Хоумвуд-Флоссмурская средняя школа: история, инфраструктура и достижения

As of the 2021 2022 school year, the makeup of the student body was 71.5% African American, 14.6% White, 8.4% Hispanic, 0.7% Asian, and 4.8% from two or more races. H F has a 94% Graduation Rate. H F has a robust Advanced Placement program (25 AP courses in 2017–18); a five course Project Lead the Way STEM program; and a Media, Visual & Performing Arts Academy (MVP). In 2012–13, it became the first public high school in Chicago's suburbs to earn the International Baccalaureate World School status. The campus consists of a North* and South Building. The South Building contains a number of sub buildings each assigned a letter, and includes the school's radio station (WHFH) 88.5 FM Flossmoor, television station VTV, science labs, a swimming pool, a music building, gymnasium and an auditorium. An ice rink is also located on the campus, owned by the local park district. In 2014, H F took part in a multimillion dollar ($26,070,000 contract) renovation of the North Building on campus. The renovations included a new 200 meter track containing four full sized basketball, volleyball, and badminton courts in the center of the track. The 9,000 sq. ft. facility also contains cardio and training equipment. Additionally, a 50 yard indoor turf has expanded the playing and practice season for a variety of field sports and activities, including football, soccer, field hockey, baseball and marching band. The project was finished in late spring 2014. In 2015, H F was awarded a Gold LEED Award for outstanding environmental practices in the construction of this addition. In 2019, the school began the first phase of its Fine Arts Expansion Project, which created a new music wing and black box theater, in addition to renovated visual arts classrooms. The project was completed in October 2020.

Homewood Flossmoor Community High School site opened in 1959 with enrollment at 1,170 students. There were 51 classrooms, which included 10 English classes, 10 Social Science, eight Science, six Mathematics, five Foreign Language, three Physical Education, one Homemaking, three Industrial Arts, two Art, and three Music classes. A cafeteria, library and administrative area were also included. By 1965, the school's population had nearly doubled and additional buildings were added: Auditorium (1965), G Building (1966) and E Building (1966). As growth continued, it became apparent that a major new facility was needed, and in 1971, the North Building and fieldhouse opened when the student population topped 4,000. Following a decade of preparation and fiscal planning, in 1995 a $25 million renovation and addition program was completed: all classrooms and offices were wired for internet access; a music wing was added, providing student practice and performance; a Technology Center and numerous labs to offer computer assisted instruction were completed; the Mall Building, located mid campus near the football field and field house, was expanded, modernized and staffed, providing athletic training and rehabilitation of student athletes; a new Olympic sized aqua center was opened; 14 tennis courts were added; and the student run WHFH radio and TV stations were modernized. In 1989, football coach John Wrenn proposed District 233 adopt a mandatory drug testing policy similar to one at two Lafayette, Indiana high schools, where a recent landmark court case decision allowed the creation of such programs. H F became the first high school in Illinois to require mandatory random drug testing for its student athletes. In 1996, up to 20,000 people gathered on the school lawn to hear President Bill Clinton deliver a speech on education during his 1996 reelection campaign. In addition to being named a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education three times, the school has received Department of Education Technology Award twice. In 1995, the school's technology plan was named one of the five best in the nation. Beginning with the Class of 2020, the school offers a Media, Visual & Performing Arts Academy. In August 2023, the school began the first phase of its Net Zero Science Building.

H F has been named one of Newsweek's top 1,000 schools on several occasions in recent years: 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 (#1142), 2008 (#746), 2007 (#682), 2006 (#849), 2005 (#744), and 2003 (#518). H F has also been ranked as one of America's Most Challenging High Schools by The Washington Post in 2017. H F's Visual Arts Department was named the Best School Art Program in the state in 2013 by the Illinois Art Education Association. In 1990 there was a proposal that would allow a student to substitute an academic class in place of a physical education requirement. The school district administration approved this change effective fall 1991. Students after the change were allowed to take another course if they stated that they intended to enter a university and showed a university course catalog with the desired subject area.

H F offers a fine arts program, which includes courses in music, theatre, and visual arts. There are over 50 courses offered. About 39% of H F students are enrolled in at least one fine arts course

H F's music department includes three core programs: band, orchestra, and choir. As well as ensembles of these programs, additional classes are offered at HF, such as AP Music Theory, Industry of Music, and Guitar Ensembles. Band, orchestra, and choir ensembles each take turns touring a foreign country once every year, during spring break. Each program consists of multiple ensembles, curricular and extra curricular. Band: Students enrolled in the band program participate in one of three ensembles: Concert Band, Wind Ensemble (Honors), or Symphonic Band (Honors). Percussionists are placed in Concert Band Percussion Ensemble or Honors Percussion Ensemble. Extra curricular programs are the music pit orchestra, jazz ensemble, and jazz combos. Band students have the opportunity to audition to participate in the Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) annual festival honors ensembles. H F's Viking Jazz Ensemble was one of few ensembles in the state selected to perform at the Illinois Music Educators Association 2018 Conference. All musicians in the H F band program come together to form Viking Marching Band. Orchestra: The orchestra program has three ensembles: Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Strings (Honors), and Viking Orchestra (Honors). Students in all ensembles can also participate in the pit orchestra, as well as audition for ILMEA honors ensembles. Choir: Choir has three ensembles: Bel Canto Choir, Concert Choir (Honors), and Viking Choir (Honors). Students can also audition for Viking Ensemble (an extra curricular small ensemble) or for ILMEA ensembles.

H F competes in the Southwest Suburban Conference (SWSC) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), the organization which governs most sports and competitive activities in Illinois. Teams are stylized as the Vikings. The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo. Young men may compete in baseball, football, lacrosse, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, cheerleading and softball.