Big Hollow School District 38

Big Hollow School District 38
Location
26051 W. Nippersink Rd.
Ingleside IL 60041
(Grant Township, Lake County, Illinois)
ROE 34
United States
Coordinates42°20′56″N 88°08′33″W / 42.349°N 88.1425°W / 42.349; -88.1425 (Big Hollow Schools (District 38))
District information
TypePublic
MottoBelieving in higher standards
GradesPreK–8[1]
Established1836; 189 years ago (1836)[2]
SuperintendentBob Gold[3]
Schools3 schools on 1 campus
Budget$23,414,636[4]
NCES District ID1706270[1]
Students and staff
Students1754 (as of 2018)[5]
Teachers117 (FTE as of 2019)[6]
Student–teacher ratio18.4 (as of 2018)[5]
Other information
Websitewww.bighollow.us

Big Hollow School District 38 is a school district in Grant Township, Lake County, Illinois. The district includes parts of the villages of Fox Lake, Lakemoor, Round Lake, and Volo.[7][8] Since 2007, it has had a single 62-acre (25 ha) campus,[2] at the corner of Fish Lake and Nippersink roads in Ingleside,[9] with three schools: Big Hollow Primary School, Big Hollow Elementary School, and Big Hollow Middle School.[10][11]

History

According to the district's website, the school district has been in operation since 1836.[2]

Around 1850 a 4th of an acre on the corner of what now is U.S. Route 12 and Illinois Route 134 in Ingleside near the village of Fox Lake[9][12] was donated by Mr. William B. D for a school in the big geographical hollow. They put up a log cabin with the desks fastened to the wall, with the teachers desk in the middle of the room. The building was heated by a wood stove and had few books. Teachers were originally paid with meat and then would sell the meat to someone for money.[13]

Then in 1873 the building was replaced with a frame building and the district bought more land. on the new building there was a blackboard and a bench around the stove in the middle of the room to keep the kids warm.[13]

In 1917 the building was once again remolded with new windows, desks and stove.[13]

In the 1940s, a new Big Hollow School was built on the southeast corner of the intersection. Additions were made in the 1950s and 1960s. Taverne Middle School was built to the south of Big Hollow School in 1972.[14][15]

The district experienced a population boom in the 1990s and 2000s. Ron Pazanin, who had served as school superintendent since 1990, retired in June 2012; in the 22 years that he was superintendent, the school system grew from 305 students to 1780, and from 18 teachers to 150 members of faculty and staff.[12]

The newest campus, on Nippersink Road, began operation in 2000 with only Big Hollow Primary School for kindergarten through second grade. Big Hollow Elementary School, for third through fifth grade, opened on the campus in August 2006.[10] Big Hollow Middle School, for sixth through eighth grades, opened in January 2007,[10][11] Taverine Middle School having closed in December 2006.[14]

In January 2011, the district had the two school buildings on the U.S. 12/Illinois 134 site torn down[14] and, in May 2012, arranged to sell the property to Interstate Partners for $2.8 million.[9]

Fine Arts Program

Big Hollow has many different fine art programs including plays, musicals, choirs, bands, set crew, art club, and speech & acting team.[16] The Choirs and Bands have a total of 8 unique concerts. The fall 6-8th grade band and choir concert, the 5th grade band and choir concert, the holiday choir concert, the winter band concert, the 5th & 6th grade spring concert, the 7-12th grade MIOSM concert hosted by Grant Community High School, the 5-8th grade band theme concert. and the 5-8th grade choir pops concert. There is also a variety show in the fall and 3 speech and acting showcases throughout the school year.[17]

The Musicals and plays performed at Big Hollow Middle School as of February 13.[18]
Year Musical Play
2010/2011 Alice in Wonderland Jr. Law & Order Fairy Tale Unit
2011/2012 The Wiz Jr. Romeo & Winifred
2012/2013 Honk Jr. The Emperors Birthday Suit
2013/2014 Guys and Dolls Jr. Captain Bree:Scourge of the Sea
2014/2015 Shrek Jr. The Musical The Aliens are Coming! The Aliens are Coming!
2015/2016 Peter Pan Jr. The Musical The Fearsome Pirate Frank
2016/2017 Captain Louie Jr. The Snow White Variety Show
2017/2018 Bye Bye Birdie Unwrapped
2018/2019 The Lion King Jr. A Super Groovy Night's Dream
2019/2020 Into The Woods Jr.
2020/2021 Left To Our Own Devices Objection! Disorder in the Court!
2021/2022 Matilda Jr. Haphazardly Ever After
2022/2023 Frozen Jr. It's A Madhouse!
2023/2024 High School Musical Jr. Channeling Grimm
2024/2025 The Little Mermaid Jr.

Big Hollow Athletics

Big hollow middle school has many different athletic programs there is volleyball, soccer, cheer-leading, cross country, basketball, wrestling, track & field, and POMS dance team.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Big Hollow SD 38". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Big Hollow District 38 History". Ingleside, Illinois: Big Hollow School District 38. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2019-01-24."General History". Ingleside, Illinois: Big Hollow School District 38. Retrieved 2013-01-24.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Illinois School Report Card: Big Hollow SD 38". 2018. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  4. ^ Big Hollow School District 38 (2018-09-10). "School District Budget Form: July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019" (PDF). Ingleside, Illinois. Retrieved 2019-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b "Illinois School Report Card: Big Hollow SD 38 (34-049-0380-02-0000)" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  6. ^ "Big Hollow SD 38" (PDF). ISBE.
  7. ^ "Lake County - Big Hollow Elementary School District 38 (04-209)" (PDF). Waukegan, Illinois: Lake County Department of Information and Technology, GIS/Mapping Division. 2004. Retrieved 2013-01-24.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ Lake County Department of Information and Technology (2004). Lake County - Big Hollow Elementary School (PDF) (Map). Waukegan, Illinois. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-24. Shows boundary and locations of old Big Hollow School, Edmond Taveirne Middle School, and new Big Hollow School.
  9. ^ a b c Filas, Lee (2012-05-15). "Big Hollow District 38 accepts bid for Route 12 property". DailyHerald.com. Paddock Publications. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  10. ^ a b c "Big Hollow School District 38 Campus Expansion" (PDF). Barrington, Illinois: RuckPate Architecture. 2007-11-27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2019-01-24. HTML version Archived 2017-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ a b "Campus Map". Ingleside, Illinois: Big Hollow School District 38. Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  12. ^ a b Filas, Lee (2012-01-30). "Pazanin to retire as one of Lake County's longest tenured superintendents". DailyHerald.com. Paddock Publications. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  13. ^ a b c "1918 school histories". 1918 school histories: 6&7. 1918.
  14. ^ a b c Selbo, Colin (2011-01-14). "Big Hollow buildings torn down". Northwest Herald (online ed.). Crystal Lake, Illinois: Shaw Media. Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  15. ^ Lake County Department of Information and Technology (2004). Lake County - Big Hollow Elementary School (PDF) (Map). Waukegan, Illinois. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-24. Shows boundary and locations of old Big Hollow School, Edmond Taverine Middle School, and new Big Hollow School.
  16. ^ "Illinois Report Card". www.illinoisreportcard.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  17. ^ "Big Hollow Fine Arts Calendar". BIG HOLLOW.
  18. ^ "Plays & Musicals". Big Hollow.
  19. ^ "Athletics". www.bighollow.us. Retrieved 2019-11-18.