Thornton Fractional South High School

Thornton Fractional Township South High School is a high school located in suburban Cook County, Illinois, located about 6 miles from the city limits of Chicago, 24 miles south of Downtown Chicago. Thornton Fractional Township South High School (commonly known as T.F. South) is one of three high schools in the Village of Lansing the others being Luther East and Illiana Christian high schools neither offer football.. The school serves an area of approximately 9 square miles, and serves over 1,600 students in grades 9-12 who reside in the near south suburban communities of Lansing and Lynwood.

The school's 2004-2005 enrollment was 1,669.

Location

The school is located on the corner of 186th Street and Burnham Avenue, providing easy access from two main streets. The official address for the school is 18500 Burnham Ave, Lansing, IL 60438

Athletics

T.F. South offers a range of Athletic activities for students including ten sports for boys and eleven for girls. The school competes in the SICA Central & SICA Orange (Football) conferences.
*Boys's Sports
**Basketball
**Bowling
**Swimming
**Wrestling
**Cross Country
**Golf
**Tennis
**Track
**Football
**Baseball
**Soccer
**Volleyball

*Girl's Sports
**Basketball
**Swimming
**Bowling
**Cross Country
**Tennis
**Volleyball
**Badminton
**Track
**Softball
**Cheerleading
**Soccer

Other Activities

This school also offers other great extra curricular activites that have won Illinois High School State Championships in their past. Like their Drama Department, headed by English Teacher, Mrs. Ann L. Witting. The Rebel Players, as the drama group calls itself, performs in the Henry L. Hertz Auditorium, named after long time Department Head; Dr. Henry L. Hertz, also known as Doc.

Other Activities and Clubs include Adventure,Ambassadors,Art Club,Auto Collision,Auto Mechanics,Best Buddies,Chess,Chorus & Advanced Chorus,Class Board,Class Officers,Computer Aid to Design (CAD),Concert Band,Concert Choir,Creative Arts Magazine,Cultural Diversity,Foreign Language Club,Integrated Cooperative Education (ICE),J.I.L.G.,Jazz Ensemble,Jazz Choir,Marching Band,Mathletes,National Honor Society,Newspaper,Peer Mediators,Pep Club,Pom Pons,S.A.D.D.,Speech Team,Student Senate,Tri-S,TV Production,Visual Arts,and Yearbook

Notable Alumni

* Thomas Burke Baldwin, professional football player
* (James) Kendall Kremer, professional football player
*Curtis Granderson, professional baseball player [cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=434158 | title = Curtis Granderson | work = Detroit Tigers Team Site | publisher = Major League Baseball | accessdate = February 2 | accessyear = 2007]
*Harry Smith (television), television journalist
*Demetra Plakas, drummer for all-girl punk band L7 (band)
*Pierre Thomas, University of Illinois football player; Signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2007 as unrestricted free agent [cite web | url = http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/thomas_pierre00.html | title = Pierre Thomas | work = University of Illinois Athletics | accessdate = February 2 | accessyear = 2007]
*Jim O'Heir, Actor; Starred in Strip Mall on Comedy Central and appeared in film and television, including Ed (1996), Harvey (1998), and Welcome to Paradise (2007) [cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641389/ | title = Jim O'Heir| work = Theatre, Film and Television | accessdate = November 20 | accessyear = 2007]
*Ralph Seymour, Actor; Starred in Equus on Broadway and appeared in film and television, including the academy award-winning, Rain Man. [cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786860/ | title = Ralph Seymour | work = Theatre, Film and Television | accessdate = June 7 | accessyear = 2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.tfd215.org/south/southnew/index/index2.htm Official Website]
* [http://www.TFSouth78.com Class of 1978]
* [http://www.nmia.com/~ratrudo/class58/tfns58.htm Class of 1958]
* [http://www.tfs1987reunion.com Class of 1987]
* [http://metro.dreamhosters.com/rc07/results_js.php?ID=140162150170002 2007 Illinois School Report Card for T.F. South High School]