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'Downers Grove North High School', or 'DGN', and locally referred to as "North," is a public four year high school located near the corner of Main Street and Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community High School District 99, which also includes Downers Grove South High School.

Contents

History

Academics

Department Heads

Athletics

Activities

Notable Alumni

References

External links

History

The original building (then called Downers Grove High School) was finished in 1928, with additions made in 1935, 1952, 1976, and 1999-2000. In 1964, the school's student body was split in half, one portion attending North, the other attending the newly built Downers Grove South.
The auditorium is named after Clarence Johnson, who served as Principal of the school for 35-years from 1932 to 1967, and DGN's outdoor stadium is named after their former longtime football coach Dick Carstens.

Academics

In 2005, Downers Grove North had an average composite ACT score of 22.9, 1.8 points above the national average, and graduated 88.8% of its senior class. Downers Grove North has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.^[1]
The teaching staff is comprised of 96 teachers, of which 73% hold an advanced degree.^[2] The average class size at North is 26.0.

Department Heads

★ Applied Arts- Loukia Mastrodimos

★ English- Linda Augustyn

★ Fine Arts- Brayer Teague

★ Health, PE, Drivers Ed- Emily Mollet

★ Mathematics- Jon Heldmann

★ Science- Katie Baal

★ Social Studies- Gary Mitchell

★ Special Services- Linda Gallamore

★ World Languages- Mary Lindquist

Athletics

Downers Grove North competes in the West Suburban Silver Division of the West Suburban Conference. Its mascot is the Trojans. DGN has won several championships in Girls' Badminton and in 2004 won the Class 8A Football Championship.

★ 'Fall Sports' ★ ★ Athenas/Athenos ★ ★ Cheerleading ★ ★ Cross Country (B) ★ ★ Cross Country (G) ★ ★ Golf (B) ★ ★ Golf (G) ★ ★ Football ★ ★ Soccer (B) ★ ★ Swimming & Diving (G) ★ ★ Tennis (G) ★ ★ Trainers ★ ★ Volleyball (G)

★ 'Winter Sports' ★ ★ Athenas/Athenos ★ ★ Basketball (B) ★ ★ Basketball (G) ★ ★ Bowling (G) ★ ★ Cheerleading ★ ★ Gymnastics (G) ★ ★ Indoor Track (B) ★ ★ Indoor Track (G) ★ ★ Swimming & Diving (B) ★ ★ Trainers ★ ★ Wrestling ★ ★ Ice Hockey (club - non sanctioned by IHSA)

★ 'Spring Sports' ★ ★ Badminton ★ ★ Baseball ★ ★ Gymnastics (B) ★ ★ Outdoor Track (B) ★ ★ Outdoor Track (G) ★ ★ Soccer (G) ★ ★ Softball ★ ★ Tennis (B) ★ ★ Trainers ★ ★ Volleyball (B) ★ ★ Lacrosse (club)

Activities

The student newspaper, ''Omega'', which is published monthly, boasts an exceptional staff. The school literary magazine, the ''Northwind'', is published annually.

★ Athletes Committed To Excellence ★ Architecture Club ★ Artworks Club ★ Cable 99 ★ Cauldron (Yearbook) ★ Chess Team ★ Class Board (based on year of graduation) ★ Color Guard ★ Direct Action ★ Drama Club ★ Government Club ★ Key Club ★ Marching Band ★ Math Team ★ National Honors Society ★ Northwind (Student Literary Magazine)

★ Omega (Student Newspaper) ★ Operation Snowball ★ Orchesis (Modern Dance Club) ★ Outdoor Environmental Club ★ Photo Club ★ PRISM ★ Scholastic Bowl ★ Science Club ★ Ski Club ★ Speech Team ★ Student Council ★ Students Against Destructive Decisions ★ WDGC-FM Radio ★ WDGC-TV (public access) ★ World Language Club

Downers Grove North Marching Band

Notable Alumni

★ Muriel Anderson, Accomplished Guitarist

★ Erica Lynette Edwards, 1998, professional ballerina Joffrey Ballet of Chicago

★ Andrea Evans, 1978, TV Actress, "One Life to Live" and "Passions"

★ Cammi Granato, 1989, former Olympic hockey player, current NBC hockey reporter

★ Tony Granato, 1982, former professional hockey player

★ Tom Holman, Professor of Film Sound at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television and creator of the THX Sound System and its companions the Theater Alignment Program, Home THX, and the THX Digital Mastering program.

★ Sherrill Milnes, 1953, professional opera singer

★ Keith Mochel, 2003, bassist of The Fold

★ Lanny Poffo, 1973, professional wrestler, known under the stage name "The Genius"

★ Randall Poffo, 1971, professional wrestler, known under the stage name "'Macho Man' Randy Savage"

★ Denise Richards, Movie Actress (attended DGN freshman year only)

References

1. Illinois School Report Card
2. District Overview

External links

★ Official Website

★ Illinois District 99 Website

★ Village of Downers Grove