Lahser High School

Last updated
Lahser High School
Address
Lahser High School
3456 Lahser Road

,
48302

Information
Type Public
Established1967
Closed2013
School district Bloomfield Hills Schools
Final PrincipalCharlie Hollerith
Grades9-12
Color(s)Black and Gold   
MascotKnight
Website Lahser High School

Lahser High School was a high school in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, near Bloomfield Hills and in Greater Detroit. [1] [2] It was a part of Bloomfield Hills Schools. The school was opened in 1967. [3] At the time it had 200 students, and enrollment later reached almost 900 students. In 2010, the decision was made to merge the school with sister school Andover High School, on Andover's grounds. In 2020, it was decided that the Lahser campus would become the site of Bloomfield Hills Middle School North following a successful bond proposal. [4] [5] The football program had five consecutive playoff-eligible seasons, 2002–2006, in both class 3 and class 2 MHSAA competition. [6]

Contents

Lahser won several MHSAA state championships including: men's soccer (1999), [7] men's/women's tennis (men's, 2002), women's lacrosse, and women's golf.

Lahser competed within the Oakland Activities Association Blue Division for football. Most of Lahser's students came from Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township. Lahser's crosstown rival was Andover High School, which is the current site of the merged Bloomfield Hills High School [3]

Academic departments

Lahser offered several AP courses and introduced IB courses starting 2013. There were a variety of courses available to take, and departments include: [8]

Athletic departments

Fall sports:

Winter Sports:

Spring sports:

Notable alumni

Milt Carthens, professional football player

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bloomfield Hills, Michigan</span> City in Michigan, United States

Bloomfield Hills is a small city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit and is approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Downtown Detroit. Except for a small southern border with the city of Birmingham, the city is almost completely surrounded by Bloomfield Township, but the city and township are administered separately. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 4,460.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan</span> Charter township in Michigan, United States

Bloomfield Township, officially the Charter Township of Bloomfield, is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 41,070.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cranbrook Schools</span> Private, boarding school in Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA

Cranbrook Schools is a private PK–12 college-preparatory school located on a 319-acre (129 ha) campus in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The schools comprise a co-educational elementary school, a middle school with separate schools for boys and girls, and a co-educational high school with boarding facilities. Cranbrook Schools is part of the Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC), which includes the Cranbrook Institute of Science, the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and Cranbrook House and Gardens. Christ Church Cranbrook is also on campus. The Cranbrook community was established by publishing mogul George Booth, who bought the site of today's Cranbrook community in 1904. Cranbrook was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989, for its significant architecture and design. It attracts tourists from around the world. Approximately 40 acres (160,000 m2) of Cranbrook Schools' campus are gardens.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arthur Hill High School</span> Public high school in Saginaw, Michigan

Arthur Hill High School is a public high school in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. It serves students in grades 9-12 as one of three high schools in the Saginaw Public School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Okemos High School</span> Public school in Okemos, Michigan, United States

Okemos High School is a public high school in Okemos, Michigan, United States. It is the only high school in the Okemos Public Schools district. It is located southeast of the main campus of Michigan State University, between Bennett and Jolly Roads on the North and South, and Hulett and Hagadorn Roads on the East and West. The current building was completed in 1994, replacing the now Chippewa Middle School building as the district's high school. Former students of Chippewa 7-8 School comprise the school's student body.

Unity Christian High School is a private Christian school located in Hudsonville, Michigan. It is a member of Christian Schools International.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avondale High School (Michigan)</span> Public high school in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Avondale High School is a public high school in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States. It serves grades 9-12 for the Avondale School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chippewa Valley High School</span>

Chippewa Valley High School is a public, magnet high school located in Clinton Township, Michigan, United States. It serves grades 9–12 for the Chippewa Valley Schools.

The Catholic High School League (CHSL) is a school athletic conference based in Detroit, Michigan, led by director Victor Michaels. Most member schools are also members of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA), the governing body for Michigan scholastic sports, except for the five schools from Toledo, which are members of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Unlike many similar leagues, the CHSL governs secondary, middle, and elementary sports for most of the parochial schools in the Detroit area. Most league schools are Catholic, but there are other religious denominations as well. Every school in the CHSL is a private school. In 2019, the CHSL council voted to rename the AB/ Division I/II championship to the Bishop division championship, and the CD/ Division III/IV championship to the Cardinal Division championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grosse Ile High School</span> Public school in Michigan, United States

Grosse Ile High School (GIHS) is a public high school in Grosse Ile Township, Michigan, United States. It is part of the Grosse Ile Township Schools district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clarkston High School (Michigan)</span> Public high school in Michigan

Clarkston High School is a public high school located in Independence Township, Michigan. It is the only high school in the Clarkston Community Schools.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grand Blanc High School</span>

Grand Blanc High School (GBHS) is a public high school in Grand Blanc, Michigan, in the United States. It is managed by Grand Blanc Community Schools.

Andover High School was a public high school in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, near Bloomfield Hills and in Greater Detroit. It was a part of the Bloomfield Hills School District. The school's final principal was Rob Durecka. The school teams were known as the Andover Barons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Forest Hills Central High School</span> Public high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Forest Hills Central High School is located in Ada Township, Michigan, near Grand Rapids. It is one of three high schools in the Forest Hills Public Schools system. The district also includes Forest Hills Eastern High School (FHE) and Forest Hills Northern High School (FHN).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Grand Rapids High School</span>

East Grand Rapids High School is a public secondary school located in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. It serves grades 9–12 for the East Grand Rapids Public Schools.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Powers Catholic High School</span> Private school in Flint, Michigan, United States

Luke M. Powers Catholic High School is a coeducational private Roman Catholic high school located in Flint, Michigan serving students in grades 9–12 under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing.

Marian High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school for girls in Bloomfield Township, Michigan in Metro Detroit. Marian High School is located next to Brother Rice High School, an all-male Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kenowa Hills High School</span> Public secondary school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Kenowa Hills High School is a public secondary school in Alpine Township, Michigan, U.S.. It serves grades 9-12 for the Kenowa Hills Public Schools district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bloomfield Hills High School</span>

Bloomfield Hills High School (BHHS) is a public high school in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, United States. It is the sole comprehensive high school of the Bloomfield Hills School District, and was established in 2013 when the district merged Andover and Lahser High Schools.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yante Maten</span> American basketball player

Yante Khaaliq Daiyann Maten is an American professional basketball player for San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the University of Georgia. A 6’7” power forward from Pontiac, Michigan, Maten won SEC Player of the Year by the Associated Press as a senior.

References

  1. "Bloomfield Township Street Map." (Archive) Bloomfield Township, Oakland County. Retrieved on July 30, 2013.
  2. "Home." Lasher High School. April 10, 2006. Retrieved on July 29, 2013. "3456 Lahser Road | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 48302"
  3. 1 2 "Home." (Archive) Bloomfield Hills High School. Retrieved on July 30, 2013. "Bloomfield Hills High School Main Campus 3456 Lahser Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302"
  4. Bromley, Susan. "Bloomfield Hills Schools pitches $200 million bond proposal to August voters". Observer and Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  5. "Bond - Bloomfield Hills Schools". www.bloomfield.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  6. "BLOOMFIELD HILLS LAHSER KNIGHTS". Michigan Football.com. BusStop Computing. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  7. "Boys SOCCER Champions 1982-2007". mhsaa.com. Michigan High School Athletic Association . Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  8. "Academics". Lahser High School. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  9. "Bio: Yante Maten". Georgia Bulldogs. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  10. Thompson, D: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, page 182. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993.
  11. "Joe Hawley". Hidden in the Sand. February 4, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  12. "Ross Federman". Hidden in the Sand. April 10, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

42°35′28.7″N83°15′59.1″W / 42.591306°N 83.266417°W / 42.591306; -83.266417