Harrison High School (Michigan)

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Farmington Harrison High School
Established	1970
Type	Public secondary
Affiliation	Farmington Public School District
Principal	Jim Myers
Students	1177
Grades	9–12
Location	Farmington Hills, Michigan USA
Website	[1]

A four year high school located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. It is part of the Farmington Public School District. It is well known athletically for its football team having won a record 12 state championships since 1981. The school's historic sports rival is North Farmington High School, aswell as Farmington High School two other high schools within the same school district. Harrison's mascot is the Hawk and its colors are green and gold.

1 Student Body
2 AP Courses
3 Student Organizations
4 Athletics
5 Architecture
6 Links

[edit] Student Body

Year 2003-2004 Statistics

Graduation Rate 98% (Class of '04)
Mean ACT score 21.7
Mean SAT score 1048

[edit] AP Courses

English Language, English Literature, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Music Theory, Spanish, French, US History, Psychology, Comparative Government, US Government, World History.

[edit] Student Organizations

A.C.E., Anime Club, Book Club, Captain’s Club, Catalyst, Cheerleading, Chess Club, Color Guard, D.E.C.A., French Club, Dance Company, Freshman Board, Interact Club, Jazz Band, Junior Board, Marching Band, Model U.N., National Art Honor Society, National Honor Society, Orchestra, Pom Pon, R.A.G.E., RoboHawks, S.A.D.D., Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, Senior Board, Sophomore Board, Student Leadership, T.E.A.M.S., The Looking Glass, U.N.I.T.Y., Vocal Music, Yearbook

[edit] Athletics

Harrison is a Class A school in the Oakland Activities Association.

Baseball
Boys Basketball
Football 12 State Championships, the most in the state of Michigan
Boys Golf
Boys Soccer
Boys Tennis
Boys Track
Boys Cross Country
Girls Basketball
Girls Soccer
Girls Swimming
Girls Tennis
Girls Track
Volleyball
Girls Cross Country
Softball
Ice Hockey
Girls Golf
Boys Lacrosse
Sideline Cheer
Competitive Cheer
Wrestling
Color Guard (?)
Boys Swimming

Farmington Harrison is most well known athletically for it's Football team who has won a state record 12 State Championships in 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 under legendary Head Coach John Herrington who has been coaching at Harrison since 1970 when the school opened, Herrington is also in the Michigan Coaching Fall of Fame for both Football and Baseball which he coached at Harrison and North Farmington.

[edit] Architecture

At first glance, the school's resemblance to a prison had given it the nickname 'the prison school'. This was no accident. The school was originally built in the 1970's with the memories of student riots very fresh in the public's mind. It was built to be able to withstand a major student riot. The only windows that were large were on the third floor and were designed with a slant so that rocks thrown from the ground would have a lesser chance of breaking the windows. The doors at the bottom of the school were all designed to be sealed from the inside. The 3rd floor - which housed the administration offices - is only accessible by stairwells that could be sealed off and a door to the outside that is only reachable by a 'bridge'.

The school has had some changes because of the needs of growing student body and the lack of need for security measures mentioned above; especially since the risk of student riot is near zero. The most obvious change reflecting this lessened need for security are the larger windows on the second floor which were part of a major renovation in the year 2000.

The sign 'harrison high school', with a green background and yellow lettering that previously was sited at the main entrance to the school was written in the style of e.e. cummings; all lowercase.