AlWood High School
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AlWood High School, or AHS, is a public four-year high school
located at 301 E. Fifth Avenue in Woodhull, Illinois
, a village
in Clover Township of Henry County, Illinois
, in the Midwestern United States
. The name AlWood comes from the combination of Alpha
and Woodhull
, two villages in southwestern Henry County which each had their own high schools until a consolidation in 1948. AHS is part of AlWood Community Unit School District 225, which also includes AlWood Middle School, and AlWood Elementary School.. The school is combined with the Alwood Middle School to form Alwood Middle-High School. This is the result of an addition to the high school building and demolition of the former middle school building in 2001. However, academics, athletics, and activities remain mostly separate. The campus is 25 miles southeast of Moline, Illinois
and 20 miles north of Galesburg, Illinois
. It serves a mixed village
and rural
residential community. The school is the only high school
in the village
of Woodhull
. The school is near the Quad Cities
and is part of the Davenport-Moline
-Rock Island
, IA
-IL
metropolitan statistical area.
and is currently in compliance with state testing and standards. However, the combined scores of both AlWood Middle School and High School students to form a composite rating for AlWood Middle-High school masks the discrepancy between the two. In 2009, 52% of high school students tested met or exceeded state standards on the Prairie State Achievement Examination
, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act
. In 2009, 87% of middle school students tested met or exceeded standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test
, also a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act
. Many Illinois school districts see a decrease as grade level increases. However, other high schools in the 52% standards range are not marked as making adequate yearly progress, and have received an Academic Early Warning Status rather than being marked as Fully Recognized. The school's average high school graduation rate between 2000-2009 was 95%.
In 2009, the AlWood Middle-High School faculty was 42 teachers, averaging 15.3 years of experience, and of whom 39% held an advanced degree. The average high school class size was 17.3 The high school student to faculty ratio was 10.7. The district's instructional expenditure per student was $5,639. AlWood Middle-High School enrollment decreased from 281 to 263 (6%) in the period of 1999-2009
and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association
. Its mascot is the Aces, and has been also seen as the Flying Aces. The school has no state championships on record in team athletics and activities. Cooperative athletics partnerships with neighboring high schools are common in recent years due, in large part, to Alwood High School's enrollment of less than 200 students. In 2009 Alwood cooperated with ROWVA High School for football, and began a new partnership with Cambridge High School
under the name of the Ridgewood Spartans for many other sports and activities.
Reference: http://alwood.il.schoolwebpages.com/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=96&
Alpha High School opened in the late 19th century. The official name of the Alpha High School athletic teams was the Bulldogs. However, the Alpha teams were sometimes referred to as the "Miners" because of the coal mines which once existed around the area. The Alpha High School building is used as the elementary school for the Alwood school district. Woodhul High School also opened in the late 19th century. The mascot of Woodhull High School was the Cardinals. The original school building was used as the AlWood Middle School and sat adjacent to the current Alwood HIgh School building until it was demolished in 2001.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located at 301 E. Fifth Avenue in Woodhull, Illinois
Woodhull, Illinois
Woodhull is a village in Henry County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 811, up from 809 at the 2000 census. AlWood Middle-High School is located in Woodhull, with students coming from nearby Alpha after the merger in the early 1950's, and also with students coming...
, a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Clover Township of Henry County, Illinois
Henry County, Illinois
Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 50,486, which is a decrease of 1.0% from 51,020 in 2000. Its county seat is Cambridge...
, in the Midwestern United States
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....
. The name AlWood comes from the combination of Alpha
Alpha, Illinois
Alpha is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 671 at the 2010 census, down from 726 at the 2000 census.-History:...
and Woodhull
Woodhull, Illinois
Woodhull is a village in Henry County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 811, up from 809 at the 2000 census. AlWood Middle-High School is located in Woodhull, with students coming from nearby Alpha after the merger in the early 1950's, and also with students coming...
, two villages in southwestern Henry County which each had their own high schools until a consolidation in 1948. AHS is part of AlWood Community Unit School District 225, which also includes AlWood Middle School, and AlWood Elementary School.. The school is combined with the Alwood Middle School to form Alwood Middle-High School. This is the result of an addition to the high school building and demolition of the former middle school building in 2001. However, academics, athletics, and activities remain mostly separate. The campus is 25 miles southeast of Moline, Illinois
Moline, Illinois
Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 45,792 in 2010. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities has a population of...
and 20 miles north of Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County....
. It serves a mixed village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and rural
Rural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
residential community. The school is the only high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in the village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of Woodhull
Woodhull, Illinois
Woodhull is a village in Henry County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 811, up from 809 at the 2000 census. AlWood Middle-High School is located in Woodhull, with students coming from nearby Alpha after the merger in the early 1950's, and also with students coming...
. The school is near the Quad Cities
Quad Cities
The Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline , are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2010, had an estimated population of...
and is part of the Davenport-Moline
Moline, Illinois
Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 45,792 in 2010. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities has a population of...
-Rock Island
Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island is the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,884 at the 2010 census. Located on the Mississippi River, it is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring Moline, East Moline, and the Iowa cities of Davenport and Bettendorf. The Quad Cities...
, IA
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
-IL
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
metropolitan statistical area.
Academics
AlWood Middle-High School is currently Fully Recognized meaning the school made Adequate Yearly ProgressAdequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized...
and is currently in compliance with state testing and standards. However, the combined scores of both AlWood Middle School and High School students to form a composite rating for AlWood Middle-High school masks the discrepancy between the two. In 2009, 52% of high school students tested met or exceeded state standards on the Prairie State Achievement Examination
Prairie State Achievement Examination
The Prairie State Achievement Examination is a two-day standardized test taken by all High School Juniors in the U.S. state of Illinois. On the first day, students take the ACT, and on the second day, a WorkKeys examination and Illinois State Board of Education-developed science examination....
, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in public schools.NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office...
. In 2009, 87% of middle school students tested met or exceeded standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test
Illinois Standards Achievement Test
The Illinois State Achievement Test measures individual student achievement relative to the Illinois Learning Standards. Results of this score are applied to the No Child Left Behind Act, for purposes of identifying failing schools....
, also a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in public schools.NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office...
. Many Illinois school districts see a decrease as grade level increases. However, other high schools in the 52% standards range are not marked as making adequate yearly progress, and have received an Academic Early Warning Status rather than being marked as Fully Recognized. The school's average high school graduation rate between 2000-2009 was 95%.
In 2009, the AlWood Middle-High School faculty was 42 teachers, averaging 15.3 years of experience, and of whom 39% held an advanced degree. The average high school class size was 17.3 The high school student to faculty ratio was 10.7. The district's instructional expenditure per student was $5,639. AlWood Middle-High School enrollment decreased from 281 to 263 (6%) in the period of 1999-2009
Athletics
AlWood High School competes in the Lincoln Trail ConferenceLincoln Trail Conference
The Lincoln Trail Conference is a high school conference in western central Illinois. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association...
and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association
Illinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High...
. Its mascot is the Aces, and has been also seen as the Flying Aces. The school has no state championships on record in team athletics and activities. Cooperative athletics partnerships with neighboring high schools are common in recent years due, in large part, to Alwood High School's enrollment of less than 200 students. In 2009 Alwood cooperated with ROWVA High School for football, and began a new partnership with Cambridge High School
Cambridge High School (Illinois)
Cambridge High School, or CHS, is a public four-year high school located at 300 S. West St. in Cambridge, Illinois, a village in Cambridge Township of Henry County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. CHS is part of Cambridge Community Unit School District 227, which also includes Cambridge...
under the name of the Ridgewood Spartans for many other sports and activities.
History
- 1925 – Old Woodhull High School is opened.
- 1948 – Alpha and Woodhull High Schools consolidate as AlWood.
- 1995 – A $300,000 referendum for improvements for the elementary school passes with a 486 yes / 418 no vote. The previous year a $700,000 referendum had failed 326-697.
- 1998 – A consolidation study is completed that included AlWood, Cambridge, and Orion school districts. The major recommended changes at that time included: 1) build a new high school, 2) convert the existing high schools into 5-8 buildings, 3) convert existing elementary buildings to K-4 buildings; eliminate the old AlWood Junior High and Orion Junior High.
- 1999 – A $3,695,000 referendum for a new middle school addition passes with a 713 yes / 303 no vote. The previous year, a $4,715,000 referendum for the high school failed with a vote of 511 to 794.
- 2001 – The new middle school addition opens for classes, and the old school is demolished.
- 2006 – Consolidation studies are completed that included a four-school consolidation of AlWood, Cambridge, Galva, and R.O.W.V.A., as well as a two-school consolidation of AlWood and R.O.W.V.A.
- 2007 (Summer/Fall) – The AlWood and R.O.W.V.A. Boards of Education form a Committee of Ten to further explore the possibility of consolidation of the two school districts. The major recommended changes include: 1) continue to offer Pre-K through fifth grade in the individual community elementary schools, 2) convert the existing AlWood Middle/High School into a grade 6-8 middle school for the new consolidated district, 3) House grades 9-12 at the current R.O.W.V.A. High School.
Reference: http://alwood.il.schoolwebpages.com/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=96&
Alpha High School opened in the late 19th century. The official name of the Alpha High School athletic teams was the Bulldogs. However, the Alpha teams were sometimes referred to as the "Miners" because of the coal mines which once existed around the area. The Alpha High School building is used as the elementary school for the Alwood school district. Woodhul High School also opened in the late 19th century. The mascot of Woodhull High School was the Cardinals. The original school building was used as the AlWood Middle School and sat adjacent to the current Alwood HIgh School building until it was demolished in 2001.