In 2010 a multi-million bond ticket was passed to add the now brand new Multi-Purpose Room in the old teachers parking lot, thus connecting the main building, Ashbrook Tech and Torry Gym together, eliminating the need for students wearing PE uniforms to have to walk outside in the dead of winter with a t-shirt and shorts.

A new addition to the building has been constructed, and has brought in dedicated section for the music departments, In short a new band and choir room.

In 2007, the boys' baseball team won the Mid-Illini Conference championship for the first time in school history while placing third in the state in Class AA.

In 1985, the football team won the Class 4A state championship with a final record of 13 wins and 1 loss.

Boys' basketball alumnus Alec Peters played for Valparaiso University and was a second-round selection in the 2017 NBA draft.

Jennifer Reiser is the current advisor for the Advocate school newspaper and teacher for the Journalism 1 and 2 classes.

They were led to victory by directors Jim Tallman and Lisa Parrott, as well as drum majors Sebastian Leman, Renee Potts, and Alyssa Jarnigan.