Von Steuben Metropolitan High School
Von Steuben Metropolitan High School is a public four-year high school that provides magnet college prep program with regular and honors courses and scholars program offering only honors and Advanced Placement classes, located on the border of the North Park and Albany Park neighborhoods on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1930, Von Steuben is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district and is named for military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
Achievements
Von Steuben was named an Outstanding American High School by U.S. News & World Report in 1999 and mentioned in NewsweekAthletics
Von Steuben competes in the Chicago Public League and is a member of the Illinois High School Association. Von Steuben sport teams are nicknamed Panthers. In the 2002–03 season, The boys’ sophomore basketball team won the Chicago Class AA city title. In 2004–05 and 2005–06, The boys' varsity water polo team won the city title. In the 2011–12 season, the boys' sophomore volleyball team were named city champions. In the 2014–2015 season the boys' freshman, JV, and varsity teams all were named city champions.In the 2022 season the Boys' Varsity Baseball team won their Conference. Also in 2022 the Boys Varsity Basketball team won the Consolation City Playoffs.
Fall
- Boys' Soccer
- Girls' Swimming
- Girls' Volleyball
- Girls' Tennis
- Boys' and Girls' Cross-Country
- Boys' and Girls' Golf
- Boys' Football
Winter
- Boys' NBAs and Girls' Basketball
- Girls' Bowling
- Boys' Swimming
- Wrestling
- Cheerleading
- Boys' and Girls' Indoor Track
Spring
- Boys' Baseball
- Girls' Softball
- Boys' and Girls' Soccer
- Boys' Tennis
- Boys' Volleyball
- Boys' and Girls' Volleyball
- Boys' and Girls' Track and Field
- Boys' and Girls' Water Polo
Notable alumni
- Charlene Barshefsky – former United States Trade Representative
- Neil Bluhm - American billionaire real estate and casino magnate
- Rosalyn Bryant – 1976 Olympic silver medalist in the 4x400 meter relay
- Howie Carl – basketball player, played for Ray Meyer at DePaul University and played pro basketball for the NBA's Chicago Packers
- Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty – director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Michael Fakuade - basketball player who played overseas
- Albert Goldbarth – poet and author
- Mike Nussbaum – actor and director
- Ash-har Quraishi – broadcast journalist; formerly CNN's bureau chief in Islamabad
- Marv Rotblatt – former MLB player
- Lynn Sweet – Chicago Sun-Times Washington DC bureau chief
- Israel Sanchez - former MLB player