| Niles Township High School District 219 | |
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| Location | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public secondary district |
| Grades | 9–12[1] |
| Superintendent | Tom Moore[2] |
| NCES District ID | 1728530[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 4,619[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Niles Township High School District 219 is a public secondary school district in the U.S. state of Illinois. In the Niles Township, District 219 serves the educational requirements of the suburban communities of Lincolnwood, parts of Morton Grove, Niles, and Skokie, in the north of Cook County, Illinois.
The outstanding art-and-science successes of District 219 include the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts declaring the Arts Program of D219 as the best of its kind in the nation in 2007.[3] Moreover, besides the success of Niles West H.S. in the Science Olympiad, District 219 claims two Nobel laureates as alumnae.
In November 2022, District 219 was the first U.S. school district to offer Assyrian-language[a] courses upon their inclusion to the Illinois State Course Catalogue;[5][6] the population of District 219 is approximately thirty per cent (30%) Assyrian.[7]
- ^ a b c "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for NilesTwp HSD 219". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ Niles Township HS District 219 Administration accessed 12 April 2009
- ^ "Kennedy Center and NSBA Award Winners — Past Winners". The Kennedy Center.
- Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (April 17, 2007). "Recipient of the 2007 Award Announced: Niles Township High School District 219, Skokie, Illinois" (PDF) (Press release). John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- ^ "World Languages", Illinois State Course Catalog 2024 (PDF), Illinois State Board of Education, 2022, pp. 531–679, pp. 548–551:
... Assyrian language (synonymous with Aramaic, Syriac, Chaldean)
– via the Assyrian Policy Institute. - ^ "D219 Board of Education Approves Assyrian Language Course".
- ^ "API Welcomes the Addition of Assyrian Language Courses to Illinois State Course Catalog". 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Assyrian Language Course Passes Crucial Hurdle in Chicago-area School District". 29 September 2022.
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