Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| Ann Arbor Huron High School | |
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| Established | August 1969 |
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| School type | Public secondary |
| Locale | Ann Arbor Public Schools |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | Ann Arbor, MI, US |
| Colors | Forest Green and Old Gold |
| Mascot | River Rats |
| Website | http://www.a2huron.org |
Huron High School is a public school in Ann Arbor, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located at 2727 Fuller Road in eastern Ann Arbor near the banks of the Huron River, it serves grades 9 through 12.
The school's principal is Dr. Arthur Williams.
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[edit] History
Huron opened in the fall of 1969, when the high-school baby boom population was at its highest peak. The student body at the city's only public high school, Ann Arbor High, had recently outgrown its quarters on the city's west side. The school board constructed a second high school, renaming the first to Pioneer High School, with the new school named Huron High School. In 1968, before Huron's building was completed, students from the old and new schools shared the Pioneer building in a split schedule, with Pioneer students attending classes in the morning and Huron students in the afternoon. Reaction against Pioneer's "factory-like" building was a large factor in Huron's organic curvilinear form.
The two schools possessed distinct cultures and a rivalry soon sprang up. "River Rats," originally an epithet hurled at students of the new school by Pioneer students, quickly became a term of pride for Huron students. When offered a ballot for school mascot with two choices ("Huron Hawks" and "Huron Hammerheads," both names provided by the school board), Huron students conducted a write-in campaign for "Huron River Rats," which, after twice receiving a majority vote, was finally approved by the board.
In the 1990's Huron High School became overcrowded. By the turn of the millenium there were close to 2500 students in a building built for 1500. In order to fix the problem, the district began construction of a new high school, which is scheduled to be completed in 2007.
[edit] Publications
- The Emery: the official school newspaper
- The Symposium: a student-published alternative newspaper. Authors of The Symposium do not identify themselves in the publication, and have been criticized by the school's official newspaper following accusations of libel.
- The Other Voice: an older alternative newspaper which was published during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- Full Circle: the school's award-winning annually-published literary magazine. The publication contains student-submitted poetry, prose, artwork and photography.
- Enthymion: the school yearbook
[edit] Well-known alumni
Nationally or internationally recognized graduates of Huron High School include:
- David Goyer (1984): Screenwriter, Director and Producer
- Zeke Jones (1985): Wrestler
- Javier Grillo-Marxuach (1989): Screenwriter, Producer
- Annette Salmeen (1992): 1996 Olympic gold medalist (800m freestyle relay), Rhodes Scholar
- Jill Carroll (1995): Journalist; 2006 kidnapping victim in Iraq
- Carl Tabb (2002): University of Michigan Football Player
- James Toney (??year??): Boxer
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