12/25/2024
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This is an information resource for campus-wide events for students, staff, parents, and alumni All athletics are under the DuSable Panthers
DuSable High School was revamped as a multiplex campus in late 2005, housing three small schools which are Bronzeville Scholastic Institute, Williams Prep (formerly the Daniel Hale Williams Prepratory School of Medicine), and DuSable Leadership Academy (a Betty Shabbaz International Charter School).
12/25/2024
09/28/2022
Bears honor women who coached in historic CPS football game The history-making news caught the attention of the Chicago Bears.
09/14/2022
First Football Game In Illinois History Between 2 Black Women Coaches Will Be Played In Chicago Thursday Konesha Rhea and Jousecelyn Mayfield went from coaching youth football to leading their own high school teams. They say their matchup Thursday is bigger than football.
07/08/2022
We're back! has resumed COVID-19 vaccination clinics! Many clinics have the vaccine approved for children aged 6 months+. Clinics will also be available at all Back to School Bashes.
Book your child's spot on line: http://cps.edu/vaccine.
04/15/2022
Today, we honor jazz legend and DuSable alum, Dinah Washington. Inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame by Natalie Cole, daughter of alum and singer Nat King Cole in 1993, Washington graduated in 1942 (DuSable's 6th Graduating Class)
https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/dinah-washington
https://youtu.be/bLiN9vrURd8
Dinah Washington | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Dinah Washington, as she herself would readily acknowledge, was called Queen of the Blues, During a show at the London Palladium, she told an audience that purportedly included Queen Elizabeth, “There is but one heaven, one hell, one queen, and your Elizabeth is an imposter.” Washington was bo...
02/22/2022
DuSable High School has a rich history especially in the field of music.
In this video, learn about Von Freeman, a jazz saxophonist who attended DuSable and was taught by a giant in Chicago music education, Dr. Walter Dyett (whose life-sized statue sits outside of the campus and auditorium is named after).
Here's a log of his life and legacy from the National Endowment for the Arts archive
https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/von-freeman
https://youtu.be/2CA6U5meqm4
Von Freeman 2012 NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman was considered a founder of the "Chicago School" of jazz tenorists, a distinction shared with Gene Ammons, Johnny Griffin, and Clifford Jordan.
02/21/2022
Before Black History Month comes to an end, here is a cool video from 1983 of the late Mayor Harold Washington's visit to DuSable High School.
Washington attended DuSable from 1936-1939 and his diploma was awarded after military service in 1946.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=497211921172423
01/31/2022
Congrats to former DuSable Football WR, Mike Thomas and the Cincinnati Begals who are advancing to the Super Bowl as AFC Champs!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZZ7cVWuXnC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
12/21/2021
CPS will be providing meals at more than 70 schools during winter break. You can pick up meals on December 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, and 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Please visit https://schoolinfo.cps.edu/MealDistributionSites to find a location near you.
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