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(Redirected from James H. Bowen High School) School in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Bowen High School
Address
2710 E. 89th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60617
United States
Coordinates41°44′04″N 87°33′26″W / 41.73444°N 87.55722°W / 41.73444; -87.55722
Information
School type
Motto"Education stops, Not at the close of a book, But at the end of one's life."
Opened1876
1910 (present building)
School districtChicago Public Schools
CEEB code140882
PrincipalPriscilla Horton
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment261 (2023–2024)
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Purple
  Gold
Athletics conferenceChicago Public League
MascotBoilermakers
NewspaperBowen Arrow
YearbookBowenite
Websitebowen.cps.edu

James H. Bowen High School is a public four-year high school located in the South Chicago neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Bowen is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. From 1993 until 2011, Bowen was divided into four smaller schools. Today, the smaller schools have been re-consolidated back into one school.

History

Bowen High School was established in 1882, under the name South Chicago High School in one of the classrooms of the Bowen Elementary School (demolished), which was located at the northwest corner of 93rd Street and Houston Avenue in the then-independent community of South Chicago. Fourteen pupils were given high school-level instruction. The elementary school and its successor high school were named for Colonel James H. Bowen (1822–1881), the first president of the Calumet and Chicago Canal Dock Company and the man known as "the father of South Chicago".

A 1910 photograph of the current building which was designed by Dwight Perkins.

The two schools became separate institutions in 1910, when the current building was constructed at the northeast corner of Marquette and 89th Street. It was designed by Dwight Perkins (1867–1941), supervising architect of the Chicago Public School system between 1905 and 1910, and built "on identical plans" as its more famous cousin, Irving Park High School. (opened as Carl Schurz High School The latter building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building cost $700,000 and contained about 125 rooms; it was noted for its manual training and domestic science departments. By the 1930s, Bowen's student body had grown to 4,600, due to the great increase in immigrants of Polish and Slavic descent in the South Chicago area.

Academics

Bowen High School is rated a 1 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

Bowen competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Bowen sport teams are called the Boilermakers. The boys' baseball team were Public League champions in the 1953–54 and the 1971 season. The boys' soccer team were Public League champions three times (1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82). the boys' football team were Blue Division champs in 1963 defeating Harlan 19-18. After taking a 13-0 lead at half time Bowen came back in the last two minutes of the game to win it on a pass from George Lalich to Steve Zinini. Steve served as a gunner on a chopper in Vietnam. The team got the ball back because of a fumble recovery by Jim Robinson who served as a marine in Vietnam. Those three were the heroes of the game. They were Blue Division Champs back to back in 1981, 1982 and 1983 defeating Harlan each time. The following year they moved up to The Red Division.

Notable alumni

References

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  21. "Chicago Public Schools Alumni-Journalists & Media Personalities-Eddie Schwartz". Chicago Public Schools. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

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