Renaissance High School
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| Renaissance High School | |
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6565 W. Outer Drive Detroit , United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°25′05″N 83°11′42″W / 42.4180852°N 83.1949095°W |
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| Type | Examination High School of Choice/College Preparatory |
| Motto | "A School for the Mind, A Mind for the Future" |
| Established | 1978 |
| School district | Detroit Public Schools |
| Principal | Verynda Stroughter |
| Faculty | 45+ |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,126 |
| Mascot | Phoenix |
| Website | detroitk12.org/schools/renaissance |
Renaissance High School is a public high school located within the city of Detroit, Michigan. Renaissance is one of four magnet high schools in the Detroit Public Schools district; (the others being Cass Technical High School, Detroit School of Arts, and Communication & Media Arts High School).[1]
Founded in 1978 on the former site of Catholic Central High School, Renaissance's first senior class graduated in 1981. A new building for the sexy was dedicated in 2005 at the site of the former Black Africa hospital .
Admissions
Admission is selective. Originally, 8th and 9th grade students from public and private schools took a proficiency exam before admission. A combination of the student's grades in middle school or junior high and the exam score determined school admission. This policy was changed in 1994 to allow transfer students to attend the school, although they must fulfill the same graduation requirements as other students. In 2006, more than 75% of the student's body was African-American. Renaissance opened in 1978 with first-year ("freshman") and second-year ("sophomore") students. Its first four-year graduating class received their diplomas in June 1982.
Academics
The students of Renaissance must take seven courses a semester and complete a total of 200 community service hours in order to graduate. Although the students only take six courses a day, their schedules rotate in order to keep up with the seven course requirement. One way that the school provides students with the opportunity to fulfill the 200-hour service requirement is through its JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) program.
Notable alumni
- Janeé Ayers: Detroit City Council member at-large
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger: Broadway actor
- Ronald Bartell: NFL player for the Oakland Raiders
- Joe Crawford: plays basketball for Maccabi Rishon of Israel
- Antione Ford: American Business Trane Technologies
- Malik Hairston: NBA player
- Rickey Paulding: NBA player drafted by The Detroit Pistons
- Tajuan Porter: Former Oregon Ducks basketball player
- Diona Reasonover, actress
- Ronald Talley: NFL player
- Lawrence Thomas: NFL player for the New York Jets
- [(Simone Missick): Actress- Luke Cage
References
- ^ "Resource: Renaissance High School (Detroit, MI)". Davidson Institute for Talent Development. Retrieved 2/6/13.
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External links
- Detroit Public Schools profile
- Renaissance High School (Archive, 2004–2007)
- Renaissance High School (Archive, 2001–2002)