Oak Park High School (Michigan)

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 9 to 12 from Oak Park and surrounding communities around Detroit.[3]

Oak Park High School
Location
13701 Oak Park Boulevard
Oak Park, Michigan

United States
Coordinates42.4649°N 83.1838°W / 42.4649; -83.1838
Information
TypePublic
MottoWe enter to learn, we leave to achieve
Established1953
School districtOak Park Schools
PrincipalCarissa Peterson
Faculty72.85 (FTE)[1]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment1,392 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.11[1]
Color(s)Red, Black and White    
Athletics conferenceOakland Activities Association[2]
MascotOak Park Knights[2]
WebsiteOak Park High School website

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. The school was one of 28 schools that were awarded grant funds.[3]

The school colors are red, black and white. The school mascot is the Oak Park Knights.[3]

Oak Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame

  • 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.[4][5]
  • 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 thirty years.[6]
  • At the 1982 MHSAA Girls' Track and Field Bernard Wells becomes the first coach to win a team championship. Team captains Michele (Mimi) Morris and VeronCia VC Daffin lead the way to this victory.[7]
  • 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

References

  1. "Oak Park High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  2. "Oakland Activities Association season preview". Detroit Free Press. August 28, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  3. "Oak Park High School". Oak Park Schools. September 6, 2008.
  4. http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField/TeamChampions.aspx
  5. http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField/IndividualChampions/1970s.aspx
  6. http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/GirlsTrackField/IndividualChampions/2010s.aspx
  7. http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/girlstrackfield/teamchampions.aspx
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  10. "All in the Family" Hardcore Pawn, TruTV, August 16, 2011
  11. Munk, Nina (2013). The Idealist. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780385537742.
  12. Law, Keith (September 3, 2014). "Brewers official Bruce Seid dies". ESPN. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  13. Blitchok, Dustin (July 13, 2014). "Don Was, friends pay diverse tribute to Bob Seger at Concert of Colors". Oakland Press. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
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