 The school began its first Prairie State Achievement Exams (used as a standardized testing measure of academic achievement) during the 2010–2011 academic year, and per Illinois High School Association Policy, the school was not fully recognized for interscholastic sports until that same academic year.The school's namesake, a chief of the Potawatomi tribe, was selected during 2006.The school's colors are black and gold (maintaining a tradition of ' and gold' in all three high schools) and the school's mascot is the 'Mustangs'.