Westinghouse College Prep (also known as Westinghouse High School) is a public high school in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois

Illinois

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. It has recently become a selective college preparatory

University-preparatory school

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 school with a college to careers program.

History

Westinghouse was originally housed in a former candy factory. That building was designed by Schmidt, Garden and Martin in 1920 and was one of the largest examples of the Chicago School

Chicago school (architecture)

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 architectural style. It was converted to a high school building in the 1960s.

Westinghouse College Prep (2009-Present)

A new, $106.5 million facility was built at 3223 West Franklin Boulevard in 2009.

Athletics

For many years an area basketball

Basketball

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 powerhouse, Westinghouse has produced four NBA players: Mark Aguirre

Mark Aguirre

Mark Anthony Aguirre is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association. Aguirre played from 1981–1994 and won two championships with the Detroit Pistons after being sent to Detroit from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Adrian Dantley...

, Eddie Johnson, Hersey Hawkins, and Kiwane Garris

Kiwane Garris

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. The school won the Illinois Class AA Boys' Basketball Championship in 2002 and reached the 2000 title game before losing to West Aurora High School

West Aurora High School

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.