Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine

Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine HS
Address
4934 S. Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60615 United States
Coordinates	41°48′18″N 87°37′30″W / 41.8049°N 87.6250°W / 41.8049; -87.6250Coordinates: 41°48′18″N 87°37′30″W / 41.8049°N 87.6250°W / 41.8049; -87.6250
Information
School type	Public Secondary Vocational
Opened	2005
School district	Chicago Public Schools
CEEB code	141109[1]
Principal	Jullanar N. Naselli
Grades	7–12
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	258 (2015–16)[2]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Red      Black
Athletics conference	Chicago Public League
Team name	Panthers
Website	dhwprepmed.org

Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine High School (DHW) is a public 4–year career academy high school and academic center located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The academic center serves 9th through 12th grade students. The school is located on the DuSable High School campus, and DHW shares the building with two separate high schools, Bronzeville Scholastic Institute and DuSable Leadership Academy. The school opened in 2005 as a part of the Chicago Public Schools' Renaissance 2010 program.

History

Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open heart surgery, and this medical magnet school was named in his honor when it opened in September 2005.^[3] Helping minority students get into medical school and become future members of the medical field is central to DHW's mission and vision. The school celebrated its first graduating class in 2011.

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External links

• Official website
• School location