Midland High School (Midland, Michigan)

Midland High School (Midland, Michigan)
Midland High School
Chemic Pride...A Very Special Tradition
Address
1301 Eastlawn Drive,
Midland, Michigan, 48642
United States
Coordinates 43°37′13.69″N 84°12′45.29″W / 43.6204694°N 84.2125806°W / 43.6204694; -84.2125806Coordinates: 43°37′13.69″N 84°12′45.29″W / 43.6204694°N 84.2125806°W / 43.6204694; -84.2125806
Information
Type Public High School
Established 1872
School district Midland Public Schools
Superintendent Carl R. Ellinger
Principal Janet Greif
Vice principal Bob Scurfield
Kandis Prichett
Faculty 200
Grades 9, 10, 11 & 12
Enrollment 1,800 (2005 est.)
Hours in school day 7:40 a.m. - 3:25 p.m.
Campus size 25 acres (10 ha)
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Blue & Gold
         
Nickname Chemics
Rival Herbert Henry Dow High School (Midland, Michigan)
Information +1 989-923-5181
Website http://mhs.mps.k12.mi.us/

Midland High School is a three-story public high school located in Midland, Michigan. It is the older of two high schools in the Midland Public Schools district, and a member of the Saginaw Valley High School Association.

Contents

History

  • 1872 - Union High School opens its doors.
  • 1907 - The Union High School building was destroyed in a fire as the result of a boiler explosion.
  • 1908 - $11,000 USD is donated by the Dow Chemical Company to help rebuild the high school. The name changes to Midland High School with the opening of the new building, which was closed and demolished in 1957 after being used as an elementary school and intermediate school. The site of the former building is now known as Grove Park.
  • 1937 - The third building and location of Midland's High School is built (still in use, currently Central Middle School)
  • 1955 - Construction of the current facility is completed on what was the old Midland Airfield.
  • 1956 - Students begin the 1956-57 school year in the new building.
  • 1968 - Overcrowding is reduced as Herbert Henry Dow High School opens for sophomores.
  • 1997 - Ninth grade moves from intermediate schools to high schools.
  • 2005 - Construction is started on two additions to the building - a new gymnasium and music wing.
  • 2006 - Construction on the new gymnasium and music wing is completed.
  • 2007 - A new front entrance on Eastlawn Drive and a new pick-up/drop-off area to improve traffic flow and modernize the building's appearance is constructed. Midland High School celebrates its 50th anniversary in their present building and becomes an International Baccalaureate school.

IB Diploma

Both High Schools in Midland participate in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, the most widely recognized pre-university educational program. The challenging academic regimen is especially useful for students planning to study abroad and college admissions officers view the IB Diploma very favorably.

Midland High School

Activities

Midland High School provides its students with a wide array of extracurricular activities. Among them:

Midland High School athletic logo

Athletics

The school's athletic director is Eric Albright, also History teacher for upper classmen and Chemic's varsity baseball coach.

Football: Midland High boasts an excellent football program, coached by Eric Methner, along with Assistants Matt Rapanos, Matthew Starling, Pete Welter, Brad Blasy. Rapanos, Starling, and Blasy are all graduates of Midland High. The Chemics have posted consecutive winning seasons for the past 35 years (since 1976), the second longest streak in the history of the state of Michigan. Midland High has also earned eight consecutive playoff berths, and 20 overall since 1983. Since 1950, Midland High has had only 5 losing seasons. The annual Midland High vs. Dow High game is considered one of the biggest high school football games in the state of Michigan, generally drawing around 10,000 spectators. Midland has dominated the series with a 31-10 overall record. The Chemics have two state championships (1957 and 1968), and have made it to the state championship game three times since then (1990, 1993, 2007).

Wrestling: The Chemic wrestling team has won three straight district championships and the school's very first regional championship in 2009 [1]. In the first round of the 2008 regional the Chemics were matched up with Davison and lost, a reversal of the 2007 football regional with MHS beating Davison[2]. The 2009 wrestling regional was again a match-up between MHS and Davison. The Chemics win was in turn a reversal of the 2008 football regional with Davison beating the Chemics[3]. The Chemic wrestlers lost 51-12 to Holt High School in the quarterfinal matchup on March 6, 2009 putting an end to their season.[4]

Midland Community Stadium, located on the west end of the MHS campus, was renovated in 2004 with AstroTurf XPe and is the home field of the Chemics' football, track & field and soccer teams. The stadium is also shared with Dow High School as their home field.

 

Fall sports

  • Football
  • Volleyball
  • Girls Swimming/Diving
  • Boys Cross Country
  • Girls Cross Country
  • Pom-Pon
  • Cheer
  • Boys Soccer
  • Boys Tennis
  • Girls Golf
  • Gymnastics**
  

Winter sports

  • Wrestling
  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Boys Swimming/Diving
  • Pom-Pon
  • Competitive Cheer
  • Hockey
  • Gymnastics**
  

Spring sports

  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Boys Track & Field
  • Girls Track & Field
  • Boys Golf
  • Girls Tennis
  • Girls Soccer

**Recently cut as a sport due to district budget cuts along with various freshman teams.

2007 Regular Football Season

Opponent Outcome
Mount Pleasant High School L- 23-43
Bay City Central High School W- 19-13
Saginaw Heritage High School W- 32-0
Saginaw High School W- 48-0
Flint Northern High School W- 48-0
Western High School W- 28-7
Flint Central High School W- 44-13
Flint Southwestern Academy L- 19-20
Herbert Henry Dow High School W- 38-14

2007 Playoffs

Round Opponent Outcome
1st Round Arthur Hill High School W- 43-29
2nd Round Bay City Central High School W- 48-6
Quarterfinals Davison High School W- 7-3
Semifinals Lowell High School W- 31-28
State Finals Detroit M. L. King High School L- 21-47

Newspaper

Midland High School's journalism curriculum publishes a monthly tabloid newspaper called Focus. The newspaper is run by the school's Advanced Journalism class, run by advisor Jim Woehrle. It typically runs between 16 and 20 pages, including a color front page as well as a center spread. The paper is a member of the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association out of Michigan State University.

Awards: Focus has been awarded the Newspaper Spartan Award, recognizing outstanding school newspapers in the state of Michigan 19 times in the last 20 years. It has also been nominated for, and has won, the National Scholastic Press Association's National Pacemaker Award, most recently in 2007[6].

School Fight Song

Written by Ted Nicholson

Sign in front of main entrance

(Sung to the Kilgore College fight song)

We'll all stick together
Old MCHS* in all kinds of weather;
We're friends, not foes
With luck it goes
We'll fight for the right with all our might;
We'll not show white feather.
Our team has the old pep;
We're marching onward step by step.
The blue and gold will have no fear,
We're always ready to cheer and cheer
For dear old Midland High.

*MCHS is short for Midland Community High School, a previous name for the school.

Chemic Traditions

  • Spirit Week - Every year the four classes of students (Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors) hold a competition for possession of the Spirit Week Megaphone. The competition is held the week of the Midland versus Herbert Henry Dow High School football game. Activities include Spirit Days, float decorating, hall decorating, Yell Night, and an obstacle course during the annual "Beat Dow High" assembly.
  • Homecoming Ceremony - Prior to Homecoming, a student must be nominated to be put on the ballot. The top students from each grade are then put on a ballot. Two representatives, one male and one female, are chosen from each class, along with one overall king and queen. The winning representatives are announced ahead of time, but are officially introduced to the school during the coronation ceremony held in the old gym.
  • Black Out - The newest tradition at Midland High is that anyone in the student section at the football games will wear all black. This is called the "Black Hole". It started in 2007 during the Homecoming Game against Flint Southwestern.
  • Krause House - The Midland High Student Section for Boys basketball. Every student is to wear a white t-shirt or a customized Krause House shirt, sold during the fall & winter of the academic school year.
  • Student/Staff Basketball Game - The game is open to any senior and any teacher of Midland High. There is now a Dunk Contest at half time during which any students who can dunk are able to show off their skills.
  • Hoops for Haiti - A bracket-style basketball tournament where all proceeds will go to the Caribbean nation of Haiti.
  • Magazine Drive - This school-wide fundraiser is held annually at the beginning of the school year. Through prizes and an assembly, students are encouraged to sell a quota of 3 magazine subscriptions. The money goes toward various school activities, and the top 10 selling students receive prizes such as a video game system, a mini-fridge, a bike, and gift certificates. The top daily seller of each classroom wins free doughnuts. The class with the most subscriptions sold at the end of the drive wins another prize.
  • Cinco de Mayo Massacre - A bracket-style dodgeball tournament held every year near the 5th of May, starting with 16 eight-person teams and ending with one final champion team.
  • Rhapsody Rendezvous - A fall talent show held at the Midland Center for the Arts auditorium. Seniors can audition to be MCs, and there are various student and staff acts and performances.
  • Viva Variety - A spring talent show open to all students.
  • Chemic Music Fest - A showcase of various rock bands and acoustic acts from Midland High.
  • Classes start at 7:40 a.m., and run to 2:25 p.m. for the 6th hour or 3:25 p.m. for extra 7th hour.
  • Marching The Halls - (All home football games, the Dow vs. Midland football game and continuing every playoff game) The day of a game during 4th hour the Marching Band will parade march through the halls, play the fight song, and perform the "Boogie Down" stand cheer which involves the entire band dancing.

Notable alumni

v · Midland Public Schools
High schools
Midland High School • Herbert Henry Dow High School
Middle schools
Central Middle School • Jefferson Middle School • Northeast Middle School
Elementary schools
Adams Elementary School • Carpenter Elementary School • Chestnut Hill Elementary School • Chippewassee Elementary School • Cook Elementary School • Eastlawn Elementary School • Longview Elementary School • Mills Elementary School • Parkdale Elementary School • Plymouth Elementary School • Siebert Elementary School • Woodcrest Elementary School
Private schools
Calvary Baptist Academy • Midland Academy of Advanced & Creative Studies
Alternative schools
Franklin Center
Charter schools
none
State schools
none

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling: Midland High 33, Escanaba 29", The Saginaw News, 25 Feb 09, http://highschoolsports.MLive.com/game/news/308620/article/44492/, retrieved 25 Feb 09 
  2. ^ 2007 MHSAA Football Playoff Scoreboard, http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/fb/07scoreboard.html, retrieved 25 Feb 09 
  3. ^ 2008 MHSAA Football Playoff Scoreboard, http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/fb/08scoreboard.html, retrieved 25 Feb 09 
  4. ^ MHSAA 2009 Team State Finals Division 1 bout sheet, 7 March 2009, http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/wrst/09d1team.txt, retrieved 7 March 2009 
  5. ^ [1] Midland High School website, Midland High School Athletics Student/Parent Handbook
  6. ^ 2007 NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker Winners, http://studentpress.journ.umn.edu/nspa/winners/npm07.html, retrieved 05 Oct 10 

External links

Portal icon Michigan portal
Portal icon Journalism portal

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Western High School (Auburn, Michigan) — infobox University name= Bay City Western High School principal= Phil Heller established= 1973 calendar = Semester/Marking Period students= 1435 colors= Gold and Brown nickname= Western Warriors city= Auburn, Michigan country= USA free label=… …   Wikipedia

  • Midland High School — can refer to one the following high schools: Midland High School (Arkansas), public high school in Pleasant Plains, Arkansas Midland High School (Illinois) in Varna, Illinois Midland High School (Louisiana) in Midland, Louisiana Midland High… …   Wikipedia

  • High school football — is one of most popular interscholastic sports at high schools in the United States and the second most popular in Canada.Fact|date=August 2008 The game s popularity with both audiences and students is widespread across both nations.High school… …   Wikipedia

  • Midland, Michigan — City of Midland   City   …   Wikipedia

  • Midland (Michigan) — City of Midland Midland County Courthouse Lage im Midland County und in Michigan …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • List of high schools in Michigan — This is a list of high schools in the state of Michigan. =Alcona County= * [https://www.edline.net/pages/Alcona CS/ Alcona Community Schools] , Lincoln * Greenbush Christian Academy (K 11), Greenbush =Alger County= *… …   Wikipedia

  • Herbert Henry Dow High School — A Legacy of Excellence Address 3901 North Saginaw Road …   Wikipedia

  • Ohio high school athletic conferences — This is a list of high school athletic conferences in Ohio.[1] Because the names of localities and their corresponding high schools do not always match and because there is often a possibility of ambiguity with respect to either the name of a… …   Wikipedia

  • Troy High School (Michigan) — This article is about the Troy High School in Troy, Michigan. For other uses, see Troy High School.Infobox high school bgcolor section= #ffebcd image caption = imagesize = 130px name= Troy High School motto = established = 1955 type = Public… …   Wikipedia

  • List of high school athletic conferences in Indiana — The following are the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) sports conference alignments for the 2008–2009 school year.The IHSAA Conferences Note 1: Clay City, Linton Stockton, Shakamak, and Union (Dugger) compete in both the Southwest …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”