Harper Creek High School

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Location
Harper Creek High School
Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
Information
Principal	Steve Guerra
Assistant Principal	Carol Konkel
Type	Public High School
Grades	9-12
Mascot	Beaver
Established	1958
District	Harper Creek Community Schools
Homepage	http://hs.harpercreek.net/home.aspx

Harper Creek High School is a high school in the Harper Creek School District located just outside the city of Battle Creek, Michigan. In 2005, Harper Creek opened a new state-of-the-art high school. The school includes a Mac computer lab, multiple Windows computer labs, electronic lockers, built in overhead projectors in all rooms, a gymnasium with three basketball courts, a 500 seat auditorium and an 8 lane swimming pool.

1 Administrative staff
2 High school optional programs
3 Sports teams
4 Quiz Bowl
5 Marching Band
6 External links

[edit] Administrative staff

Principal – Steve Guerra
Assistant Principal – Carol Konkel
Athletic Director - Ed Greenman
Secretaries – Janet Fredenburg, Pam Schmanske, Cindy Noora

[edit] High school optional programs

Battle Creek Area Mathematics and Science Center
Calhoun Area Career Center (Changed for the 2007 school year)
Dual Enrollment In College Courses (limited to juniors and seniors)

[edit] Sports teams

Harper Creek is one of three high school athletic programs in the state of Michigan to use the Beaver as a mascot. Harper Creek athletics are most popular for a thirty six game regular season winning streak in football from 1994-97. In 1999, the Harper Creek football team advanced to the state semi-finals against Orchard Lake St. Mary's, the furthest any team from Battle Creek has reached since the MHSAA Playoff Expansion to 256 teams. In 2000-01 Harper Creek won the final Twin Valley Men's All Sports trophy, an awarded given to the winningest athletic program for that year.

Harper Creek now competes in the Southwest Michigan Athletic Conference.

Sports Teams include, but not limited to:

Men and Women's Swimming
Men and Women's Cross Country
Men and Women's Tennis
Men and Women's Soccer
Wrestling
Men and Women's Basketball
Men and Women's Track
Men and Women's Golf
Baseball
Softball
Football
Cheerleading
Dance
Volleyball
Marching Band

[edit] Quiz Bowl

In 2003, the Quiz Bowl team lost the Class e state championship and advanced to a national tournament. Harper Creek also fielded a team in the 2005 and 2006 that lost the state championships. [1]

[edit] Marching Band

This years marching band season has ended. They will re-assemble in the Summer of 2008 and the show will be displayed at their home football games at the beginning of the school year.

The 2006 Marching Band consisted of about 7 students.

The Band received a division 64 rating at the MSBOA festival at the Battle Creek Central High School's stadium in [Battle Creek, Michigan]. The band also received a 119th place victory at the Otsego Marching Invitational.