Southfield High School

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Southfeld High School
"Where Blue Jays Soar"
Type Public school
Principal Michael Horn
Students 1400
Grades 9-12
Location 24675 Lahser Road,
Southfield, Michigan, United States
District Southfield Public Schools
Colors Blue and grey
Mascot Blue Jay
Yearbook 'Blue and Grey'
Newspaper The Southfield Jay
Website Southfield High School website

Southfield High School is a senior high school located in Southfield, Michigan. It is the oldest of two high schools in the Southfield Public Schools district, the other school being Southfield-Lathrup High School.

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[edit] History, milestones, and awards

[edit] Dress Code

Beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, a dress code was instituted at the high school level, finalizing the process of bringing all of the Southfield Public Schools district under a dress code policy. All members of the board supported the measure and voted aye, except for Trustee Karen Miller. Ms. Miller voted no because she didn't feel that there was enough input from students in the development of the dress code. For the 2006-2007 school year, the dress code was tightened further so that it required all students to tuck in their shirts.

[edit] NASA Explorer School

Southfield High School is a NASA Explorer School, and features a class, NASA Aerospace to teach students about the wonders and dynamics of flight while enhancing real-world problem solving skills.

[edit] Campus

The campus is divided into several distinct zones called "houses", two of which are connected by glass hallways.[[1]]

[edit] A House

A House, also a two story building, is considerably smaller than O House. It holds the Blue Jay Cafe, a model restaurant for those in Culinary Arts classes, as well as the majority of the English department classrooms.

During the 2006 - 2007 academic year, A House was shut down and its classes relocated.

[edit] B, C, and D House

In March 2006, a new two story building adjacent to and connected with A House, opened to hold students relocated from the closed parts of O House.

Classrooms in A, B, C, and D House are all air conditioned, with flat panel television screens in each room, as well as combination DVD/VCR players.

[edit] Portables (B House Replacement)

After Labor Day, 2004, B House, which was a two story building, and home to an additional cafeteria was closed to all traffic and underwent dismantling. Classrooms in this section of the school were directed to "Temporary Instructional Facilities" or TIFs, which are simply classrooms in large mobile office style buildings. Colloquially they have come to be known as "the portables".

There were three separate "buildings", each holding approximately 8 classrooms. Unlike the majority of classrooms in both A and O House, these classrooms are air conditioned and carpeted. Because these classrooms were outside on the front lawn, students were often forced to walk outside, uncovered, in unfavorable conditions, such as snow or rain.

The portables were removed prior to the beginning of the 2006 - 2007 academic year.

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

  • Newspaper - The Southfield Jay
This newspaper has had several awards bestowed upon it for journalistic talent, including three George H. Gallup Awards from Quill and Scroll. Over the past 10 years they have accumulated more than 60 awards.
  • Yearbook - Blue and Gray
  • Radio - WSHJ 88.3
  • Business Professionals of America
  • Project Manhood
  • Project Womanhood
  • Sold Out for Christ
A group of members united in religion.
  • Southfield High School Marching Band "The best band in the land"
  • Poetry Club
  • Rotary Club
  • Robotics Club
    • FIRST ROBOTICS Robotics - TechnoJays
      • The TechnoJays are the 2008 Buckeye Regional Finalists, having finished second overall
    • OCCRA Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association
Participates in OCCRA and FIRST Robotics competitions.
  • Intermural Sports
Football
Freshman Football
Junior Varsity Football
Varsity Football
Track and Field
Cross Country
Track and Field

[edit] Curriculum

[edit] Academy Learning

Southfield High is home to two of the Academies serving the Southfield Public Schools district, specifically the Engineering & Manufacturing Sciences Academy and the Global Business & Information Technology Academy. Both academies have separate entry requirements from the mainstream curriculum.

[edit] Engineering and Manufacturing Sciences Academy

Courses offered:

  • Engineering Tech
  • Drafting
  • CAD/Adv CAD
  • Engineering Design
  • Electronics & Robotics

[edit] Global Business and Information Technology Academy

Courses offered:

[edit] Advanced Placement Options

Southfield High offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in several different subjects including:

[edit] Summer Reading Program

Beginning the summer of 2005, all Southfield High students were required to read books from a preselected list over the summer. Honors and AP students received more books to summer read than other students.

Beginning the summer of 2006, all summer reading work was required to be submitted through mydropbox.com, an online plagiarism screening service.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] External links


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