Steinmetz College Prep


Steinmetz College Prep is a public four-year high school located in the Belmont Cragin community area on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois. Steinmetz is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. The school is named for the German-American mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz. The school opened in 1934. Steinmetz is an International Baccalaureate Programme school. The school has an active Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

History

In 1995, the school had 2,237 students, with around equal numbers of black, Hispanic/Latino, and white students, making it the sixth-largest high school in Chicago. That same year, the United States Academic Decathlon team of Steinmetz students and their teacher was involved in a cheating scandal, revealed after winning the Illinois state finals to advance to the national finals. The 2000 television movie Cheaters, based on the scandal, had some scenes filmed at Steinmetz.
The 2010 documentary Louder Than a Bomb features a Steinmetz team competing in and winning the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam.
In 2016, 22 Steinmetz students participated in the Kakehashi Cultural Exchange Program trip to Japan.

Athletics

Steinmetz competes in the Chicago Public League and is a member of the Illinois High School Association. Steinmetz sport teams are nicknamed the Silver Streaks. The boys' baseball team were Public League champions during the 1974 –75 season. The boys' cross country team were Public League champions in the 1949–50 and 1991–92 seasons.

Notable alumni

More notable alumni are featured each month on the Steinmetz Alumni Association website's Alumni Spotlight feature.