Carl Sandburg High School

Carl Sandburg High School, Sandburg, or CSHS, is a public four-year high school located at the intersection of La Grange Road and Southmoor Drive in Orland Park, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.

[7] The site of the school was an old corn field, which at the time was surrounded by a forest preserve, a lake, and a golf course.

[8] A smaller two story section was to house agriculture, science and business education classes as well as the school's library.

When Carl Sandburg died in 1967, the school's choir performed at the official memorial tribute, held at the Chicago Public Library.

Carl Sandburg High School also has three levels of orchestras directed by Dr. Linda Nussbaum.

The department is also home to the co-curricular Quartet Furioso, a group consisting of the four most prestigious players in the Symphony Orchestra.

Chamber Singers (also Accidentals and Eloquence), is an eighteen-member a cappella group that performs at many locations around the community, occasionally alongside the Quartet Furioso.

The District also has a Relay For Life event that donates money towards the American Cancer Society.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo.

[29] Sandburg's cross country and track teams have been extremely successful and was home to world champion athlete Lukas Verzbicas.

Verzbicas won the Gatorade Boys' Cross Country Runner of the Year award his junior and senior seasons.

In addition, Verzbicas won the Nike and Foot Locker national championship and went on to run at the University of Oregon.

[30] Another member of the cross country team, Pat McMahon, was awarded the prestigious $20,000 Foot Locker scholarship in the Spring of 2013.

[31] The following teams have placed in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet.

Carl Sandburg High School state championship sign at the intersection of 131st St. and LaGrange Rd.