their 'Caress Of Steel' tour on November 11, 1975.<ref name="2112.net">[http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/tours.html] ''2112.net''</ref>
==Academics==
According to ''U.S. News & World Report,'' JHHS is ranked as the 1st high school in District 214, the 13th high school in Illinois, and as the 286th high school in the United States in 2019.<ref name="usnews.com">[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/districts/township-hsd-214/john-hersey-high-school-6470 John Hersey High School] ''U.S. News & World Report''</ref>
Hersey offers 23 AP courses,<ref>[https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/school.aspx?source=schoolhighlights&source2=advancedplacement&Schoolid=050162140170004 "Academic Courses: Advanced Placement"] illinoisreportcard.com</ref> and 69% of its students will have taken at least one AP Exam by the time of graduation.<ref>{{cite web | title=John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, IL | website=US News Best High Schools | date=20 February 2023 | url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/districts/township-hsd-214/john-hersey-high-school-6470 | access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> Hersey is one of the few schools to offer [[AP Seminar]] to freshmen. JHHS also offers 82 Career and Technical Education Courses approved by Illinois' CTE Program, including courses in accounting, business, computer programming, construction, engineering, marketing, nutrition, nursing, parenting, and record keeping.<ref>[https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/school.aspx?source=schoolhighlights&source2=careerandtechnicaleducationcourses&Schoolid=050162140170004 "Career Development: Career and Technical Education Courses"] illinoisreportcard.com</ref> Hersey's Fine Arts Department offers courses in art history, band, ceramics, choir, dance, guitar, music theory, orchestra, painting, photography, and theater.<ref>[https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/school.aspx?source=schoolhighlights&source2=fineandappliedarts&Schoolid=050162140170004 "Academic Courses: Fine and Applied Arts"] illinoisreportcard.com</ref> French, Spanish, and German are the foreign languages offered to students.<ref>[https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/school.aspx?source=schoolhighlights&source2=foreignlanguages&Schoolid=050162140170004 "Academic Courses: Foreign Languages"] illinoisreportcard.com</ref>
Hersey's student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, and the average class size is 19 students. The school's graduation rate in 2019 was at 94%.<ref name="usnews.com"/>
The class of 2019's average [[SAT (examination)|SAT]] score was 1156.8, placing it higher than District 214's average score of 1076 and Illinois' average score of 994.5.<ref>[https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/School.aspx?source=trends&source2=sat.average&Schoolid=050162140170004 "SAT"] illinoisreportcard.com</ref> In terms of subject proficiency, 72% of JHHS students are proficient in math, and 78% are proficient in reading. These are the highest proficiency scores in District 214.<ref name="usnews.com"/> Hersey has made [[Adequate Yearly Progress]] on the [[Prairie State Achievement Examination]], a state test that comprises a part of the [[No Child Left Behind Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.d214.org/shared/info/reportcards/JHHSreport07.pdf|title=Illinois School Report Card|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>
==Demographics==
In the 2022-2023 school year, the school had 2,026 students. 71% of students identified as non-Hispanic white, 13% were Hispanic or Latino, 11% were Asian, 4% were multiracial, and 2% were black or African-American. The school has a student to teacher ratio of 18.9, and 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced price school lunches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Hersey High School - Public School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Public&ID=170417000113 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>
==Activities==
John Hersey High School won 1st place in the 2007 National [[Deaf Academic Bowl]] competition.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} They won again in 2019.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
In 2007, the Hersey Huskie Rugby Club went to the Tier II State Championship, but lost to the Morton Mustangs.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
The Hersey Marching Huskies won the [[University of Illinois]]' field competition in 2006 and won the best overall award, the Governor's Trophy in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.music.uiuc.edu/outreach/IMBF/IMBF%20results/2009/Governors%20Tropy%20Results.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-18 |archive-date=2009-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025023345/http://www.music.uiuc.edu/outreach/imbf/IMBF%20results/2009/Governors%20Tropy%20Results.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2016, the Hersey Marching Huskies swept class 4A at the Illinois State Marching Championships and ended up placing 7th overall.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
The Hersey Symphonic Band was also named the 2017 Honor Band at the 2017 Illinois SuperState competition held annually at the University of Illinois.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SuperState Honor Band History|url=https://www.bands.illinois.edu/superstate-honor-band-history|access-date=2021-10-23|website=The University of Illinois Bands|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2024, the Hersey Symphonic Band was invited to perform at the Midwest Clinic, a very high honor for high school bands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Midwest Clinic Performing Organizations - Joh... |url=https://www.midwestclinic.org/performers/midwest-clinic-performing-organization?gid=10434&pyear=2024 |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Midwest Clinic |language=en}}</ref>
==Athletics==
Hersey High School competes in the [[Mid-Suburban League]] (MSL) East Division. JHHS is also a member of the [[Illinois High School Association]] (IHSA), which governs most interscholastic athletic and competitive activities in Illinois. Teams from Hersey are stylized as the [[Husky|Huskies]]. Hersey also keeps records and trophies won by [[Arlington High School (Arlington Heights, Illinois)|Arlington High School]] and [[Forest View High School (Illinois)|Forest View High School]].
The school sponsors interscholastic teams from both young men and women in [[basketball]], [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[golf]], [[gymnastics]], [[soccer]], [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] & [[Diving (sport)|diving]], [[tennis]], [[track & field]], [[volleyball]], and [[water polo]]. Young men may also compete in [[baseball]], [[High school football|football]], and [[Scholastic wrestling|wrestling]], while young women may compete in [[badminton]], [[bowling]], [[cheerleading]], [[Competitive dance|dance]], and [[softball]]. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school's athletic department also supervises athletes involved in the [[Special Olympics]].<ref name="auto"/>
The following teams have won their respective IHSA sponsored state tournament or meet:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum0117.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010227034645/http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum0117.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 27, 2001|title=Records|website=www.ihsa.org}}</ref>
* [[Archery]] (girls): 1978–79, no longer sponsored by the IHSA
* Football: 1987–88
* Summer Baseball: 1984
* Gymnastics (boys): 1973–74, 1983–84
* Gymnastics (girls): 1983–84, 2024
* Wrestling: 1970–71, 1971–72
* Soccer (boys): 2024
John Hersey High School also co-hosts the [[Illinois High School Association]] State [[Tennis]] Tournaments for boys and girls.
==Notable alumni==
* [[Steve Chen]], co-founder of [[YouTube]]
* [[Dave Corzine]], former [[NBA]] player (1978–91) with the [[Chicago Bulls]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/corzida01.html|title=Dave Corzine Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more|website=Basketball-Reference.com|accessdate=1 August 2023}}</ref>
* [[Bill Glass (actor)|Bill Glass]], American actor who plays 'parentologist' [[Dr. Rick]] in television commercials<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 12, 2021 |title=The local native who plays Dr. Rick on commercials also makes noises when sitting down |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2021/7/12/22570605/dr-rick-chicago-bill-glass-progressive-insurance-commercial-second-city-improvolympic |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |first=Evan F. |last=Moore |access-date=December 29, 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Brian Gregory]], head men's basketball coach for [[South Florida]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hersey graduate Gregory answers call to run Dayton basketball team |date=24 April 2003 |newspaper=Arlington Heights Post }}</ref>
* [[Amy Jacobson]], news reporter for [[WIND (AM)|WIND-AM]] Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2008/Tale-of-the-Tape/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc |title=ahn, Lucinda; ''Tale of the Tape''; December 2008; ''Chicago Magazine''; p. 2; accessed 18 June 2009 |access-date=18 June 2009 |archive-date=30 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930161251/http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2008/Tale-of-the-Tape/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Mark Jaeschke, musician, member of [[Joie De Vivre (band)]] and [[Kittyhawk (band)]]
* [[Jeff Joniak]], radio broadcaster, [[Chicago Bears]] and [[WBBM (AM)]]
* [[Matteo Lane]], American comedian.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/sibling-rivalry/id1359664915?i=1000616682827 | title=Sibling Rivalry: The One About Matteo's Comedy Special op Apple Podcasts }}</ref>
* [[Brad Marek]], golfer, made cut at [[2021 PGA Championship]]
* [[Marlee Matlin]], [[Academy Award]] winning television and film actress (''[[Children of a Lesser God (film)|Children of a Lesser God]]'').<ref>{{Citation| last = Zap2it| title = Matlin a blast from the past on 'CSI'| newspaper = Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL, USA)| date = 24 January 2011| url = http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110124/entlife/701289988/photos/AR/| access-date =27 July 2011| quote = Matlin, an Oscar winner, has an extensive background in both TV and film as well as strong local ties. She grew up in Morton Grove, graduated from Hersey High School in Arlington Heights and attended Harper College in Palatine.}}</ref>
* [[Jim Michaels]], [[Golden Globe]] Nominee & [[NAACP Image Award]] winning television producer (''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'', ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'', ''[[Reasonable Doubts]]'', ''[[Midnight Caller]]'')
* [[Jacky Rosen]], current [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Nevada]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/72323348/?terms=Jacklyn%2BSpektor |title=Hersey High School Junior Honor Roll Is Announced |newspaper=The Hoffman Estates Herald |date=December 14, 1972 |page=68 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
* [[Ben Weasel]] (Benjamin Foster), founding member and lead singer of punk band [[Screeching Weasel]].
* [[Frank Kmet]], Kmet was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 1992 NFL Draft
*[[Tom Nelson]], Nelson played college football at Illinois State. Nelson entered the NFL undrafted in 2009, but was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as a free agent After his playing career, Nelson started/owns a football camp and offers training to athletes of varying ages Tom Nelson is the head football coach at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
==Notable staff==
*[[Don Caneva]], band director, conductor, music editor, and festival founder. Founder of the Hersey Bands program. The excellence of the Band was recognized on the [[John Philip Sousa Foundation]]'s Roll of Honor of Historic High School Concert Bands.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot_ahOUoKOY Delta Records Sample].</ref><ref>[http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=50 The Historic Roll of Honor of High School Concert Bands] 1920–2007</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Blanca|date=September 16, 2008|title=Don Caneva; third-generation band director had music in his blood|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080916/news_1m16caneva.html|work=U-T San Diego|access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Daday|first=Eileen O. |date=August 11, 2008 |title=Ex-Hersey band director remembered |url=http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=234215 |work=Daily Herald |___location=Suburban Chicago IL |access-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925201421/http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=234215 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Obituaries, "Don Ernest Caneva"|work=U-T San Diego|date=September 8, 2008|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/utsandiego/obituary.aspx?n=donald-ernest-caneva&pid=116923834|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621094728/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/utsandiego/obituary.aspx?n=donald-ernest-caneva&pid=116923834|archive-date=June 21, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://jhhs.d214.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.d214.org/shared/schools/jhhs.php District 214 School Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311043012/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678?s=200&np=13&sort=raa Newsweek Rankings]
* [http://www.d214.org/ District 214 Homepage]
*[http://www.d214.org/schools/john_hersey_high_school_profile.aspx John Hersey High School Profile] d214.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531022609/http://www.d214.org/schools/john_hersey_high_school_profile.aspx |date=2013-05-31 }}
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