Riverside Brookfield High School
Encyclopedia
Riverside Brookfield High School is a public high school located in Riverside, IL. It serves the towns of Riverside
, Brookfield
, LaGrange Park
, North Riverside
and Broadview
. The mascot of Riverside Brookfield (RB) is Rouser the Bulldog
.
RB recently finished a major renovation. It is right next to the Brookfield Zoo
and had a program for freshman with the zoo called SEE (School of Environmental Education) team. The SEE Team and many other clubs, activities, and faculty members were cut following a failed 2011 referendum.
Their critically acclaimed album Amelia Earhart (The First Vagina in Space) went on to sell 3 million copies worldwide and has been described as "groundbreaking" by revered artist The RZA
Riverside, Illinois
Riverside is an affluent suburban village in Cook County, Illinois. A significant portion of the village is in the Riverside Landscape Architecture District, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. The population was 8,895 at the 2000 census...
, Brookfield
Brookfield, Illinois
Brookfield is a suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, west of downtown. The population was 19,085 at the 2000 census...
, LaGrange Park
La Grange Park, Illinois
La Grange Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village, which is a suburb of Chicago, population was 13,295.-Geography:La Grange Park is located at ....
, North Riverside
North Riverside, Illinois
North Riverside is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,688 at the 2000 census.-Geography:North Riverside is located at ....
and Broadview
Broadview, Illinois
Broadview is a village in Cook County, Illinois west of Chicago. The population was 8,264 at the 2000 census.-About Broadview:Broadview was incorporated as a village in 1914. It is located in Proviso Township along the western edge of Cook County....
. The mascot of Riverside Brookfield (RB) is Rouser the Bulldog
Bulldog
Bulldog is the name for a breed of dog commonly referred to as the English Bulldog. Other Bulldog breeds include the American Bulldog, Olde English Bulldogge and the French Bulldog. The Bulldog is a muscular heavy dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose...
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RB recently finished a major renovation. It is right next to the Brookfield Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
The Brookfield Zoo is zoo located in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield, Illinois. The zoo covers an area of and houses around 450 species of animals....
and had a program for freshman with the zoo called SEE (School of Environmental Education) team. The SEE Team and many other clubs, activities, and faculty members were cut following a failed 2011 referendum.
Notable alumni
- Tom BaughTom BaughThomas Anthony Baugh is a former professional American football player. He was a center who played four seasons in the National Football League for two teams....
was an NFL centerCenter (American football)Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
(1986—89), playing most of his career with the Kansas City ChiefsKansas City ChiefsThe Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
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Their critically acclaimed album Amelia Earhart (The First Vagina in Space) went on to sell 3 million copies worldwide and has been described as "groundbreaking" by revered artist The RZA
- Michael ColgrassMichael ColgrassMichael Colgrass is an American-born Canadian musician, composer, and educator.His musical career began in Chicago as a jazz musician . He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in percussion performance and composition, including studies with Darius Milhaud at the Aspen Festival...
(1949) is a composer. He won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize1978 Pulitzer Prize-Journalism awards:*PublicService:**The Philadelphia Inquirer, for a series of articles showing abuses of power by the police in its home city.*Local General or Spot News Reporting:...
for MusicPulitzer Prize for MusicThe Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer did not call for such a prize in his will, but had arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year...
, and then won an Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
in 1982 for a PBS documentary Soundings: The Music of Michael Colgrass. - Bob DailyBob DailyBob Daily is an American television producer and screenwriter. Currently he serves as executive producer of Desperate Housewives, and second-in-command to showrunner Marc Cherry....
(1978) is an author, producer, and award winning television writer. He received two awards from the Writers Guild of AmericaWriters Guild of AmericaThe Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions:* The Writers Guild of America, East , representing TV and film writers East of the Mississippi....
for his work on these television series FrasierFrasierFrasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
, and is currently a producer for the series Desperate HousewivesDesperate HousewivesDesperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
. - Jack Dykinga (1961) is an author and photojournalist who won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize1971 Pulitzer Prize-Journalism awards:*National Reporting:** Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers of United Press International, for their documentary The Making of a Terrorist.*Public Service:...
for feature photographyPulitzer Prize for Feature PhotographyThe Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography has been awarded since 1968 for a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album....
. - Tom KondlaTom Kondla-Biography:Kondla was born on November 30, 1946 in Brookfield, Illinois. He attended Riverside Brookfield High School in Riverside, Illinois.-Career:Kondla played for the Minnesota Pipers and the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association...
was a professional basketball centerCenter (basketball)The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
playing the 1968—69 season, mostly with the ABAAmerican Basketball AssociationThe American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...
Houston MavericksHouston MavericksThe Houston Mavericks were a charter member of the American Basketball Association. They played in the upstart league's first two seasons, from 1967 to 1969. Their home arena was the Sam Houston Coliseum...
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