Lake Forest Community High School 90th Anniversary
Read "Short and Sweet" LFHS Legacy Stories with David Sweet
As part of our 90th anniversary celebration, we are launching a new storytelling series called Short and Sweet, featuring 600-word stories about our school at 90 years, authored by local journalist David Sweet. These narratives will highlight the legacy of Lake Forest High School through the voices of our students, staff, alumni, and community.
David brings experience as a national reporter and columnist, as well as local perspective from his time as editor of The Lake Forester and founder of North Shore Weekend. The series kicks off with a look at LFHS architecture, followed by features on academics, athletics, arts, service, and leadership.
Keep an eye on this page for new stories as they are released!
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A Lake Forest Community High School student was frustrated with the 16th-century language of Romeo & Juliet. He struggled to relate to the Shakespearean tragedy involving teenage lovers.
Peer Tutoring, which nurtures student-to-student sessions, helped bring understanding.
“The peer tutor told him, ‘You’re absolutely right,’ and got the student on his side,” said David Hain, part of the LFHS Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) who helps organize the five dozen or so weekly gatherings. “The peer tutor started talking about Romeo & Juliet in personal terms – ‘Romeo is like this person you know at the school.’ Then the student understood it.”
The idea of students helping students is embedded in LFHS culture. Aside from peer tutoring, other programs also embrace serving fellow pupils.
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“Act well your part,” wrote essayist Alexander Pope in the 18th century. “There all the honor lies.”
Acting well has never been a problem at Lake Forest Community High School, whose commitment to theater harkens to the school’s founding during the Great Depression. Today, students continue to carry out their roles with aplomb across an amazingly diverse selection of plays.
Greek tragedies created thousands of years ago have been performed; the famous works of William Shakespeare have graced the stage. More modern fare has featured chilling true stories, such as The Diary of Anne Frank, alongside Broadway musicals. Rarely has the same play been performed twice across the decades at the Raymond Moore Auditorium and Studio Theater.
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Lake Forest Community High School has always embraced the spirit of an East Coast prep school, from the façade of its original building to the rigor of its curriculum. So how does it enjoy so many national success stories in the world of sports?
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How many high-school friends end up teaching together – at the same high school they graduated from?
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When a first-time visitor to Lake Forest heads north on McKinley Road, oftentimes he or she is stunned by the view outside the window. “That’s your high school?” is the typical comment when seeing what, to most eyes, looks like a mansion.