About EPHS

Administration
Principal:     Mr. James Jennings (email) (blog)
Assistant Principal:    Mr. Jim Edwards (email)
Dean of Students:    Ms. Karen Katolick (email)
Dean of Students:    Mr. Luis Arroyo (email)
Athletic Director:    Mr. Doug Noyes (email)

Contact Info:
8201 West Fullerton Avenue
Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707
Phone: (708) 452-7272
Fax: (708) 452-0732
Email: ephsinfo@epcusd401.org

School Hours:
Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri: 7:50am – 3:00pm
Wed: 9:00am – 3:05pm 

Elmwood Park High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Elmwood
Park, Illinois. Students are all residents of Elmwood Park.

Opened for classes in 1954, Elmwood Park now has an enrollment of approximately 1030 students with approximately 225 students in the senior class. Follow-up studies indicate that approximately 90% of the graduates have continued their education beyond high school.

ACCREDITATION: Elmwood Park is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Illinois State Board of Education.

FACULTY: Elmwood Park High School has a professional staff of 64 certified personnel.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
Beginning with the Class of 2010, twenty-six (26) units are required for graduation. A student may register for four subjects each quarter, including physical education.

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS REPRESENTATIVES: Elmwood Park High School welcomes visits from college admissions representatives to meet with our counselors and with interested students. Individual and group appointments with students are arranged.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: Elmwood Park High School is chartered as the Harold Grothen Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools.

MISSION STATEMENT:
"The faculty, staff, administration, and Board of Education of Elmwood Park High School are committed to providing a comprehensive high school education which, through its curricular and extra-curricular programs, meets the individual and collective interests and needs of its students and prepares them to be productive citizens of a diverse, global, and interdependent society. In particular, this learning community is committed to the flexible teaching and scheduling patterns and resources necessary to stretch each student to the limits of his/her academic and personal potential; and to provide the knowledge, problem solving, and personal skills required for post secondary education, employment, leisure, and family life. Graduates should be grounded in our American heritage of respect for human dignity and optimism regarding their role in improving the quality of life for all people."

School Documents:

Student Planner 2009-10