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Jane Addams Junior High School

Jane Addams is a seventh and eighth grade junior high school located approximately 35 miles west of Chicago in Schaumburg, Illinois. Jane Addams opened its doors in December of 1969. Our current enrollment is 750 students with just over 100 staff members. Students at Addams have an opportunity to become involved in a variety of after school activities, clubs and sports. Sports teams include boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, girls volleyball, wrestling, and boys and girls track. These teams compete against other schools in the district and out of district.. Students may also choose to join one of the many clubs: Life Skills After School Specials, G.E.M.S., Art Club, Yearbook, School Newspaper, and Student Council. Intramural sports activities are also available in the winter and spring. In 1997, Addams initiated a middle school team concept. Students are scheduled to a Team and are placed with a group of core teachers representing Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science. Students are given an opportunity to choose two class periods of Encore Classes to complete their nine period day. The seventh grade teams include: Pegasus, and Wizards. Our eighth grade teams include: Knights, and Prodigies. The first group of students to be "teamed" in 1997, brainstormed and voted on these team names based on our school mascot, the Crusader:

"Deeds make habits, habits make character, character makes destiny!" Jane Addams (1860-1935)