Oak Lawn Community High School

Oak Lawn Community High School
Location
Oak Lawn , Illinois United States
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	1952
Superintendent	Michael Riordan
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1783
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green, White
Mascot	Spartans
Newspaper	Spartanite
Yearbook	The Shield
Website	[1]

Oak Lawn Community High School, or OLCHS, is a school in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, Illinois. The name "Spartans" and the colors Green and White were chosen by a committee in tribute to the Michigan State University Spartans, who won the Rose Bowl in 1954.

Athletics

Oak Lawn Community High School has the following teams:

Fall

• Football
• Girl's Swimming
• Girl's Tennis
• Girl's Volleyball
• Boy's Soccer
• Golf
• Boy's & Girls Cross Country
• Dance Team
• Cheerleading

Winter

• Boy's & Girls Basketball
• Boy's & Girls Bowling
• Boy's Swimming
• Boy's Wrestling
• Cheerleading
• Dance

Spring

• Boy's Baseball
• Girl's Softball
• Girl's Badminton
• Girl's Soccer
• Boy's & Girl's Track
• Boy's Volleyball
• Boy's Tennis

As of 2006, the only Spartan sports team to win an IHSA State Championship has been Boy's Volleyball, who won it in 1994. Many of the other teams have made the State Finals but could not pull off a victory. The Boy's Bowling team has made it to the State Finals in every year of its existence, and in February 2006, senior Dan Bunce bowled a 290 during the Finals, the highest score in the whole tournament. The Football team is 1-6 in the playoffs with their only playoff win coming in 1991 against Gage Park; the Spartans have made the State Playoffs each year from 2003-2006. Unfortunately, they have not made it past the first round in that time. The Girls' Basketball teams of the early 1970s would very likely have continued their undefeated streaks to IHSA Championships; however, unfortunately there was no state level competition for the girls' teams at that time.

School Fight Song

Hail our loyal Spartans
Fighting all the way
Winning praise and glory
March to victory
Keep your banners flying
Go on you green and white
Here's your test, now do your best
'Cause Oak Lawn High's all right
O-L-C-H-S! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Class Reunions

Class of 1998 - http://olchs1998.myevent.com/ Reunion Celebration Friday, October 24th, 2008 8pm-12am 115 Bourbon Street

More school information on the official school site. http://www.olchs.org/

Notable Faculty

• Edward Maloney, Illinois State Senator

Notable Alumni

• Benn Jordan, award winning composer and recording artist known as The Flashbulb
• Steve Kmak, ex-bassist, Disturbed
• Rob Mackowiak, outfielder, Cincinnati Reds
• C. J. Kupec, Forward/Center, honored as one of "100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament."