Diamond Lake School District 76
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Diamond Lake School District 76 is a PK-8 school district centered around the village of Mundelein
, Illinois
, which is located in central Lake County
. The district mainly feeds into Mundelein High School
in Mundelein, Illinois with some students feeding into Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois
after the eighth grade. The Mundelein district is composed of three schools: two elementary schools and one middle school. The first elementary school, Fairhaven School, educates those in the first grade and kindergarten and also upholds a prekindergarten program; the principal of the school is Michele Allen. Fairhaven School students move on to attend Diamond Lake Elementary School in the grades succeeding first before feeding into the district middle school after fourth grade; the principal is Beth Kiewicz, and the mascot of the school is the dolphin
. The school that educates the eldest of the district students is called West Oak Middle School, serving grades five through eight. The principal of West Oak is Christopher Willeford,while the mascots are the Spirits
.
West Oak Middle School runs a choir program and a band program; the school also runs a specialized band program called the "Spirit Jazz."
Mundelein, Illinois
Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 31,064.-History:The community now known as Mundelein has been inhabited since at least 1650, when the Potowatami Indians were known to have been trading with French fur traders....
, Illinois
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,...
, which is located in central Lake County
Lake County, Illinois
Lake County is a county in the northeastern corner of the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 703,462, which is an increase of 9.2% from 644,356 in 2000. Its county seat is Waukegan. The county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area...
. The district mainly feeds into Mundelein High School
Mundelein High School
Mundelein High School, or MHS, is a public four-year high school located in Mundelein, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the only school in Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120.-History:...
in Mundelein, Illinois with some students feeding into Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois
Lincolnshire, Illinois
Lincolnshire is a village in the Vernon Township region of Lake County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The village is a suburb of Chicago, a city in the adjacent Cook County. Its population was 6,108 at the time of the 2000 census. Lincolnshire was incorporated on August 5, 1957, from the...
after the eighth grade. The Mundelein district is composed of three schools: two elementary schools and one middle school. The first elementary school, Fairhaven School, educates those in the first grade and kindergarten and also upholds a prekindergarten program; the principal of the school is Michele Allen. Fairhaven School students move on to attend Diamond Lake Elementary School in the grades succeeding first before feeding into the district middle school after fourth grade; the principal is Beth Kiewicz, and the mascot of the school is the dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
. The school that educates the eldest of the district students is called West Oak Middle School, serving grades five through eight. The principal of West Oak is Christopher Willeford,while the mascots are the Spirits
Ghost
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
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West Oak Middle School runs a choir program and a band program; the school also runs a specialized band program called the "Spirit Jazz."