Seaholm High School

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Seaholm High School
Established	1951
Type	Public
Affiliation	Birmingham City School District
Principal	Terry Piper
Students	1146
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," represented by a maroon and white maple leaf mascot. The school has a comprehensive Division II sports program that includes cross country running, 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{1968}
Noel Paul Stookey, Peter, Paul & Mary, singer
Mike Binder, actor/director
Pamela Anne Eldred, Miss America (1970)
Laura Innes, [1975] actress
Carolyn Warmus, schoolteacher and convicted murderer
Dr. James Tobin, author, [1974] Ernie Pyle's War(Free Press)
Fredric Alan Maxwell, author, Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Rules Microsoft. (HarperCollins)[1972]

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^ 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.