Gavin School District 37

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Address
Gavin Central Elementary School
36414 N Ridge Ave Ingleside, IL 60041
Information
School number	District 37
School board	Barb Mende - President Phil Mack - Vice President Kristine Johnson - Secretary Diane Hanson Steve Moulis Steven Savage Connie Thorsen
Superintendent	Dr. Ahlemeyer
Principal	Dr. Jo Amburgey
Enrollment	1,006
School type	Public School
Motto	The Gavin School District promotes student achievement and positive character development to enable our students to become life-long learners and responsible citizens.
Mascot	Tiger
Homepage	http://www.gs37.lake.k12.il.us/centralsite/index.htm

Address
Gavin South Junior High School
25775 W Highway 134 Ingleside, IL 60041
Information
School number	District 37
School board	Barb Mende - President Phil Mack - Vice President Kristine Johnson - Secretary Diane Hanson Steve Moulis Steven Savage Connie Thorsen
Superintendent	Dr. Ahlemeyer
Principal	Mr. Ron Banion
Enrollment	1,006
School type	Public School
Motto	The Gavin School District promotes student achievement and positive character development to enable our students to become life-long learners and responsible citizens.
Mascot	Tiger
Homepage	http://www.gs37.lake.k12.il.us/southsite/index.htm

[edit] Education

Gavin Central

Grades 1-5
Public School

Gavin South

Grades 6-8, Kindergarten
Public School

[edit] Athletics

Gavin South
Boys

Girls

[edit] History

The schools are named after a farmer who lent some of his land to be used as a school in the 1840's. Prior to the 1995-6 school year, there were three Gavins: Central, North and South. Central housed Pre-K - 3rd grades, North 4th and 5th grades, and South 6-8th grades. In 1996 a new Gavin Central was built, and consequently the old one was knocked down. From 1996-2004 the arrangements were as follows: North housed pre-K to 1st grades, Central 2nd to 5th grades and South 6-8th grades. In the spring of 2004 many serious structural problems were discovered within Central and the school had to be closed for safety reasons. For the remainder of that year students attended class at the newly finished/not open Lakes Community High School. The following year kindergarten -4th attended class at Lake Zurich High School and grade 5 at South. That year also saw the district's loss of North, also due to supposed "structural problems". The property was sold to the town of Lake Villa for way under price and was fixed up within a few months and is now a community center. Gavin Central was eventually reopened and now houses kindergarten - 5th grade. Gavin South now houses pre-k and grades 6-8. Over the past few years there have been many administration problems and changes within the district. Also, beginning in the 2004-5 school year Gavin cut its band and chorus programs, but there was band for 4th and 5th graders last year.