Calumet High School (Chicago)

Calumet High School (Perspectives)
Main entrance, 2016.
Address
Map
8131 S. May Street

,
60620

United States
Coordinates41°44′17″N 87°34′22″W / 41.7381°N 87.5729°W / 41.7381; -87.5729
Information
School type
Opened1900 (1900)
2006 (Leadership)
2007 (Technology)
StatusVacant
ClosedJune 2020
School districtChicago Public Schools
CEEB code140708 (Leadership)
140944 (Technology)[1]
PrincipalSarah Severson (Leadership)
Erin Powell (Technology)
Grades612(Leadership)
912 (Technology)
GenderCoed
Enrollment487 (Leadership; 2016–17)[2]
372 (Technology; 2016–17)[3]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Maroon
  Columbia Blue
  White
Song"Calumet we're ever loyal to our own Maroon and Blue."
Athletics conferenceChicago Public League
Team nameWarriors
YearbookTemulac
Websiteperspectivescs.org
pcsedu.org

Calumet High School–Perspectives was a public four-year charter high school and middle school located in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opening as Calumet Township High School in 1889, it became a Chicago Public School in 1900 and closed in 2006.[4][5] From 2006 until 2020, The building was used by two charter schools under Perspective Charter Schools.

  1. ^ K-12 School Ceeb Code - Perspectives
  2. ^ "Chicago Public Schools: Perspectives Leadership Academy". Chicago Public Schools. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Chicago Public Schools: Perspectives HS of Technology". Chicago Public Schools. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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  5. ^ Ziemba, Joe (2019-06-20). Cadets, Cannons and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy. Gatekeeper Press. ISBN 9781642373400.