Type Public school Principal Tim Constant Enrollment 945 Number of students 945 | Established 1930 Grades 9–12 Phone +1 313-892-7505 Mascot Cosmos | |
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Address 11410 Charest St, Hamtramck, MI 48212, USA | ||
Hamtramck high school graduation 2016
Hamtramck High School is a public high school in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States in Metro Detroit, named after Colonel Jean François Hamtramck. It is a part of Hamtramck Public Schools.
Contents
- Hamtramck high school graduation 2016
- History
- Demographics
- Campus
- Athletics and extracurricular activities
- Culture
- Notable alumni
- References
History
Hamtramck High School was originally located on Wyandotte and Hewitt Streets.
In 1925 655 students attended Hamtramck High School. JoEllen McNergney Vinyard, author of For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925, wrote that Hamtramck High had "substantially more students than were in all of Detroit's Polish Catholic high schools combined."
In November 1939 Hamtramck High lost to Detroit Catholic Central High School 20-0, in a high school football game at Keyworth Stadium. There were 11,402 people who paid to attend this match.
In 1970 it moved to the former Copernicus Junior Middle School.
Hamtramck High School offers four AP classes as well as STEM, Science Olympiads, and Math Olympiads
As of 2010, Hamtramck High School received excellent reviews from many foundations including the Martha G. Scott Foundation and Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD). Hamtramck High School has been also been awarded many grants including a Grant from General Motors in 2010. In 2010 a student from Hamtramck High received the prestigious and highly exclusive Scholarship, the Bill Gates Scholarship.
Demographics
As of 2010 there were 200 fourth-year students (seniors).
Campus
The school is adjacent to various side streets.
Athletics and extracurricular activities
Artie May, who served as the head American football coach beginning in 1957 and coached various sports until around 1997, had himself played American football when he was a student at Hamtramck High. May helped develop the Hamtramck High School Community Center.
In a 9-year period ending in about 1959 the Hamtramck tennis team members were state champions, and the team won the 1957-1958 National Interscholastic Tennis Champsionship. As of that year Jean Hoxie was the tennis coach.
Culture
The graduating Class of 2010, as they advanced through school, raised money through car washes, bake sales, and an improved comedy show to host a high school prom for their class.