Chippewa Valley Schools

Chippewa Valley Schools is a school district located in Macomb County, Michigan. It contains twelve Elementary, four Middle, and three High Schools, with a total enrollment of over 16,000 students^[1]. It is the second largest school district in Macomb County and the ninth largest in the state of Michigan.

Contents 1 High schools 1.1 Chippewa Valley High School 1.1.1 Notable alumni 1.1.2 Notable Sports Accomplishments 1.1.3 Notable Incidents 1.2 Dakota High School 1.2.1 Notable alumni 1.2.2 Notable Sports Accomplishments 1.3 Mohegan High School 2 Middle schools 2.1 Algonquin Middle School 2.2 Iroquois Middle School 2.3 Seneca Middle School 2.4 Wyandot Middle School 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

High schools

Chippewa Valley High School

Chippewa Valley High School
Location
Clinton Township, Michigan, United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	HOME OF THE BIG REDS
Established	1961
Head teacher	Dr. Jerry Davisson
Number of students	2200+
Campus	Suburb
Color(s)	Red,White,Black(alternative)
Mascot	Big Reds
Feeder schools	Algonquin, Iroquois, Wyandot
Website	http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/cvhs/

Chippewa Valley High School is a public high school located in Clinton Township, Michigan. The school is one of three high schools in the district. Starting with the 2008-2009 school year, Chippewa Valley High School opened its Ninth Grade Center. The current principal of the Ninth Grade Center is Diane Zatkoff, and Jerry Davison is the current principle of Chippewa Valley High School.

Notable alumni

• Paul Feig Creator of the Freaks and Geeks TV series.^[2][3]
• David Hahn the "Radioactive Boy Scout" and co-conspirator James Gruenenberg AKA (in high school James Miller).^[4]
• Hailie Jade Scott, daughter of Eminem , is currently enrolled

Notable Sports Accomplishments

• 2001 Division II Football State Champions, led by coach Mike Carr.
• Varsity Girls Soccer: 2002 District Champions, 2003 MAC White Co-champions, 2004 MAC White Champions, 2008 - 2009 MAC Red Champions, led by coach Gerry Haggarty.
• Hired former Buffalo Bills linebacker John DiGiorgio as a teacher and football coach in 2010.

Notable Incidents

• In 2004, pupil Andrew Osantowski was arrested for threatening an act of terrorism and ten other felony charges.^[5][6]
• In 2006, pupil Joe Coppage was charged for making a bomb threat.^[7]

|-Actor James Franco visited the high school in preparation for his role in "Freaks and Geeks" |

Dakota High School

Dakota High School
Location
Macomb Township, Michigan, United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	HOME OF THE COUGARS
Established	1995
Head teacher	Tom Heethuis
Number of students	2,512+
Campus	Suburb
Color(s)	Green,Navy,Gray
Mascot	Cougars
Feeder schools	Iroquois, Seneca, Wyandot
Website	http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/dakota/

Dakota High School is a public high school located in Macomb, Michigan, United States. It opened in 1995 as the second high school in the Chippewa Valley school district. An overflow of freshmen caused the need to build a ninth grade center. However, as that building could not be built in time for the 2007-2008 school year, Dakota had to utilize a finished wing of the new Seneca Middle School building. The Ninth Grade Center has been open and in use since the 2008-2009 school year.

Notable alumni

• James A. "Jim" Santilli, Jr. 2010 candidate for State Representative in Michigan's 33rd District, which includes Clinton, Macomb, and Ray Townships, attended Dakota High School.
• Masiela Lusha the famous actress, mostly famous for playing Carmen Lopez on the George Lopez television sitcom, attended Dakota High School.
• Danny Stevens of The Audition(band) Graduated in '04. Also made bands such as B.O.A.T.S(Based on A True Story) and Only In Movies.
• Kyle Cook (American football), pro NFL football player currently signed on the Cincinnati Bengals.
• Ben Lagman, pro MMA fighter. Appeared on the MTV series Bully Beatdown as the pro fighter.

Notable Sports Accomplishments

• 2006 Division 1 Football State Champions, with a 13-1 record
• 2007 Division 1 Football State Champions, with a 14-0 record ^[8][9]
• 2008 Boys Ice Hockey Mac Red Champions
• 2008 Boys Ice Hockey Regional Champions
• 2009 Boys Ice Hockey Mac Red Champions
• 2009 Boys Baseball Mac Red Champs.^[10]

Mohegan High School

Mohegan High School
Location
Clinton Township, Michigan, United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	HOME OF THE TIMBERWOLVES
Established	2004
Campus	Suburb
Mascot	Timberwolves
Website	http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/mohegan/

Mohegan High School is an alternative high school where students achieve the same goals as regular high school, but with different hours, rules, methods, atmosphere and approaches. ^[11]

Middle schools

Algonquin Middle School

Algonquin Middle School is found in Clinton Township, Michigan. Their mascot name is the Eagles.

Algonquin Middle School
Location
Clinton Township, Michigan, United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Home of the Eagles
Established	1968
Head teacher	Walt Kozlowski
Campus	Suburb
Color(s)	Red and Gold
Mascot	Eagles
Website	http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/algonquin/

Iroquois Middle School

Iroquois Middle School
Location
Macomb Township, Michigan, United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	Sept. 1981
Head teacher	James Capoferi
Number of students	970+
Campus	Suburb
Color(s)	Green & White
Website	http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/iroquois/

Iroquois Middle School is one of four middle schools in the Chippewa Valley School District located in Macomb County, Michigan.

Previously the Iroquois Indians, the mascot was changed to the Panthers due to inappropriate nature of referring to American natives as "Indians". It was also agreed that "Panthers" sounded like a tougher name for its teams.

In April 2008, the school started construction to add a new wing to the school, a new band room, and several other rooms. The construction is now completed and the classrooms are now in use.

Seneca Middle School

Seneca Middle School
Location
Macomb Township, Michigan, United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	2007
Head teacher	Todd Distelrath
Number of students	1900+
Campus	Suburb
Color(s)	Gold, Green, and Black
Website	http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/seneca/

Seneca Middle School is a suburb based campus previously located in Clinton Township. While that building is now used as the Chippewa Valley High School 9th Grade Center and the International Academy of Macomb, the new building opened for the 2008-'09 school year is located in Macomb Township next to Dakota High School and Cheyenne Elementary School. Their mascot is the "Jaguars," and the school colors are green, gold, and white. Seneca Middle School is located on Heydenreich and 21 Mile Road. The principal is Mr. Todd Disteralth, and the assistant principal is Mr. Jeff Nelson.

Wyandot Middle School

School located on Garfield Rd. in Clinton Township Michigan. Wyandot is known as the "Hawks" with colors of Navy Blue and Gold.

Wyandot Middle School
Location
Clinton Township, Michigan, United States
Information
Type	Public
Head teacher	Darleen Sims
Campus	Suburb
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Gold
Website	http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/wyandot/

See also

• List of school districts in Michigan

External links

• District website

References

1. ^ "About Us". http://www.chippewavalleyschools.org/about.asp. Retrieved 2011-12-2. 
2. ^ "A Conversation with Freaks & Geeks Creator Paul Feig". http://www.ugo.com/channels/dvd/features/freaksandgeeks/paulfeig1.asp. Retrieved 2008-09-13. 
3. ^ "CVHS Past Students of Pride". http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/cvhs/Documents/Past%20Students%20of%20Pride.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
4. ^ Silverstein, Ken. "The Radioactive Boy Scout: When a teenager attempts to build a breeder reactor". Harper's Magazine (November 1998): 59–72. http://www.harpers.org/archive/1998/11/0059750. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
5. ^ Associated Press (2004-09-20). "Officer's daughter foils Internet bomb plot.". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-09-20-bomb_x.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-29. 
6. ^ McClary, Erin (2009-04-15). "Judge rejects Osantowski’s parole". C&G Newspapers. http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2009/4-15-09/Osantowski-parole-rejected.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-29. 
7. ^ Hotts, Mitch (2006-04-25). "Teen accused of bomb threat can finish school at home.". The Macomb daily. http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/042506/loc_gasgouge001.shtml. Retrieved 2006-04-29. 
8. ^ Chippewa Valley School District (2007-11-27). "Macomb Dakota's road to football perfection in 2007.". C&G Newspapers. http://www.candgnews.com/HOMEPAGE-ARTICLES/2007/11-21-07/DAKFINAL_HORIZ.ASP. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
9. ^ Chippewa Valley School District (2007-12-14). "Dakota Athletic Department.". Chippewa Valley Schools. http://www.dakotacougars.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16. 
10. ^ Bates, Brad (2009-06-25). "Hats off". Grosse Pointe Times. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_docid=1290E5428FFDD770. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
11. ^ "Mohegan High School". http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/mohegan.