| Paul Robeson High School | |
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.jpg) Main entrance, 2018. | |
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6835 South Normal Boulevard 60621 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°46′13″N87°38′11″W / 41.7704°N 87.6363°W /41.7704; -87.6363 |
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| Opened | 1977 |
| Status | Demolished[citation needed] |
| Closed | June 2018 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 141070[2] |
| Principal | Melanie V. Beatty–Sevier (2017–2018)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 26 (2017–2018; last graduating class of seniors)[4][5] |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colors | Gold, scarlet, black[3] |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Raider[3] |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | prhs |
Paul Robeson High School was apublic four-yearhigh school located in theEnglewood neighborhood on the south side ofChicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in September 1977, Robeson was a part of theChicago Public Schools district.[6] The school was named in honor of African-American entertainer and athletePaul Robeson. After years of declining enrollment and low academic performance, the school closed after the 2017–2018 school year and was later demolished in September 2018.[citation needed]
Prior to becoming Robeson High School, the school was known as Parker High School from 1901 to 1977. Parker was located at 68th and Stewart Avenue (6800 S. Stewart Avenue) about 100 yards away from the present Robeson location in the Englewood area of Chicago. At the time, the school was located on the same campus with Wilson Junior college and Chicago Teachers College. The new school building was constructed on the former Normal Avenue Park site,[7] named for Robeson, opened on September 6, 1977.[8]
During the 2003–2004 and 2004–2005 school years, Robeson served as a receiving school for students affected by the closings ofEnglewood High School (which was located about 2.5 miles away) andCalumet High School, which led to Robeson being overcrowded. By the 2014–2015 school year, CPS considered the campus for consolidation due to its low–enrollment.[9] Due to low enrollment and poor academic performance, Chicago Public Schools decided to close Robeson along with three other neighborhood high schools:Harper,Hope College Prep andTeam Englewood. Robeson held its last graduation on June 12, 2018[4] and closed. The building was later demolished in September 2018.Englewood STEM High School was built on the site, opening on September 3, 2019.[citation needed]
Robeson competed in theChicago Public League (CPL) and was a member of theIllinois High School Association (IHSA). The school teams were stylized as the Raiders for boys' teams and the Lady Raiders for girls' teams. The school's boys' tennis team won IHSA state championships in 1937–1938 and 1938–1939 as Parker High School.[10] Since 1974, when the IHSA began sponsoring a state championship tournament in football, Robeson was the only CPL team to play in a state championship football game, finishing second in 5A in 1982–1983, untilPhillips won the 4A title in 2015–2016.[11]
In 1889, Colonel Francis W. Parker provided a land grant for the purpose of building educational facilities for the community. Since then, various institutions have been located on this land ... and Parker High School. In the mid–1970s, Chicago State University moved to a new campus on 95th Street, and a new high school was built on its old site. Parker High School was converted into Parker Elementary School (later Parker Community Academy), and the new school opened as Paul Robeson High School on September 6, 1977.
What is your background? I'm a 1983 graduate of Robeson. I played on the 1982 state runner-up. I graduated from Colorado in 1988 and played with the Bears (1988-90) and Cowboys (1991-92) in the NFL. I joined the Chicago Board of Education in 1999 as assistant coordinator in football. Now I'm the head coordinator.
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