Park Junior High School
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La Grange Park, Illinois 60526
United States
| Park Junior High School | |
|---|---|
  Park Jr. High Location within Chicago metropolitan area  Park Jr. High Park Jr. High (Illinois)  Park Jr. High Park Jr. High (the United States) | |
| Former names | Nazareth Academy and Motherhouse for the Sisters of Saint Joseph |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | 333 N. Park Road La Grange Park, Illinois 60526 United States |
| Coordinates | 41°49′12″N 87°52′49″W / 41.8199°N 87.8804°W |
| Construction started | 1901 |
| Completed | 1910 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
Park Junior High School is a Junior high school in La Grange Park, Illinois. The current student populace is around seven hundred students.[1]
The building which is now Park was originally the girls' school for Nazareth Academy, which has since become co-ed and moved just a few blocks down Ogden Avenue. In 1974, District 102 purchased the building and renovated it; Park opened in the following year, named after the street bordering its west side, Park avenue, replacing its old 7th & 8th grade school, Oak Avenue School, located a few blocks away from Memorial Park, La Grange Park. Since then the Oak Avenue School building has been sold to the American Nuclear Society, who now uses it as their headquarters.
Four elementary schools feed into Park: Ogden Avenue School in La Grange; Cossitt School in La Grange; Forest Road Elementary School in La Grange Park; and Congress Park Elementary School in Brookfield. After graduating from Park, students typically attend Lyons Township High School in nearby La Grange or Nazareth Academy, also in La Grange.
School Administration
The current principal is Mr. Jerome Green, who has attained the principalship since 2023, with the assistant principal being Mrs. Lynette Campbell.