Avondale High School (Michigan)

For other schools of the same name, see Avondale High School (disambiguation).
Avondale High School
Location
2800 Waukegan Road,
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Coordinates 42°37′42″N 83°13′54″W / 42.6284°N 83.2318°W / 42.6284; -83.2318Coordinates: 42°37′42″N 83°13′54″W / 42.6284°N 83.2318°W / 42.6284; -83.2318
Information
Type Public
Principal Sharon Hyde[1]
Enrollment 1,108
Color(s) Purple & Gold
Mascot Yellow Jackets
Website Avondale HS - Home Page

Avondale High School is located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which is located in the greater Metro Detroit area. Avondale High School, or AHS as it is commonly known, is the only high school serving the Avondale School District. The High School feeds from Auburn, Deerfield, Woodland, and Graham Elementary Schools to one middle school, then to Avondale High School. Students zoned to ASD live in sections of Troy, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills, and Bloomfield Township.[2] There are approximately 1,100 students presently enrolled at AHS, which serves grades 9-12. The students have the option of taking regular, honors, or AP classes.

History

In 1947, the Auburn Heights Elementary School combined with three schools in Avon Township (now Rochester Hills) to form a school district. The name Avondale was chosen after a contest. The first Avondale High was built in Avon Township in 1952, previously known as Avondale Meadows Upper Elementary. The current building opened in 1970. It was a low, modern building, rectangular in plan. Four years later, the auditorium, auto shop, pool and wrestling room were constructed. Art rooms, broadcast facilities, and other classrooms were completed in 1991, and a new hallway of classrooms, auxiliary gym and pool renovations were completed a few years later. Between 1998 and 2000, the building underwent its most extensive improvements, with a new fieldhouse, media center and cafeteria (which was converted from the original gym). Recent construction was finished in 2006, for classroom additions, a performing arts wing, and a renovated auditorium with a fly loft. As part of a 2010 bond issue, a new weight room was constructed and the football stadium was rebuilt along with the athletic fields. Avondale has transitioned from Elementary being grades K-4, Upper Elementary grades 5-6, and the Middle school grades 7-8. Now Avondale offers Elementary from K-5, Middle School grades 6-8, and High school until grades 12.[3]

Athletics

The team name and mascot of Avondale is the Avondale Yellow Jackets. Varsity and JV sports are held there. In 2002, the Boys Varsity Basketball team won the State Championship for MHSAA Class B . The Boys Varsity Soccer team won the Division II state championship in 2011.[4] The Boys Varsity Track and Field team won the Division II state championship as well in 2011.[5]

Notable alumni

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder '01, Miss Michigan Teen USA 2001

Thomas Clark , 2010 aka PB Tha Hitman, music producer, artist, and manager in the music industry signed with Dirtgang, BSM, ( Waka Flocka Flames label), as well as 808mafia and newly included into the Richgang roster. He has produced for Kevin Gates, Waka Flocka, and several other artists

Notes

  1. ↑ "Avondale High School - AHS Home". Avondale High School. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "District Map" (Archive). Avondale School District. Retrieved on June 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ Business Services - 2010 Bond Projects Archived February 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Finishing on top: Avondale rallies past Spring Lake for D-2 state soccer title | North Oakland Sports
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-02-19.

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