Avondale High School (Auburn Hills)

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Avondale High School
School type	Public
Principal	Fred Cromie
Students	1,108
Mascot	Yellow Jackets
Location	2800 Waukegan Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Information	(248) 537-6100
Website	Avondale HS - Home Page

Avondale High School is located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which is located in the greater Metro Detroit area. Avondale High School, or AHS as it is commonly known, is the only high school serving the Avondale School District. Students in the Avondale School District live in Troy, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills, and Bloomfield Hills. There are approximately 1,100 students presently enrolled at AHS, which serves grades 9-12. These students have the option of taking either regular or honors classes.

[edit] History

In 1947, the Auburn Heights Elementary School combined with three schools in Avon Township (now Rochester Hills) to form a school district. The name Avondale was chosen after a contest. The first Avondale High was built in Avon Township in 1952, and students now know the building as Avondale Meadows Upper Elementary. The current high school, opened in 1970, was a low, modern building, rectangular in plan. Four years later, the auditorium, auto shop, pool, and wrestling room were constructed. Art rooms, broadcast facilities, and other classrooms were completed in 1991, and a new hallway of classrooms, auxiliary gym, and pool renovations were completed a few years later. Between 1998 and 2000, the building underwent its most extensive improvements, with a new fieldhouse, media center, and cafeteria (which was converted from the original gym.) The most recent construction was finished in 2006, for classroom additions and a renovated auditorium with fly loft.

During the 2001-2002 school year, the Varsity Boys Basketball team won the State Championship for boys Division B Basketball.

[edit] Notable alumni

Greg Hildebrandt '54, science fiction artist and co-designer of the original Star Wars poster [1]
Tim Hildebrandt '54, science fiction artist and co-designer of the original Star Wars poster [2]