Taylorville Senior High School is a four-year public high school located in Taylorville, Illinois. The mascot is Tommy Tornado. The school colors are purple and gold.
Taylorville High School in 1913
THS is part of TCUSD #3 which also includes a middle-school, three elementary schools located in Taylorville and Mt. Auburn Elementary School and Stonington Elementary. However, at the end of the 2008–2009 academic school year, West Elementary School and Mt. Auburn closed.[1]
The THS journalism class publishes a monthly-newspaper and annual yearbook, the Zephyr and Drift, respectively. As of the 2011–2012 school year, the Zephyr is also available through a full-color online PDF version.[2]
Notable alumniedit
Ron Bontemps, Captain of the 1952 U.S. men's basketball team, which won the gold medal.
Bill Ridley, All-American basketball player at the University of Illinois
Notable staffedit
Dolph Stanley, Hall of fame coach that guided the 1944 Tornadoes to the first undefeated state championship in the history of Illinois. Stanley is best known for holding the "unbreakable" record of guiding five different Illinois High School Association (IHSA) schools into the state tournament.
Referencesedit
^"Village of Mt. Auburn studies fate of school building - Breeze Courier - Taylorville, IL". Breeze Courier. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^"Taylorville Community Unit School District #3 - Home". Taylorvilleschools.com. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
taylorville, high, school, taylorville, senior, high, school, four, year, public, high, school, located, taylorville, illinois, mascot, tommy, tornado, school, colors, purple, gold, 1913, part, tcusd, which, also, includes, middle, school, three, elementary, s. Taylorville Senior High School is a four year public high school located in Taylorville Illinois The mascot is Tommy Tornado The school colors are purple and gold Taylorville High School in 1913 THS is part of TCUSD 3 which also includes a middle school three elementary schools located in Taylorville and Mt Auburn Elementary School and Stonington Elementary However at the end of the 2008 2009 academic school year West Elementary School and Mt Auburn closed 1 Contents 1 Publications 2 Notable alumni 3 Notable staff 4 ReferencesPublications editThe THS journalism class publishes a monthly newspaper and annual yearbook the Zephyr and Drift respectively As of the 2011 2012 school year the Zephyr is also available through a full color online PDF version 2 Notable alumni editRon Bontemps Captain of the 1952 U S men s basketball team which won the gold medal Jon Corzine former governor of New Jersey Vern Mullen professional football player Canton Bulldogs Chicago Bears Chicago Cardinals and Pottsville Maroons Johnny Orr former UMass Michigan and Iowa State head basketball coach Pat Perry former Major League Baseball player St Louis Cardinals Cincinnati Reds Chicago Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers Bill Ridley All American basketball player at the University of IllinoisNotable staff editDolph Stanley Hall of fame coach that guided the 1944 Tornadoes to the first undefeated state championship in the history of Illinois Stanley is best known for holding the unbreakable record of guiding five different Illinois High School Association IHSA schools into the state tournament References edit Village of Mt Auburn studies fate of school building Breeze Courier Taylorville IL Breeze Courier Retrieved 2012 03 11 Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 Home Taylorvilleschools com Retrieved 2012 03 11 39 33 46 N 89 18 12 W 39 56279 N 89 30345 W 39 56279 89 30345 nbsp This Illinois school related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Taylorville High School amp oldid 1034964351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
