Waterford Kettering High School

Waterford Kettering High School
Address
2800 Kettering Drive
Waterford, Michigan, 48329
United States
Coordinates 42°40′46″N 83°23′29″W / 42.679422°N 83.391509°WCoordinates: 42°40′46″N 83°23′29″W / 42.679422°N 83.391509°W
Information
Established 1961
School district Waterford School District
Superintendent John Silveri
CEEB Code 231273
Principal Jeffrey Frankowiak
Teaching staff 66 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,660[2]
Student to teacher ratio 21.5 (as of 2005-06)[1]
School color(s) Forest Green and White           [2]
Athletics MHSAA Class A
Athletics conference Kensington Lakes Activities Association[2]
Mascot Captains [2]
Nickname Captains [2]
Team name Captains [2]
Rival Waterford Mott High School
Newspaper

The Murmur

Broadcasting " WK-TODAY"
Yearbook Kismet
Website http://www.waterford.k12.mi.us/Kettering/

Waterford Kettering High School (WKHS) is one of two public high schools in the Waterford School District. As of September 2009, 1,660 students were enrolled in the school.

Campus

The football stadium, Jim Larkin Stadium, has FieldTurf and has stands for approximately 1500 fans. Each of the school's two gymnasiums hold stands that can seat over 900 for basketball and volleyball games.

The Performing Arts Center, completed in 2004, includes band, choir, and orchestra suites with full sound systems, projector screens, and acoustic design fully implemented in their ceilings and walls.

Internet Suspension Case

In 2001, the school suspended Joshua Mahaffey for postings critical of fellow students made on a private website. In Mahaffey v. Aldrich, a federal judge overruled the suspension in 2002.[3] The 143-day suspension stemmed from Mr. Mahaffrey's posting of a "people I wish would die list." The list named fellow students, but no faculty or staff of the school.[4]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Waterford Kettering fields teams in baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, diving, and wrestling. The teams are known as the Captains, with the exception of the swim team, ski team, basketball team and lacrosse team which are formally named "The Pirates".

State championship titles

Music

Waterford Kettering has several musical ensembles: three concert bands, two jazz bands, the Marching Captains marching band, multiple choir groups, a philharmonic orchestra, a symphony orchestra, and a chamber orchestra. The WK Marching Captains, Wind Ensemble, Chamber and Mass Choir, and orchestras performed at Disney Magic Music Days in 2003, 2007, and 2011. They plan on going again in early 2015.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "School Detail for Waterford Kettering High School". National Center for Educational Statistics.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "School Directory - Waterford Kettering HS". Michigan High School Athletic Association.
  3. ↑ "Teen's suspension overruled". Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  4. ↑ "Schools watch Web expression". SPLC Report (Student Press Law Center) XXIV (1): 25. Winter 2002–2003.
  5. ↑ http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysCrossCountry/IndividualChampions/Division1ClassA.aspx
  6. ↑ "Dave Marsh hits airwaves with new show on Oct. 10". Detroit News. 2004-10-01. With the addition of Marsh, a graduate of Waterford Kettering High School, Sirius adds to its growing stable of Detroiters...
  7. ↑ "In Chicago, a 'Beary Christmas'". Detroit Free Press. 2001-11-29. Lately, the Bears have rallied around veteran quarterback Jim Miller, who played at Michigan State and Waterford Kettering High School.

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