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University High School (U-High), located in Normal, Illinois, United States, is one of two laboratory schools of the College of Education at Illinois State University designed for research and teacher-training; the other is Thomas Metcalf School, an elementary school. Founded in 1857, it is the oldest laboratory school and among the oldest high ...
Normal schools in the United States in the 19th century were developed and built primarily to train elementary-level teachers for the public schools. The term “normal school” is based on the French école normale, a sixteenth-century model school with model classrooms where model teaching practices were taught to teacher candidates.
The Town of Normal is in the McLean County Unit District No. 5, which includes Normal Community High School, Normal Community West High School, and Kingsley Junior High School [65] Two schools in Normal are operated by Illinois State University: University High School and Thomas Metcalf Elementary.
Hancock Stadium is a 13,391-seat [1] multi-purpose stadium in Normal, Illinois. It opened in 1963. [3] It is home to the Illinois State University Redbirds football team as well as University High School. Central Catholic High School also played its games there through the 2004 season.
Normal Community High School [3] (NCHS or Normal Community) is a public high school located in Normal, Illinois that was founded in 1905. NCHS serves parts of Normal , Bloomington , and Towanda and is home to over 2,000 students (grades 9–12) with 150 faculty and staff.
The Royal High School was used as a model for the first public high school in the United States, Boston Latin School, founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1635. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Boston Latin School was initially a private school, so although it did become the first public high school, a school system in Dedham, Massachusetts was the first to be ...
Normal West High School is a public high school in Normal, Illinois. The mascot is the wildcat and school colors are black and silver. The school opened in 1995 and its current student body numbers roughly 1,600.
Established to recognize and award scholarships to eligible high school seniors who participated in the event, a selection committee chooses a male and female winner from each of the Small School and Large School brackets. Holiday Classic Scholarship recipients: Nick Patkunas, Normal U-High (2015) Carolyn Peters, Normal West (2015)