Hamtramck High School is a public high school in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States in Metro Detroit. It is a part of Hamtramck Public Schools.
History
Hamtramck High School was originally located on Wyandotte and Hewitt Streets.[citation needed]
In 1925 655 students attended Hamtramck High School. JoEllen McNergney Vinyard, author of For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925, wrote that Hamtramck High had "substantially more students than were in all of Detroit's Polish Catholic high schools combined."[4]
In 1970 the school moved to the former Copernicus Junior Middle School's former building.[citation needed]
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 999 students enrolled in 2016-17 was:
- Male - 82.0%
- Female - 34.0%
- Native American/Alaskan - >0.1%
- Asian - 3%
- Black - 20%
- Hispanic - 0.4%
- White - 2%
- Multiracial - 1.6%
- Arabs - 40%
97.9% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. For 2016-17, Hamtramck was a Title I school.[1]
Note that Arab Americans are racially classified as "White".[5]
Notable alumni
- Abraham Aiyash, politician[6]
- Ike Blessitt, former MLB player (Detroit Tigers)
- John Brisker, former NBA player declared legally dead after going missing in Uganda.[7]
- Willie Fleming, former professional Canadian Football League player and member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, University of Iowa football player.
- Julius Franks, former American football player, first African-American All-American at Michigan
- Amer Ghalib, politician[8]
- Mike Kostiuk, former American football player
- Art Macioszczyk, former American football player[9]
- Cass Michaels, former MLB player (Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Athletics)
- Bill Nahorodny. MLB former player Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners
- Rudy Tomjanovich, former player and coach for the Houston Rockets of the NBA[10]
References
- Vinyard, JoEllen McNergney. For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925. University of Illinois Press, January 1, 1998. ISBN 025206707X, 9780252067075.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Hamtramck High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ a b c "MHSAA > Schools".
- ^ a b "MI School Data Annual Education Report". Mi School Data. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Vinyard, p. 183.
- ^ Alsharif, Mirna; Tensley, Brandon (April 28, 2022). "Why Arabs and Arab Americans feel being counted as White in the US doesn't reflect their reality". CNN. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ^ "About Aiyash". Abraham Aiyash for State Representative District 4. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Cager Brisker Missing". Indiana Gazette. June 9, 1980. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ "Making history: HFC alumnus is Hamtramck's first Muslim mayor". www.hfcc.edu. January 5, 2022. Archived from the original on December 1, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ "Art Macioszczcyk". ProFootballArchives.com. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ Taylor, Phil. "'hey, Call Anytime'." Sports Illustrated. July 4, 1994. Retrieved on April 11, 2009.
External links
| Authority control databases: Geographic |
|---|
You must be logged in to post a comment.