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four-year college preparatory selective enrollment

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located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the west side of

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district, Westinghouse is named for American

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. Westinghouse opened as a

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in 1967.

History

Opening in August 1932, Westinghouse was originally housed in a former Bunte Brothers candy factory. The building was designed by Schmidt, Garden and Martin in 1920 and was one of the largest examples of the Chicago School architectural style. The factory was converted to a high school building in 1965, opening as a neighborhood vocational high school for the 1967 school year. The first graduating class was in 1968 with 24 senior class students and 23 actually graduating. A new, $106.5 million facility was built at 3223 West Franklin Boulevard in 2009. The former building was demolished and now is the site of the school's football field.

Academics

George Westinghouse College Prep is rated a 9 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, a national school quality information site. GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings: the Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school.

Athletics

Westinghouse competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the

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(IHSA). The school sport teams are nicknamed Warriors. For many years an area

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''. 14 February 2007. The school's boys

team won the Illinois Class AA Boys' Basketball Championship in 2001–02 and were Class AA fifteen times (1976–79, 1980–81, 1989–94, 1995–96, 1998–2000, 2003–06). The basketball team were Public league champions seven times (1977–78, 1980–81, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2001–02). The girls' basketball team were Regional champions in 2013–14. In 2014-15 the boys basketball team won a conference championship and a Regional Championship in 2016–17 season for the first time since the building reopened.

Notable alumni

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and in the

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from 1981 to 1994; first player selected in

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. * Eddie Johnson – 1977, sports broadcaster and former

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player. * Hersey Hawkins – 1984, former professional basketball player who played for Bradley University and in the

for 13 seasons (1988–2001). * Kiwane Garris – 1993, former professional basketball player who played in the

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at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Westinghouse, George Public high schools in Chicago Educational institutions established in 1960 1960 establishments in Illinois