Established 1961 CEEB code 231273 Grades 9-12 Yearbook Kismet Principal Jeffrey Frankowiak | Superintendent Keith Wunderlich Teaching staff 63.60 (on a FTE basis) Enrollment 1,366 (2014-15) Phone +1 248-673-1261 | |
Address 2800 Kettering Dr, Waterford Twp, MI 48329, USA Profiles | ||
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Waterford Kettering High School is a public high school in the Waterford School District located in Waterford, Michigan. The official name of the high school is Charles F. Kettering High School, named for the automotive industry pioneer.
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History
Waterford Kettering High School opened in 1961.
In 1983, the school district consolidated high schools and closed Waterford Township High School. This left two high schools in the district; Kettering and Waterford Mott High School.
In the fall of 1990, ninth graders joined the Kettering student body.
Campus
The football stadium, Jim Larkin Stadium, has FieldTurf and has stands for approximately 1,500 spectators. Each of the school's two gymnasiums can seat over 900 spectators for basketball and volleyball games.
The Performing Arts Center, completed in 2004, includes band, choir, and orchestra suites with full sound systems, projector screens, and acoustic design fully implemented in their ceilings and walls.
Athletics
Waterford Kettering fields teams in baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, diving, and wrestling. Kettering has won two state championships, both for softball, in 1991 and 1998.
Music
Waterford Kettering has several musical ensembles: three concert bands, two jazz bands, the Marching Captains marching band, multiple choir groups, a philharmonic orchestra, a symphony orchestra, and a chamber orchestra. The WK Marching Captains, Wind Ensemble, Chamber and Mass Choir, and orchestras performed at Disney Magic Music Days in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015.