| Cooley Vocational High School | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Main entrance, c. 1977. | |
| Address | |
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1225 N. Sedgwick Street , 60610 | |
| Coordinates | 41°54′19″N 87°38′17″W / 41.9053°N 87.6381°W |
| Information | |
| School type | |
| Opened | September 1958 |
| Status | Demolished |
| Closed | June 1979[2] |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 536 (1978–1979)[2] |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Orange Black |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Comets |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | Cooley Times |
| Yearbook | Comets' Trails[1] |
Edwin Gilbert Cooley Vocational High School (also known as Cooley Vocational High School and Upper Grade Center, commonly known as Cooley High) was a public 4–year vocational high school and middle school located in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Opened primarily to serve Cabrini-Green in 1958, Cooley was housed in a high school building constructed in 1907, which had housed trade schools. It was a part of the Chicago Public Schools district and served grades 7 through 12. Cooley was named in honor of Edwin Gilbert Cooley (1857–1923), who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools from 1900 until 1909.[3][4][5] Cooley closed in June 1979.[citation needed]
- ^ "1962 Cooley High School Yearbook (Chicago, Illinois)." Classmates.com. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
- ^ a b Chicago Tribune, Near North schools: New look, hopes, September 2, 1979.Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ "Edwin Cooley Is Dead In Chicago; Prominent Educator and Former Head of Cresco Schools Dies at Age of 67." The Howard County (IA) Times, 1923. pg. 3. McCarville, Jill. "Cooley, Edwin G. (1857–1923)." www.iagenweb.org, June 7, 2013.
- ^ "Cooley, Edwin Gilbert (1857–1923)." Jane Addams Digital Edition. www.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ "Edwin G. Cooley: The Success of a Clayton County School Teacher." Elkader Register and Argus, February 25, 1909. pg. 2, C4. Johnson, Ken. "Edwin G. Cooley." www.iagenweb.org, June 13, 2005. Retrieved September 2, 2019.