BARTLETT HIGH SCHOOL, BARTLETT, ILLINOIS

'Bartlett High School', or 'BHS', is a public four-year high school located in Bartlett, Illinois, a north-west suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Elgin Area School District U46, which also includes Elgin High School, Larkin High School, South Elgin High School, and Streamwood High School.

Contents

History

Academics

Demographics

Athletics

Activities

Notable alumni

External links

History

Bartlett High School opened its doors in August 1997 as the fourth high school in Elgin Area School District U46.

Academics

In 2005, Bartlett had an average composite ACT score of 20.6, and graduated 95.6% of its senior class. The average class size is 24.7. Bartlett High is also home to the Academy of Science, Engineering, and High Technology, an advanced curriculum that students, with special interest in Science, Math, and/or Engineering apply to. Bartlett has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.^[1]

Demographics

As of 2005, the student body was 74.8% White, 4.1% Black, 10.2% Hispanic, and 10.9% Asian. 11% of the student body were listed as low income. The average teacher salary is $57,945, and the average years of teacher experience is 13.5.^[2]

Athletics

Bartlett competes in the Upstate Eight Conference. Its mascot is the Hawk. The Bartlett Hawk Football Program has made it to the IHSA State Playoffs seven years in a row. The Football teams are Varsity, JV, Sophomore A&B, Frosh A&B

Activities

Bartlett offers nearly seventy extracurricular activities, including the following:

★ Monthly Distinguished Hawk Breakfast with the Principal to recognize students

★ Principal's Student Advisory Committee

★ Peer Mediation

★ 26 athletic programs for boys and girls

★ Student and Class Councils

★ African American Students United

★ Amnesty International

★ Astronomy Club

★ Auto Club

★ Bartlett Dance Team

★ Breakdance Club

★ Cheerleading

★ Chess

★ Creative Writing Club

★ DECA (Assoc. of Marketing Students)

★ Electricity Club

★ Environmental Club

★ FCCLA -Foods

★ FISH

★ Folk Music Club

★ French Club

★ Future Aviators

★ Future Educators

★ Gay/Straight Alliance

★ German Club

★ Graphic Communications Club

★ Habitat for Humanity

★ HERO -Coop. Ed.

★ HOSA

★ International Club

★ International Thespian Soc.

★ Jazz Band

★ Japanese Culture Club (anime club)

★ JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society)

★ Key Club

★ Madrigals

★ Mathletes

★ Marching Band

★ Men's Ensemble

★ Model UN

★ Muslim Student Assn.

★ Mural Club

★ National Honor Society

★ Newspaper

★ NTHS

★ Photo Club

★ Rwanda Relief Club

★ Remote Control Car Club

★ RPG- Role Playing Games

★ Ritmo Latino Dance

★ FACE- Fundraising & Cancer Ed.

★ Scholastic Bowl

★ Skills USA

★ SO MAD

★ SODA - Students Opposed to Drugs and Alcohol

★ So. Sophisticats

★ Spanish Club

★ Speech Team

★ Take Five

★ Thespians

★ Web Page Club

★ Whose Line Improv Comedy Club

★ Women's Ensembles

★ WYSE (World-Wide Youth in Science & Engineering)

★ Yearbook

Notable alumni

★ Jon Walker - Current bassist for Panic! at the Disco

★ Lindsay Schrader - All-American basketball player currently playing for Notre Dame

External links

★ Official Website

★ Bartlett High School Booster Club website