Kalamazoo Central High School

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Kalamazoo Central High School
Location
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Website
http://www.kcentralgiants.com/
Information
School type	Public
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Founded	1858
Enrollment	1450 (now)

Kalamazoo Central High School is a high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serving students from ninth through twelfth grades. It was the first public high school in Kalamazoo. It began operating in 1858 and graduated its first class, consisting of five men and thee women, in 1859. It moved to its current location in 1972. It is rated Class A by the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA).

1 History
2 Academics
3 Staff
4 Student activities
5 Notable alumni/staff/events
6 See also
- 6.1 External links

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The first public high-school in Kalamazoo began operating in 1858, and graduated its first class, consisting of five men and thee women, in 1859.[1] Charles E. Stuart sued the Kalamazoo School Board in 1874 alleging that the school-board's use of taxpayer money to fund secondary education was unconstitutional. The School Board prevailed, setting a precedent allowing publicly funded secondary education through the country. [2] In 1925, the school moved to the building currently known as Old Central High School.[3] Following the largest graduating class of 799 students in 1960, some Central High School students transferred to the newly-opened Loy Norrix High School in 1961. Central High School moved to its current location in 1972.[4]
With the Kalamazoo Promise recently introduced and has been in the National spotlight, students are very eager to begin using this new gift. Enrollment in KPS has gone up significantly and the surrounding Kalamazoo area is doing very well with this multi-benefiting program. The Kalamazoo Promise gives students with a 2.0 GPA or higher and being in the KPS system for at least 4 years, they will get at least 65% of the tuition payed for. Many, getting 100%.

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The Choir program, under the direction of Mr. F. Colgren is a state recongized choir and competes in the MSVMA competitions and constantly receive Division I ratings. At the 2007 Solo and Ensemble, the choir combined for over 15 Division I's.

The Marching Band, under the direction of Mr. D. Stout is constatnly competeting and doing well at local competitions. They compete in MSBOA activities and also do very well in them.

The Mock Trial team, coached by Ms. Mikell Griffith, is one of Kalamazoo Central's most distiguished groups. The team has represented its state at the National Competition more times than any other school in the country. The team took first place at Nationals in 1996 under the coaching of Ms. S. Ransford and took 2nd in 2006. This year, 2007, Kalamazoo Central's Mock Trial team took first at the state competition and will represent Michigan at the National Competition (for the 15th time) May 12th-16th.