Posts about High School
LeRoy High’s Ron Crosby Teacher of Year, May 1964
At the end of the 1964 school year, Leroy High School students selected biology teacher and basketball coach Ron Crosby (left) as “Teac...
Extra, extra, read all about it! Pantagraph’s graduation edition, May 1949
Danvers High School seniors are seen here pouring though The Daily Pantagraph’s 56-page graduation edition of May 18, 1949. The Pantagr...
Extra! Extra! Read All About it! BHS student newspaper, 1954
The Aegis is Bloomington High School’s longtime student newspaper. Here’s chief photographer Bob Stoner in late October 1954 snapping B...
Arrowsmith High School
Built in 1929, this building served as the Village of Arrowsmith’s high school until consolidation with neighboring Saybrook in 1952. T...
"Gridley High, January 1953 County Hoops Champs"
Here’s Gridley High School Coach Clarence “Merk” Kyger readying his varsity squad for the 1953 McLean County Basketball Tournament, whi...
Cooksville High School Class of 1909
Seen here are 1909 graduates from Cooksville, a small community some fifteen miles northeast of Normal. Left to right, beginning with t...
Bloomington High School Under Construction, August 1958
This aerial shows the “new” Bloomington High School, corner of Towanda Avenue and Locust Street on the city’s eastside, roughly one yea...
Fashion Show Prep, late April 1958 Octavia High School, Colfax
This late April 1958 scene shows Octavia High School student Marcella Brucker at a sewing machine working on a dress she planned to mod...
When Every Small Town Had a High School … Stanford High, 1936
Long before successive waves of school consolidation beginning apace in the late 1940s, every small town had their own high school. The...
BHS Athletic Field Undated Aerial
This undated view of Bloomington High School’s Athletic Field is looking southeast. “A” signifies Bloomington Country Club; “B” Elmwood...
McLean County Basketball Tournament Championship Game, January 21, 1966 Octavia 68, Lexington 48
For many years the biggest sporting event on the local calendar was the McLean County Basketball Tournament, which began way back in 19...
Homecoming 1949 Bloomington High School
Seen here are two photographs of Bloomington’s 1949 homecoming festivities. The photo on the left shows BHS homecoming queen Diane Tayl...
Photo of the Week, 69: Ready, Set, Go!
Bloomington High School baseball team, 1947The district champions charge off the bench for a warm-up session prior to a Saturday, May 2...
Photo of the Week, 32: Are you ready for some football?
Pictured here is the 1915 University High School football team. The “U Men" (the school nickname “Pioneers" was still a long...