Now Closed, Good Counsel was a Catholic girls' high school in Chicago, IL established by Sister Mary Seraphim Jankowski and two other members of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Good Counsel High School was established in 1911 in Milwaukee, WI with 12 students under the teaching of members of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. The purpose of the school was to educate candidates that were considering joining the Felician Sisters, using a flexible curriculum that was modeled after that of a Felician seminary in Detroit. However in 1927, the school pulled up stakes and transferred their motherhouse to Chicago's northwest side at what is now Peterson Avenue (U.S. This arrangement lasted until 1948 when it was decided that the boarding portion of the school would end. The high school continued on as a day school for girls only. Good Counsel began construction on new facilities in June 1963, which later were dedicated on May 1, 1966. The school was considered on the cutting edge of education, being one of the first in the nation to use a modified modular system of scheduling, offering film education classes as well as AP (advanced placement) courses that gave college credit, as well as having team teaching, and continual review of its discipline codes & faculty handbooks. Good Counsel served in this capacity through the early years of the 2000's. Dwindling enrollment and rising financial costs took their toll until the archdiocese had to make a difficult decision. Good Counsel High School was closed, ceremoniously graduating its last class in 2003. The Good Counsel High School facility has usefully continued on as a Charter School for the Chicago Publilc School system. Good Counsel High School Quick Facts
Year opened in Milwaukee: 1911
Moved to Chicago: 1927
Year boarding of students ceased: 1948
Year closed: 2003
Good Counsel HS team nickname: the "Chargers"
Good Counsel HS team colors: Blue & Gold
School Fight Song: "Hail, Good Counsel High"
Courtesy of:
Katie Suerth Beese
G.C.H.S. Class of 1992
Kathy Heneghan
G.C.H.S. Class of 1985
Ann Gilger Knudsvig
G.C.H.S. Class of 1984
Sing for Joy, Sing for Glory! Good Counsel High, Good Counsel High. Raise your banner, Swing it high! Good Counsel, Good Counsel, Good Counsel High! Hail, Good Counsel High! United, true, firm, loyal we stand. In service plighted to you,
In virtue honoring you -ou-ou -ou! Clear name is our trust. Sacred, keep it we must. Lead on, Good Counsel High,
To high ideals beyond.
