Oak Park High School (Michigan)
| Oak Park High School | |
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| Location | |
| 13701 Oak Park Boulevard Oak Park, Michigan United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | We enter to learn, we leave to achieve |
| Established | 1953 |
| School district | Oak Park Schools |
| Principal | William Washington |
| Asst. Principal | Gregory Church Charity Jones |
| Faculty | 85[1] |
| Grades | 10 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,130[1] (2009) |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Athletics conference | Oakland Activities Association[2] |
| Mascot | Oak Park Knights[2] |
| Website | Oak Park High School website |
Oak Park High School is a public high school located in Oak Park, Michigan an inner suburb of Detroit. The school is part of the Oak Park School district. It serves about 1,130 students in grades 10 to 12 from Oak Park and surrounding communities around Detroit.[1]
In 2010, as a part of the Federal School Improvement Framework, the school was identified by the State of Michigan as one of 92 schools in the state that were the lowest achieving, according to performance on Michigan standardized tests. Eligible schools were invited to apply for a grant of up to 6 million dollars over 3 years to support efforts to raise academic achievement.
Oak Park High School's grant application was awarded $4.2 million dollars. The school was one of 28 schools that were awarded grant funds. [1]
The school colors are red and white. The school mascot is the Oak Park Knights.[1]
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Oak Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame [edit]
- Oak Park High School (coached by Alvin Delidow) won the Class-A team championship trophy, at the 1972 Michigan High School Athletic Association Boys Track and Field Finals. At those same finals, the 440-yard relay team of Tony Craighead, Henry Staton, Dave Caplon, and Mike Rollins brought home gold for Oak Park.[3][4]
- At the 2010 MHSAA Girls' Track and Field Finals, Dissa Swint-Cook won the 200-meter dash; becoming Oak Park High School's first individual state champion in nearly forty years.[5]
- In 1984, Oak Park won the MHSAA Class-B boys basketball championship, with a 62-54 victory over Saginaw-Buena Vista High School.
Notable alumni [edit]
- Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli professional basketball player with Hapoel Holon
- Vincent Chin - industrial draftsman and murder victim[6]
- Jeffrey David Sachs - American economist and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
- Don Was - Musician, bassist and record producer - Was (Not Was)
- Marcella Detroit - Vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter - Shakespears Sister
- Doug Fieger - Singer-songwriter-musician - The Knack
- Ron Suresha - Author and editor
- Bass Brothers (Eminem)
- Andrew Lippa - Composer
- Jeffrey Seller - Producer, Rent
- Les Gold - Founder of American Jewelry and Loan; star of Hardcore Pawn[7]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Oak Park High School". Oak Park Schools. 2008-09-06.
- ^ a b "Oakland Activities Association season preview". Detroit Free Press. August 28, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField/TeamChampions.aspx
- ^ http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField/IndividualChampions/1970s.aspx
- ^ http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/GirlsTrackField/IndividualChampions/2010s.aspx
- ^ Chi, Tsung (2005). East Asian Americans and Political Participation. ABC-CLIO. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-57607-290-5.
- ^ "All in the Family" Hardcore Pawn, TruTV, August 16, 2011
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