Andover High School (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
| Andover High School | |
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| Location | |
| Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA |
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| Established | 1955 |
| Principal | Rob Durecka |
| Color(s) | Navy and White |
| Mascot | Barons |
| Website | http://andover.bloomfield.org |
Andover High School is a public high school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA and is part of the Bloomfield Hills School District. The school's current principal is Rob Durecka[1]. The school was founded in 1955. The school boasts well-rounded programs in academics, the arts and sports. The school teams are known as the Andover Barons.
In 2010, the decision was made to merge Andover and Lahser High schools and build a single high school on the current Andover property. Lahser's athletic facilities will be kept for use by the new high school.[2][3][4]
In the November 2, 2010 election, a bond proposal to fund the plan to consolidate Andover and Lahser High schools was defeated. This defeat was primarily due to the efforts of a grassroots organization Bloomfield 20/20, which fought the bond proposal. The district was sent back to the drawing board led by the school architectural firm Fielding Nair International (FNI). The final FNI discovery report proposed four building options. A community committee chose to pursue "Option C", a partial renovation/partial new consolidated high school building on the Andover site. The board and administration hope to build a new, consolidated school where Andover currently stands to save on operating costs due to declining enrollment.[5] The school board voted to do so in June 2010.[6]
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[edit] History
Andover High School was originally named Bloomfield Hills High School, which opened in the fall of 1931. In 1936, Bloomfield Hills High School had its first graduating class of only eight students. In the fall of 1955, Bloomfield Hills High School moved to its new location, where Andover High School currently stands. The growth in Bloomfield Hills' population caused the city to open another high school called Lahser High School.
[edit] Academics
Over 98% of Andover's graduates attend college after graduation, and the actual graduation rate is about 97%. Average SAT scores for Andover are (1233/1600), above the national average. Two Andover alumni have won the Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford, in the UK. Wen Shi (Johns Hopkins University) won the award in 2003, and Abdulrahman El-Sayed (University of Michigan) won it in 2008.
[edit] Sports
State Championships
Men's Soccer
- 1978 - State Champions
Men's Track
- 1937 - State Runner-Up
- 1938 - State Champions
- 1939 - State Champions
- 1944 - State Runner-Up
- 1948 - State Champions
- 1949 - State Runner-Up
- 1992 - State Runner-Up
Men's Golf
- 1952 - State Runner-Up
- 1962 - State Runner-Up
- 1980 - State Champions
- 1992 - State Champions
Men's Tennis
- 1991 - State Runner-Up
- 1992 - State Runner-Up
- 1997 - State Champions
- 1999 - State Runner-Up
- 2002 - State Champions
- 2004 - State Champions
- 2005 - State Champions
- 2006 - State Runner-Up
- 2009 - State Runner-Up
Men's Swimming and Diving
- 1984 - State Runner-Up
- 1986 - State Champions
- 1987 - State Runner-Up
- 1990 - State Champions
- 1991 - State Champions
- 1992 - State Champions
- 1993 - State Champions
- 1994 - State Champions
- 1995 - State Champions
- 1996 - State Champions
- 1997 - State Champions
Women's Swimming and Diving
- 1980 - State Champions
- 1981 - State Champions
- 1982 - State Champions
- 1983 - State Champions
- 1984 - State Champions
- 1985 - State Runner-Up
- 1986 - State Champions
[edit] Notable alumni
- Pulitzer Prize Winner Dr. Sheri Fink[7]
- WDIV Television personality Paul Gross
- Actress Chloe Greenfield
- Songwriter Dave Barrett ("One Shining Moment")
- Tally Hall members Zubin Sedghi and Rob Cantor
- Dana Jacobson, host of ESPN's "First Take"
- Scott "Gator" Anderson, Host of Karsch and Anderson on 97.1 The Ticket.
- Alex Winston Singer/Songwriter
[edit] WBFH Radio Station
Andover High School and Lahser High School share its own nationally recognized high school radio station, WBFH, or commonly called "The Biff". WBFH was named 2007 Best High School Radio Station in the Country for the 2nd year in a row. Students at the 5th annual John Drury High School Radio Awards won a total of 17 awards in eight categories.
The radio station was initially proposed in 1971 by Lahser teacher Rick Spriska. After several years of studies and planning, the radio station finally broadcast October 1, 1976; it broadcast at 88.1 MHz with 10 watts of power. Throughout the years the station has undergone many renovations including an entire digital studio.
[edit] The Andover Shield
The Andover Shield is Andover High School's award-winning newspaper. In recent years, the newspaper and its staff have won many MIPA awards and was first honored with a Spartan award in 2007.
They recently launched an official website: http://www.AndoverShield.com
[edit] Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement
Dennis Kwasny, the AP Chemistry and AP Biology teacher, was named as a Teacher State Winner for the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement by the Siemens Foundation in 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ "Andover's administration list", Andover's Homepage, 2007, http://andover.bloomfield.org/administration.html, retrieved 2007-10-18
- ^ http://detnews.com/article/20100617/SCHOOLS/6170500/Bloomfield-Hills-to-merge-Andover--Lahser-high-schools
- ^ http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/06/high_school_rivalry_ends_in_bl.html
- ^ http://www.clickondetroit.com/education/23932841/detail.html
- ^ http://www.bloomfield.org/files/strategic_planning/discovery_workbook.pdf
- ^ http://bloomfield.org/download/category/5?download=324%3A06.17.2010
- ^ http://www.freep.com/article/20100413/NEWS06/4130354/Pulitzer-winner-is-from-Michigan
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- WBFH website
- Official Andover Swim Team Site
- Official Andover Robotics Team Site
- The Andover Shield Newspaper Website
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