LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

'Lincoln-Way Central High School' or 'LWCHS', is a public four-year high school located approximately three miles south of Interstate 80 near the intersection of Schoolhouse Rd. and The Lincoln Highway in New Lenox, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the part of Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210, which also includes Lincoln-Way East High School.

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History

Alumni

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History

In June, 1952, another election provided for the approval and construction of 'Lincon-Way High School'. Construction ultimately began in March 1953, and Lincoln-Way opened its doors to students on September 7 1954. The name of the school was selected by one Mrs. Florence Pittman and the board of education officially adopted it as "Lincoln-Way". The charter members of the student body voted to have red and black as their school's colors. Lyrics to the Lincoln-Way Central school song were written by Robert Taylor and Betty Tryon, set to the tune of the University of Chicago pep song.
Bond issues for additions to the original building were approved in 1957, 1960, 1962, and 1969. The 1969 bond issue approved a ninth grade building which was built north of the main building. In 1971 the north building opened up, accommodating 700 students.
In 1995, a field house was added to the campus. Then in 1998, citizens of District #210 approved a $60 million dollar building bond referendum to split the existing high school freshmen-sophomore / junior-senior configuration into two separate four-year high schools, add to the existing two schools an academic wing with 50 classrooms at each campus, put a fine arts auditorium and music classrooms at Central and build swimming pools at each campus. The changeover became official for the 2001-02 school year as the central campus opened as Lincoln-Way Central High School.
December 7, 2006 a minor traffic violation on Route 30 by the school turned into a shootout, injuring three officers, while the suspect received fatal wounds and died.

Alumni

★ James Augustine, Orlando Magic

★ Ned Grabavoy, Columbus Crew

★ Rob Ninkovich, New Orleans Saints

External links

★ Official website