Chippewa Valley High School

Chippewa Valley High School

Location
Clinton Township, Michigan United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1961
School district	Chippewa Valley Schools
Principal	Jerry Davisson
Enrollment	2200+
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, White, Black (alternative)
Mascot	hawk
Team name	Big Reds
Feeder schools	Algonquin, Iroquois, Wyandot

Chippewa Valley High School is a public high school located in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan, located in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. The school is one of three high schools operated by Chippewa Valley Schools. Starting with the 2008-2009 school year, Chippewa Valley High School opened its Ninth Grade Center. The ninth grade center's current principal is Diane Zatkoff while the current principal for the main campus is Jerry Davisson.

Athletics

The school's athletic teams are the Big Reds. The mascot is a hawk. Previously the mascot was a Native American but it was changed to a hawk. The school logo continued to have Native American feathers.^[1]

2001 Division II Football State Champions
Hired former Buffalo Bills linebacker John DiGiorgio as a teacher and football coach in 2010.

Notable alumni

Paul Feig — creator of the Freaks and Geeks TV series.^[2]^[3]
David Hahn — the "Radioactive Boy Scout"^[4]
Carey Torrice — Michigan politician
Kelly Gunther — speed skater, member of US Olympic Team
Jeff Zatkoff — Professional ice hockey goaltender

References

↑ "Michigan civil rights department asks U.S. to bar schools' use of Indian names" (Archive). Detroit Free Press. February 9, 2013. Retrieved on July 1, 2014. "Chippewa Valley High School several years ago stopped using a logo with a profile of an American Indian and switched to a red-tailed hawk. The hawk is also the school's mascot. But the school still uses the Big Reds nickname and its logo features American Indian feathers."
↑ "A Conversation with Freaks & Geeks Creator Paul Feig". Retrieved 2008-09-13.
↑ "CVHS Past Students of Pride" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-04-05.
↑ Silverstein, Ken. "The Radioactive Boy Scout: When a teenager attempts to build a breeder reactor". Harper's Magazine (November 1998): 59–72. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan
Primary and secondary schools	Chippewa Valley Schools Chippewa Valley High School International Academy of Macomb
Other education	Clinton-Macomb Public Library Macomb Community College
Landmarks	The Mall at Partridge Creek
Media	The Macomb Daily
This list is incomplete.

High schools in Macomb County, Michigan
Public high schools
Regular public schools	Center Line Chippewa Valley Cousino Dakota East Detroit Fitzgerald Fraser Henry Ford II L'Anse Creuse L'Anse Creuse - North Lake Shore Lakeview Lincoln Mount Clemens Richmond Romeo Roseville South Lake Sterling Heights Adlai E. Stevenson Utica Warren Mott Warren Woods Tower
Alternative public schools	Career Preparation Center International Academy of Macomb Romeo Engineering and Technology Center
Charter schools	Michigan Collegiate
Independent
Secular private	????
Religious	Austin Catholic De La Salle Collegiate Parkway Christian School Regina St. Clement (closed)
This list is incomplete. Anchor Bay High School in St. Clair County serves a portion of Macomb County.

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