Flushing High School (Michigan)

Flushing High School
Address
5039 Deland Rd
Flushing, Michigan 48433
United States
Coordinates 43°04′33″N 83°50′38″W / 43.0758°N 83.844°W / 43.0758; -83.844Coordinates: 43°04′33″N 83°50′38″W / 43.0758°N 83.844°W / 43.0758; -83.844
Information
Superintendent Tim Stein
Principal Jason Melynchek
Enrollment 1,307 (2012-2013 school year)[1]
Color(s) Orange and Black
Athletics conference Flint Metro League, MHSAA
Mascot Raiders
Class/Div A
Athletic Director Paul Brieger
Website Flushing High School

Flushing High School is a four-year public high school in Flushing, Michigan, U.S.A. It is operated by Flushing Community Schools.

Its sports teams are known as the Raiders. Colors: Orange and Black. The principal is Jason Melynchek. Its newspaper is titled The Blazer and its yearbook is titled Perannos.

History

In 1930, students at the school went on strike to protest the school board's firing of superintendent Herbert V. Truemner.[2]

In 1998, the collapse of a cinder block wall in a new auditorium under construction at the school killed four construction workers.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2614550&ID=261455005145
  2. ↑ "Pupils Strike in Michigan School.". The New York Times. March 20, 1930. p. Page 16. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  3. ↑ Four workers killed when wall collapses. Wichita Eagle, The (Wichita, Kansas), August 25, 1998, Page 3A
  4. ↑ SCHOOL AUDITORIUM WALL CRUSHES WORKERS. Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), August 25, 1998, Page A3
  5. ↑ Wall collapses at school, killing 4, injuring 2. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 25, 1998


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