Seaholm High School

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Seaholm High School
Established	1951
Type	Public secondary
Affiliation	Birmingham City School District
Principal	Terry Piper
Students	1145
Grades	9–12
Location	Birmingham, Michigan USA
Website	[1]

Ernest W. Seaholm High School is a public school located within the Birmingham City School District in Birmingham, Michigan, serving grades 9-12. It is located at 2436 West Lincoln Road, Birmingham, Michigan 48009. Seaholm opened its doors for the first time in 1951 under the name Birmingham High. At the time, the principal was Ernest W. Seaholm and the treasurer Wylie E. Groves. These men's names would be the source of the modern names of Birmingham's two main high schools: Seaholm High School and Groves High School. The current principal is Terry Piper (2006-2007 academic year). The assistant principals are Jamii Hitchcock and Debra Boyer.

Seaholm's student body and athletes are nicknamed the "Maples." This epithet is represented by a student in a maroon and white maple leaf costume, a mascot who makes very infrequent appearances. The school has a comprehensive Division II sports program that includes cross country, football, baseball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, golf, wrestling, swimming, water polo, diving, and track & field.

In addition to sports, the Forensics Team has consistently enjoyed success at the state-finalist level.

Seaholm was ranked 498th in a Newsweek list of the 1000 best public high schools in America.^[1]

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Tim Allen, actor/comedian (1971)
• Christine Lahti, actress
• Paul Stookey, Peter, Paul & Mary, singer
• Mike Binder, actor/director
• Pamela Anne Eldred, Miss America (1970)
• Laura Innes, actress
• Carolyn Warmus, schoolteacher and convicted murderer

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Athletic calendar
• Orchestra homepage
• Forensics homepage
• Seaholm Football Homepage
• Hockey Team Homepage

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Newsweek's ranking is based on the ratio of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams taken by students to the number of graduating students that year, regardless of the scores earned by students or the difficulty in graduating. Schools with average SAT scores of above 1300 or average ACT scores of above 27 are excluded from the list.