Notable Alumni
- Kenny Battle (class of 1984) is a former NBA player (1989–1993).
- Rich Becker (class of 1990) was a Major League Baseball outfielder (1993–2000).
- John Drury (class of 1945) was a local Chicago news anchor (WGN, WLS)
- Andrea Evans,1967 Award Winning Actress
- Ruth VanSickle Ford (class of 1915) was a commercial illustrator who became a noted art teacher.
- Phillip E. Johnson (class of 1958) is a former University of California-Berkeley law professor, noted as an AIDS denialist and the founder of the Intelligent design movement.
- Stana Katic, (class of 1996), actress.
- Don Laz was a silver medal winning pole vaulter at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.
- Nicole Narain (did not graduate) is an actress, model, and Playmate.
- Alvin Ross (class of 1981) was an NFL running back (1987–88) for the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Troy Buck Ackerman (class of 1986)--Moviemaker Whitewater
- Randy Shilts (class of 1969) was a journalist and author (The Mayor of Castro Street, And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military).
- Jeffrey Skilling (class of 1971) was the CEO of Enron, who was convicted of crimes related to the Enron scandal.
- Tom Skilling (class of 1970) is a meteorologist who works with WGN-TV and the Chicago Tribune.
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