Clarkston High School (Michigan)

Clarkston High School
Address
6093 Flemings Lake Rd Clarkston, Michigan 48346 United States
Coordinates	42°44′21″N 83°23′34″W / 42.7391°N 83.3928°W / 42.7391; -83.3928Coordinates: 42°44′21″N 83°23′34″W / 42.7391°N 83.3928°W / 42.7391; -83.3928
Information
Type	Public
Established	1999 (Current Site)
Superintendent	Rod Rock
CEEB code	230630
NCES School ID	260990004475
Principal	Gary Kaul
Teaching staff	90.67 (FTE)
Grades	10-12
Gender	Co-ed
Enrollment	1,930 (2013-2014)
Student to teacher ratio	21.29
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Athletics	MHSAA Class A/Division 1
Athletics conference	Oakland Activities Association
Nickname	Wolves
Rivals	Lake Orion High School, Rochester Adams, Stoney Creek High School
Newspaper	Paw Prints
Yearbook	Hilltopper
Feeder schools	Clarkston Jr High School
Website	School website
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Clarkston High School is a high school located in Independence Township, Michigan. It is the only high school in both the township and the Clarkston Community Schools district. The school's colors are blue and gold. Its team mascot and nickname is the Wolves. The four most recent incarnations of Clarkston High School, including the current building on Flemings Lake and Clarkston roads, are still standing.

The school is 384,000 square feet (35,700 m²) in size and cost $56,569,952.00 upon total completion in 1999. Clarkston High School is situated on a 110-acre (0.45 km²) campus that encompasses a 10,000 seat football stadium, two baseball and softball fields, eight tennis courts and an eight lane outdoor track. The inside of the school features a 1000-seat auditorium complete with stage, orchestra pit, balcony and set design center, a gymnasium capable of seating 3500 and an eight lane competition pool with seating for 500 spectators in the natatorium.

The school houses nine computer labs. Each lab consists of at least twenty networked PCs. The total number of computers at the school is over 700. Each classroom is also equipped with a large television/monitor that can be used to display the screen of the teacher's computer or in-school television broadcasts. Classrooms are also equipped with digital projectors that can be connected to an instructor's computer. The media center (library) in Clarkston High School is also equipped with two connected computer labs, numerous in-library computers, networked computer workstations and multiple catalog computers to assist in finding library resources. A full-featured television broadcast studio and video editing suite is located in the center of the school building. Each morning, the studio is used to broadcast daily announcements to each of the classrooms. The school also contains multiple large group instruction rooms that are equipped with digital projection equipment.

Clarkston High School has the largest enrollment as of 2013 (2,737) of any school in Oakland County,.^[2]

History

Clarkston High School used to be in Clarkston, Michigan. The third Clarkston School was built in 1910 on Main Street (M-15).

By the time the fourth Clarkston School was completed in 1930 in Independence Township, the area's population had started to decline. After World War II, Independence Township's population began to boom. In 1952, Clarkston Community Schools was formed and Clarkston and Andersonville Elementary Schools were completed, leaving the 6th-to-12th graders as sole occupants at the newly renamed Clarkston High School. Expansions were made in the mid-1950s. By the end of the decade the building could not be expanded anymore, and in 1960, the fifth Clarkston High School was built across the street (although its official address was 6595 Middle Lake Road). The 1930 building became Clarkston Junior High.

The 1960 building remained unchanged until major renovations were made in 1993 when freshmen were allowed to attend the school for the first time since 1969. Unfortunately the renovations were not enough to handle nearly 2,000 students, and in 1998 the current building was opened. The 1960 building is now the current Clarkston Junior High, and in recent years freshmen have moved back to that building. In 2005 the old Sashabaw Middle School was renovated and now holds only grades six and seven. The old Clarkston Middle School was also renovated and made into the new Clarkston Junior High School, which holds grades eight and nine. The High School now holds sophomores through seniors. Starting in the 2005 school year, Clarkston High School has been home to the OSMTech program (renamed in 2008 to CSMTech - Clarkston's Science, Mathematics, and Technology Academy). More recently, Clarkston High School has sought and received certification as an International Baccalaureate World School, and offers the IB Diploma Programme.^[3] CHS offers the Programme in English. Students graduating in the classes of 2011 and beyond will be eligible to complete the Diploma Programme.

Clarkston High School's commencement ceremony is held annually at DTE Energy Music Theater.

Athletics

CHS offers 26 varsity sports, and competes in the Oakland Activities Association or "OAA". At the state level, the school is classified as "Class A" or "Division 1" of the Michigan High School Athletic Association, competing against those schools with the largest enrollments.

The "Wolves" (or Lady Wolves) name is used by most athletic teams at the secondary education level. The chief rival to Clarkston is the Lake Orion High School Dragons, located in Orion Township, Michigan.

Clarkston Wolves won the Division 1 Football State Champions in 2013.^[4] Clarkston repeated as Division 1 Football State Champions in 2014.^[5]

Sports offered

Notable alumni

• Tim Birtsas, former professional baseball player
• Dane Fife, Indiana University basketball player, in 2011 became Assistant Basketball Coach at Michigan State University, former head coach at IPFW.
• Steve Howe, Former MLB pitcher
• Geoff Johns, comic book and television writer
• Tony Lucca, singer/actor
• Tim McCormick, former NBA player
• Tim Robinson, actor/comedian, regular on Saturday Night Live
• Daniel Travis, actor, Open Water

References

External links

• Clarkston Community Schools
• Clarkston High School