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Farragut Career Academy

January 07, 2023

Farragut Career Academy High School is a public 4–year high school located in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. As a career academy, Farragut emphasizes a curriculum that combines academic instruction with work-study experiences and vocational training. In addition to Education-To-Careers clusters, Farragut is also home to the General Patton JROTC program, which functions as a school-within-a-school.

Farragut Career Academy
Address
2345 S. Christiana Avenue

Chicago
,
Cook County
,
Illinois
60623-3217

United States
Coordinates41°50′58″N 87°42′30″W / 41.8495°N 87.7084°W / 41.8495; -87.7084Coordinates: 41°50′58″N 87°42′30″W / 41.8495°N 87.7084°W / 41.8495; -87.7084
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1894 (1894)
StatusOpen[1]
School districtChicago Public Schools
NCES District ID1709930[2]
School codeIL-15-016-2990-25-1501629900011
CEEB code140815
NCES School ID170993000788[1]
PrincipalTonya Hammaker
Grades9–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment670[1] (2021)
 • Grade 9174[1]
 • Grade 10137[1]
 • Grade 11177[1]
 • Grade 12182[1]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Blue
  Gold
Athletics conferenceChicago Public League
NicknameAdmirals
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools
USNWR ranking13,383-17,843
Websitefarragutcareeracademy.org

The school's service area includes North Lawndale and South Lawndale.[3]

History

The original Farragut School opened its doors on September 4, 1894, as a new primary school. It was located on Spaulding Ave near 23rd Street in the South Lawndale neighborhood.[4] Its 16 rooms accommodated 900 students. The Chicago Board of Education named the school after Admiral David Farragut and appointed George R. Plumb as principal. On the first day of school, Farragut enrolled about 500 students in grades 1–4.[5] Those 500 students were among 175,000 students enrolled in Chicago's 200 schools in a year that saw a 15% increase in enrollment.

Farragut served as a primary school for thousands of neighborhood students in its early years. Two years after opening Farragut, Plumb officiated at a ceremony to dedicate an oil portrait of Admiral Farragut. The Farragut Post 602 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) presented this portrait to the school on June 26, 1896.[6] The dedication ceremony included speeches by representatives of the Chicago Board of Education and the Grand Army of the Republic and the singing of "patriotic songs" by Farragut students. The portrait of Admiral Farragut still hangs in Farragut's south building. Farragut dismissed Plumb in 1901, replacing him with Mary E. Baker.[7]

In the early years of the 20th century, the population of Chicago's southwest side continued to grow, and overcrowding at Farragut became a problem. To ease this overcrowding, the Chicago Board of Education approved $150,000 to build a sixteen-room addition and assembly hall for Farragut.[8] At the forefront of the construction effort was Farragut Principal Henry C. Cox, who had taken over from Mary Baker in 1904. Cox believed that the primary reason Farragut students did not complete their high school education was a lack of facilities in the area that could accommodate them.[9] The addition opened its doors as a high school at Spaulding and 24th streets on September 7, 1909, with Frank L. Morse as principal.[10] The original building continued to operate as a primary school.[citation needed]

One of the most significant challenges to keeping high school students in school during this time was that many teenagers worked in factories around Chicago to supplement their family income. In 1909, Principal Morse created a plan to allow students to continue working, attend school, and still receive pay. In cooperation with such employers as the Chicago Malleable Iron Company, the International Harvester Company, and the Kimball Piano Company, students would alternate weeks between work and school. The school enrolled these students in a unique vocational curriculum to improve their "industrial education."[11] Boys between the ages of 14 and 16 would be enrolled in the program and would receive their full weekly salary while in school.

Young women were also part of the vocational education plan for Farragut, although with a different focus. Classes for girls fell under the category of "domestic sciences" and included beginning and advanced sewing, food study and cooking, sanitation and hygiene in the home, and industry history.[12] As the vocational programs increased in popularity, Farragut expanded quickly. In 1914, most were transferred to the new Harrison Technical High School at 24th St and Marshall Blvd. With space now available, Farragut opened its doors as a community center two nights a week. Classrooms were made available for organizations such as the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. In addition, the school organized adult education classes to teach sewing, millinery, cooking, and typing. In addition, the school offered English language classes free of charge to neighborhood residents. Young people and adults could also participate in sports, music, and art.

In 1924, Farragut underwent another restructuring. The Chicago School Board created a new program that converted several schools into junior high schools housing grades seven and eight. The move was designed to ease overcrowding by reducing some schools from K-8 to K-6 and moving the older students to new schools. In September 1925, 7th- and 8th-grade students from the Farragut, Burns, Spry, and McCormick schools attended classes at Farragut Junior High School with Isabella Dolton as principal. Students at Farragut in grades K-2 stayed in the original building, operating as an extension of the Burns school. The remaining students in grades 3–6 moved to the neighboring schools.

By 1928, the continuing problem of school overcrowding led to the construction of an addition to the Farragut building. The plans included a south and west section of the building that effectively doubled its size. That year, Peter B. Ritzma became principal following Isabella Dolton's election as Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the district. Farragut operated as a junior high school until the Chicago School Board decided to scrap the program and convert the junior high schools in the city to senior high schools in 1933. Farragut's attendance boundaries extended north to 16th Street and as far south as the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

Vocational training returned to Farragut in 1935 following the establishment of the Emergency Education Program (EEP) under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). In the early years of the Great Depression, thousands of teachers found themselves unemployed and seeking relief. Harry Hopkins, director of FERA, realized there was an opportunity not only to return teachers to work but also to provide educational programs to other unemployed workers.[13] Under the EEP, Farragut began offering adult evening classes free of charge. Unemployed adults could attend classes in typing, dictaphone, shorthand (advanced and beginning), sewing, millwork, and printing.[citation needed]

Mid-20th century to present

In the post-World War II period, the school demographics changed as more African-Americans moved into the surrounding neighborhoods, which European immigrants and Jews had previously populated; the student body and teaching staff became increasingly African-American. In 1950 the community around Farragut was 91.2% white and 8.6% black—64.4% black and 35.3% white by 1960.[3] Many black students residing in North Lawndale attended Farragut since North Lawndale did not have a senior high school. By 1968 Farragut's student body was about 90% black, and the school was overcrowded since North Lawndale also fed into the school.[14]

By 1968-1969 the "New Breed" and other groups of African-American students demanded that the school hire black teachers and administrators and that it fire Joseph Carroll, the principal of the school.[14] Elizabeth Anders, author of "Everybody run Farragut," a 1971 work, stated that the school administration, then dominated by White Americans, was not prepared for the change in demographics and that some teachers had no interest in serving black students; [15] by 1971, according to Anders, discord among teachers and students and problems with gangs occurred by 1971.[3] Around that period some Hispanic and White students had accused groups of black students of harassment.[14]

In June 2006, CPS accused Principal Edward Guerra, scheduled to retire from CPS and begin working at Waukegan High School, of changing the grades of soccer players and asking teachers not to say anything about it.[16]

On June 8, 2010, Kanye West performed a private concert for Farragut students for having won the third annual "Stay in School" contest. Farragut competed against six other schools: Manley, Harlan, Clemente, Marshall, Julian, and Robeson. The goal was to have the best overall improved attendance, grades, and behavior.

Admissions

Farragut's student body was 80.1% black in 1963 and 91% black by 1968. 43.3% of Farragut teachers were black in 1968.[3]

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity 2020–2021[1]
Hispanic Black White American Indian/Alaska Native
558 100 11 1

Extracurricular activities

At Farragut, students can compete in many different sports and competitive activities.

In 1995, Thornton Township High School, under coach Rocky Hill, defeated Farragut 46-43 in the Class AA quarterfinals while Kevin Garnett played for Farragut.[17] In addition to Garnett, who joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) after high school,[18] star basketball player Ronnie Fields was also a student at Farragut.[19]

Notable alumni

Main category: Farragut Career Academy alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Search for Public Schools - Farragut Career Academy HS (170993000788)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  2. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for City of Chicago SD 299". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Watkins, William Henry. Black Protest Thought and Education (Volume 237 of Counterpoints : studies in the postmodern theory of education, ISSN 1058-1634). Peter Lang, 2005. ISBN 0820463124, 9780820463124. p. 185 (Section "Farragut High School").
  4. ^ "They Must Quit Play" Chicago Daily, August 27, 1894, Pg 8
  5. ^ "Back to the Books" 'Chicago Daily', September 5, 1894, Pg 12
  6. ^ "Gives the School a Portrait" Chicago Daily Tribune, June 27, 1896, Pg 10
  7. ^ "Forty Teachers Under the Axe" Chicago Daily Tribune, June 21, 1901, Pg 7
  8. ^ "Millions for New Schools" Chicago Daily Tribune, September 24, 1907, Pg 8
  9. ^ "The History of Farragut" Lawndale Crawford Community Collection archived document, Author, date unknown
  10. ^ "Children go Back to School Today" Chicago Daily Tribune, September 7, 1908, Pg 4
  11. ^ "Alternate Work With Study" Chicago Daily Tribune, September 25, 1909, Pg 3
  12. ^ "All Girls to Sew in School" Chicago Daily Tribune, October 12, 1901, Pg 3
  13. ^ "The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)", University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection, Available online at http://content.lib.washington.edu/feraweb/essay.html, Cited July 12, 2007
  14. ^ a b c Magallon, Frank S. Chicago's Little Village: Lawndale-Crawford (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2010. p. 104. ISBN 0738577375, 9780738577371.
  15. ^ Anders, Elizabeth, "Everybody Run Farragut," Evergreen Review No. 95, pp. 67-95.
  16. ^ Dell'Angela, Tracy and Andrew L. Wang. "Farragut chief focus of grade-fix inquiry" (). Chicago Tribune. June 29, 2006. Retrieved on December 23, 2016.
  17. ^ Sakamoto, Bob. "Thornton Tops No. 1 Farragut" (). Chicago Tribune. March 18, 1995. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
  18. ^ "High School Star Kevin Garnett Makes Himself Eligible For NBA Draft." Jet. Johnson Publishing Company, May 29, 1995. Vol. 88, No. 3. ISSN 0021-5996. p. 30.
  19. ^ Carroll, Jeff. "High School Legends series: Farragut's Ronnie Fields: Unbroken." Chicago Tribune. January 2, 2015. Retrieved on December 24, 2015.
  20. ^ Garnett, Kevin. "Garnett Cites `Tough Mom' For Success" (). Chicago Tribune. September 19, 2000. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
  21. ^ . Archived from the original on December 3, 2013.

External links

  • Official website

January 07, 2023
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Farragut Career Academy High School is a public 4 year high school located in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago Illinois United States As a career academy Farragut emphasizes a curriculum that combines academic instruction with work study experiences and vocational training In addition to Education To Careers clusters Farragut is also home to the General Patton JROTC program which functions as a school within a school Farragut Career AcademyAddress2345 S Christiana AvenueChicago Cook County Illinois 60623 3217United StatesCoordinates41 50 58 N 87 42 30 W 41 8495 N 87 7084 W 41 8495 87 7084 Coordinates 41 50 58 N 87 42 30 W 41 8495 N 87 7084 W 41 8495 87 7084InformationSchool typePublic high schoolEstablished1894 1894 StatusOpen 1 School districtChicago Public SchoolsNCES District ID1709930 2 School codeIL 15 016 2990 25 1501629900011CEEB code140815NCES School ID170993000788 1 PrincipalTonya HammakerGrades9 12GenderCoeducationalEnrollment670 1 2021 Grade 9174 1 Grade 10137 1 Grade 11177 1 Grade 12182 1 Campus typeUrbanColor s Blue GoldAthletics conferenceChicago Public LeagueNicknameAdmiralsAccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and SchoolsUSNWR ranking13 383 17 843Websitefarragutcareeracademy wbr orgThe school s service area includes North Lawndale and South Lawndale 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Mid 20th century to present 2 Admissions 3 Extracurricular activities 4 Notable alumni 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe original Farragut School opened its doors on September 4 1894 as a new primary school It was located on Spaulding Ave near 23rd Street in the South Lawndale neighborhood 4 Its 16 rooms accommodated 900 students The Chicago Board of Education named the school after Admiral David Farragut and appointed George R Plumb as principal On the first day of school Farragut enrolled about 500 students in grades 1 4 5 Those 500 students were among 175 000 students enrolled in Chicago s 200 schools in a year that saw a 15 increase in enrollment Farragut served as a primary school for thousands of neighborhood students in its early years Two years after opening Farragut Plumb officiated at a ceremony to dedicate an oil portrait of Admiral Farragut The Farragut Post 602 of the Grand Army of the Republic GAR presented this portrait to the school on June 26 1896 6 The dedication ceremony included speeches by representatives of the Chicago Board of Education and the Grand Army of the Republic and the singing of patriotic songs by Farragut students The portrait of Admiral Farragut still hangs in Farragut s south building Farragut dismissed Plumb in 1901 replacing him with Mary E Baker 7 In the early years of the 20th century the population of Chicago s southwest side continued to grow and overcrowding at Farragut became a problem To ease this overcrowding the Chicago Board of Education approved 150 000 to build a sixteen room addition and assembly hall for Farragut 8 At the forefront of the construction effort was Farragut Principal Henry C Cox who had taken over from Mary Baker in 1904 Cox believed that the primary reason Farragut students did not complete their high school education was a lack of facilities in the area that could accommodate them 9 The addition opened its doors as a high school at Spaulding and 24th streets on September 7 1909 with Frank L Morse as principal 10 The original building continued to operate as a primary school citation needed One of the most significant challenges to keeping high school students in school during this time was that many teenagers worked in factories around Chicago to supplement their family income In 1909 Principal Morse created a plan to allow students to continue working attend school and still receive pay In cooperation with such employers as the Chicago Malleable Iron Company the International Harvester Company and the Kimball Piano Company students would alternate weeks between work and school The school enrolled these students in a unique vocational curriculum to improve their industrial education 11 Boys between the ages of 14 and 16 would be enrolled in the program and would receive their full weekly salary while in school Young women were also part of the vocational education plan for Farragut although with a different focus Classes for girls fell under the category of domestic sciences and included beginning and advanced sewing food study and cooking sanitation and hygiene in the home and industry history 12 As the vocational programs increased in popularity Farragut expanded quickly In 1914 most were transferred to the new Harrison Technical High School at 24th St and Marshall Blvd With space now available Farragut opened its doors as a community center two nights a week Classrooms were made available for organizations such as the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls In addition the school organized adult education classes to teach sewing millinery cooking and typing In addition the school offered English language classes free of charge to neighborhood residents Young people and adults could also participate in sports music and art In 1924 Farragut underwent another restructuring The Chicago School Board created a new program that converted several schools into junior high schools housing grades seven and eight The move was designed to ease overcrowding by reducing some schools from K 8 to K 6 and moving the older students to new schools In September 1925 7th and 8th grade students from the Farragut Burns Spry and McCormick schools attended classes at Farragut Junior High School with Isabella Dolton as principal Students at Farragut in grades K 2 stayed in the original building operating as an extension of the Burns school The remaining students in grades 3 6 moved to the neighboring schools By 1928 the continuing problem of school overcrowding led to the construction of an addition to the Farragut building The plans included a south and west section of the building that effectively doubled its size That year Peter B Ritzma became principal following Isabella Dolton s election as Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the district Farragut operated as a junior high school until the Chicago School Board decided to scrap the program and convert the junior high schools in the city to senior high schools in 1933 Farragut s attendance boundaries extended north to 16th Street and as far south as the Illinois and Michigan Canal Vocational training returned to Farragut in 1935 following the establishment of the Emergency Education Program EEP under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration FERA In the early years of the Great Depression thousands of teachers found themselves unemployed and seeking relief Harry Hopkins director of FERA realized there was an opportunity not only to return teachers to work but also to provide educational programs to other unemployed workers 13 Under the EEP Farragut began offering adult evening classes free of charge Unemployed adults could attend classes in typing dictaphone shorthand advanced and beginning sewing millwork and printing citation needed Mid 20th century to present Edit In the post World War II period the school demographics changed as more African Americans moved into the surrounding neighborhoods which European immigrants and Jews had previously populated the student body and teaching staff became increasingly African American In 1950 the community around Farragut was 91 2 white and 8 6 black 64 4 black and 35 3 white by 1960 3 Many black students residing in North Lawndale attended Farragut since North Lawndale did not have a senior high school By 1968 Farragut s student body was about 90 black and the school was overcrowded since North Lawndale also fed into the school 14 By 1968 1969 the New Breed and other groups of African American students demanded that the school hire black teachers and administrators and that it fire Joseph Carroll the principal of the school 14 Elizabeth Anders author of Everybody run Farragut a 1971 work stated that the school administration then dominated by White Americans was not prepared for the change in demographics and that some teachers had no interest in serving black students 15 by 1971 according to Anders discord among teachers and students and problems with gangs occurred by 1971 3 Around that period some Hispanic and White students had accused groups of black students of harassment 14 In June 2006 CPS accused Principal Edward Guerra scheduled to retire from CPS and begin working at Waukegan High School of changing the grades of soccer players and asking teachers not to say anything about it 16 On June 8 2010 Kanye West performed a private concert for Farragut students for having won the third annual Stay in School contest Farragut competed against six other schools Manley Harlan Clemente Marshall Julian and Robeson The goal was to have the best overall improved attendance grades and behavior Admissions EditFarragut s student body was 80 1 black in 1963 and 91 black by 1968 43 3 of Farragut teachers were black in 1968 3 Enrollment by Race Ethnicity 2020 2021 1 Hispanic Black White American Indian Alaska Native558 100 11 1Extracurricular activities EditAt Farragut students can compete in many different sports and competitive activities In 1995 Thornton Township High School under coach Rocky Hill defeated Farragut 46 43 in the Class AA quarterfinals while Kevin Garnett played for Farragut 17 In addition to Garnett who joined the National Basketball Association NBA after high school 18 star basketball player Ronnie Fields was also a student at Farragut 19 Notable alumni EditMain category Farragut Career Academy alumni Otis Armstrong 1968 former NFL running back Tony Brown 1978 former NBA basketball player and current assistant coach for Washington Wizards Lorenzo Clemons 1964 actor Bruce DeMars 1953 retired U S Navy 4 star admiral Director Naval Nuclear Propulsion 1988 1996a Arnold T Dorenfeld known as Doren 1953 American photographer Michael Dunigan basketball player for Oregon Ducks Ron Dunlap basketball player for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini the 19th pick of 1968 NBA draft Ervin Frank Four Sack Dusak MLB player for the St Louis Cardinals Ronnie Fields basketball player Kevin Garnett 1995 NBA player the for Minnesota Timberwolves Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets 20 2004 MVP 2008 DPOY champion 2020 NBA Hall of Fame Inductee Mack Herron former NFL and CFL running back Kim Novak 1950 Golden Globe Award winning film actress Sonny Parker 1972 former NBA basketball player for Golden State Warriors 21 Pat Sajak 1964 host of television game show Wheel of Fortune Joe Soto 1977 radio personality 102 7 FM WVAZ Chicago Ernie Terrell 1957 former heavyweight champion boxer and promoter Michael Wright 1980 2015 murdered American Turkish basketball player Point Blank rapper References Edit a b c d e f g h Search for Public Schools Farragut Career Academy HS 170993000788 National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences Retrieved September 18 2022 Search for Public School Districts District Detail for City of Chicago SD 299 National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences Retrieved September 18 2022 a b c d Watkins William Henry Black Protest Thought and Education Volume 237 of Counterpoints studies in the postmodern theory of education ISSN 1058 1634 Peter Lang 2005 ISBN 0820463124 9780820463124 p 185 Section Farragut High School They Must Quit Play Chicago Daily August 27 1894 Pg 8 Back to the Books Chicago Daily September 5 1894 Pg 12 Gives the School a Portrait Chicago Daily Tribune June 27 1896 Pg 10 Forty Teachers Under the Axe Chicago Daily Tribune June 21 1901 Pg 7 Millions for New Schools Chicago Daily Tribune September 24 1907 Pg 8 The History of Farragut Lawndale Crawford Community Collection archived document Author date unknown Children go Back to School Today Chicago Daily Tribune September 7 1908 Pg 4 Alternate Work With Study Chicago Daily Tribune September 25 1909 Pg 3 All Girls to Sew in School Chicago Daily Tribune October 12 1901 Pg 3 The Federal Emergency Relief Administration FERA University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection Available online at http content lib washington edu feraweb essay html Cited July 12 2007 a b c Magallon Frank S Chicago s Little Village Lawndale Crawford Images of America Arcadia Publishing 2010 p 104 ISBN 0738577375 9780738577371 Anders Elizabeth Everybody Run Farragut Evergreen Review No 95 pp 67 95 Dell Angela Tracy and Andrew L Wang Farragut chief focus of grade fix inquiry Archive Chicago Tribune June 29 2006 Retrieved on December 23 2016 Sakamoto Bob Thornton Tops No 1 Farragut Archive Chicago Tribune March 18 1995 Retrieved on December 23 2015 High School Star Kevin Garnett Makes Himself Eligible For NBA Draft Jet Johnson Publishing Company May 29 1995 Vol 88 No 3 ISSN 0021 5996 p 30 Carroll Jeff High School Legends series Farragut s Ronnie Fields Unbroken Chicago Tribune January 2 2015 Retrieved on December 24 2015 Garnett Kevin Garnett Cites Tough Mom For Success Archive Chicago Tribune September 19 2000 Retrieved on December 23 2015 What Farragut Means To Me Sonny Parker Archived from the original on December 3 2013 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Farragut Career Academy amp oldid 1127459911, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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