DePaul College Prep

DePaul College Prep, formerly Gordon Technical High School, is a Roman Catholic high school located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located on the north side of Chicago on its brand new 17-acre campus at 3300 N Campbell Ave. Due to its academic affiliation with DePaul University the school was renamed DePaul College Prep in the summer of 2014, and is sponsored by the Congregation of the Mission, also known as the Vincentians.[3]

DePaul College Prep
Address
3300 N Campbell Ave

Chicago
,
Illinois
60618

USA
Information
TypePrivate, Coeducational, secondary, parochial
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established2014
CEEB code140-850
PresidentMary A. Dempsey
PrincipalDr. Megan Stanton-Anderson
Board ChairJoe Haugh '84
Staff110
Teaching staff57
Grades9–12
Enrollment740 (2020)
Average class size20
Student to teacher ratio11:1
Campus typeurban
Color(s)Navy, White, Lake Blue, Star Red
Fight songWe Are DePaul College Prep
Athletics conferenceChicago Catholic League (m)
Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (f)
MascotRam
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
TuitionUS$13,170[2]
AffiliationCongregation of the Mission
Websitehttp://www.depaulprep.org

School history

Gordon Technical High School opened in 1952 as an all-male school at the corner of Division Street and Greenview Avenue on Chicago's Northwest Side with an initial enrollment of 325 students. The school was originally named in honor of the Very Reverend Francis Gordon, an influential and high-ranking member of the Congregation of the Resurrection. Its first principal was the Rev. John Dzielski C.R. The school was built in the wake of the relocation of another high school run by the Congregation of the Resurrection, Archbishop Weber High School, which closed in 1999.[4] The school was founded at the request of Cardinal Samuel Stritch, who envisioned a new type of Catholic high school, one that had both a college preparatory curriculum and a technical curriculum. The school moved to its current campus in 1961. By the early 1980s, the school reached a peak enrollment of 2,300 students. Its first website was launched in January 1998, at www.gordontech.org. The school formally shortened its name to Gordon Tech in 1999. In 2001, the new school motto was adopted, replacing the old motto Ad Viros Faciendos (For the Making of Men). The school was all-male until declining enrollments and regional gentrification during the 1990s (including the closure of all-female Madonna High School in June 2001[5]) prompted the school to begin admitting girls in August 2002.[6][7]

The Board of Directors announced on March 12, 2014 that the names of the high school and its campus would be changed to DePaul College Prep and the Father Gordon Campus, respectively, as early as summer of that year. New namesake DePaul University has been an academic partner since 2012.[3] The school changed the URL of its website to the present www.depaulprep.org beginning with the 2014-15 school year.

On August 1, 2019, the Board of Directors & Administration announced the purchase of a 17-acre campus at 3300 N. Campbell Ave from Adtalem Global Education, formerly known as DeVry Institute. The school moved to its new location on July 17, 2020, effective with the 2020-2021 school year.[8]

Academics

DePaul College Prep is a co-ed college preparatory high school. DePaul Prep is an IB World School and offers College Prep, Honors, and AP classes, all of which can be found here: https://www.depaulprep.org/academics/departments-programs

Extracurricular activities

DePaul Prep has a myriad of extracurricular clubs, groups, and societies on campus for students to participate in. All can be found here: https://www.depaulprep.org/student-life/clubs-organizations

Athletics

The DePaul College Prep Rams compete in two conferences. The men's teams compete in the Chicago Catholic League (CCL) while the women compete in the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC). The school competes in state championship series sponsored by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The current school colors are orange and blue, though they were originally orange and blue and formerly orange and gray.

The school sponsors interscholastic team for men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, soccer, golf, track & field, and volleyball. Men also compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while women also compete in softball and lacrosse. The school also sponsors a non-competitive cheerleading squad.[9]

The following teams have placed in the top four of their respective state tournaments sponsored by the IHSA:[10]

  • basketball (boys') •• 2nd place (1989–90)
  • football •• State Champions (1980–81)
  • football •• State Semi-Finalist (1985–86)

The school also claims two Chicago Prep Bowl championships in football (1982, 1987).

The school used to support an interscholastic fencing team, and competed as a founding member of the Great Lakes High School Fencing Conference (which represents teams from Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana). The team won the Midwest Boys' Title in 1981, 1984, 1985 and 1988. The boys' fencing team won the Illinois state championship (IHSA) in 1977 and 1980.[11]

Notable alumni

Archbishop Weber High School

Like Gordon Tech, Archbishop Weber High School was administered by the Congregation of the Resurrection. It served Chicago's Catholic community for 109 years, but closed in 1999 due to low enrollment.[4] The heritage of Weber is kept alive through the Weber High School Alumni Association. Alumni records are held in the DePaul College Prep's Records Office.

References
  1. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  2. "2019-20 Tuition". depaulprep.org. Archived from the original on 26 November 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. Sfondeles, Tina. "It's official: Gordon Tech to become DePaul College Prep," Chicago Sun-Times, Wednesday, March 12, 2014.
  4. Quintanilla, Ray & Kloehn, Steve "Weber High To Close After 109 Years", "Chicago Tribune", 01 April 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  5. Bowean, Lolly. "Gordon Tech gets a name change". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  6. Lieblich, Julia & Donato, Marlo "Gordon Tech will admit girls in 2002", "Chicago Tribune", 23 May 2001. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  7. Bosch, H. Jose "Switching from single-sex to coed school has proponents, opponents" Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, "Medill Reports Chicago", 19 February 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  8. Marek, Lynn "DePaul College Prep acquires new campus", "Crain's Chicago Business", 01 August 2019. Retrieved 01 August 2019.,
  9. "DePaul College Prep Athletics Department". depaulprep.org. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  10. IHSA record page for Gordon Tech HS. Ihsa.org. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
  11. IHSA. "Illinois High School Association". www.ihsa.org. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  12. "Chris Bourjos Bio".
  13. Jason Gedrick bio @tv.com. Tv.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
  14. Smith, Harold. "Tom Kleinschmidt Hired As New GT Basketball Coach".
  15. IHSA individual all-time boys soccer records. Ihsa.org. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
  16. Jitim Young bio @nba.com (dleague) Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. Nba.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
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