Lake View High School is a

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located in the Lake View neighborhood on the north side of

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, United States. Lake View is a part of the

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district. While the current building opened in 1886, the school itself opened in 1874, dating to a time when the Lake View community was not a part of the city of Chicago. Lake View became a part of Chicago in 1889. Created when the Lake View area was its own

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before it joined Chicago, the school is the oldest operating township secondary school in the state of Illinois. Parts of the film ''

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'' were filmed at Lake View High School.

Academics and activities

Lake View High School earned a bronze medal in the ''

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''/School Matters Best High School rankings. The school offers approximately 20 clubs and activities for students. Among those which are chapters or branches of nationally notable organizations are National Honor Society and Key Club.

Athletics

Lake View competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL), and is a member of the

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(IHSA). Teams are stylized as the Wildcats. The boys' track & field team finished second at the first IHSA State Meet in 1892–93, and its boys' soccer team finished fourth in the IHSA State Tournament in 2008–09. In the years before World War Two, the school had a fifty-foot rifle range in the basement and fielded a rifle team.

Feeder patterns

K-8 schools which feed into Lake View include Audubon, Bell, Blaine, Burley, Greeley, Hamilton, Jahn, Nettelhorst, and Schneider.

Notable alumni

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, football player who played for the

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in 1920 * Edgar Bergen,

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, radio personality and actor; father of actress

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* Barbara Bedford, actress in films from 1920-1945 * Tom Bosley,

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'', '' Father Dowling Mysteries'' and '' Murder, She Wrote'') * Alfred Caldwell, landscape architect *

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, radio actress, best known for portraying Little Orphan Annie *

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, architect whose work included the Rose Bowl *

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, lawyer and stockbroker who ran an elaborate Ponzi scheme * Mark LaValle, Olympic weightlifter * Vince Lawrence, platinum award-winning dance music producer, businessman and one of the leading innovators of house music *Joe Mooshil, Former Associated Press sportswriter and speaker on

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, artist and original member of the Hairy Who group of

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, film producer * Howard Rubenstein, 1949, physician, photographer, playwright * Jasper Sanfilippo Sr., leader of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. nut business, collector and philanthropist * Abe Saperstein, founder, owner, and coach of the Harlem Globetrotters. * Stuart Schwartz, television producer *

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, Golden Globe award-winning actress, perhaps best remembered for her role as

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in the film ''

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'' * Richard Thieme (class of 1961), priest, consultant, and author * Bryant Washburn, actor * Sidney R. Yates, U. S. Representative (1949–63, 1965–99) for Illinois' 9th congressional district * Lee Balterman, (class of 1938), 1920-2012, Chicago Photographer, carrying a camera until the end, noted photographer of ballet, sports and Chicago street scenes. * Albin Garfield Anderson, medical missionary who spent 30 years of service caring for patients in Korea.

References

External links

Official website

Official CPS page for Lake View High School
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1874 Public high schools in Chicago 1874 establishments in Illinois