Clarkston High School (Michigan)


Clarkston High School is a high school located in Independence Township, Michigan. It's notable for high incidences of drugs and bullying. It is the only high school in the Clarkston Community Schools.

History

Clarkston High School used to be in Clarkston, Michigan. The third Clarkston School was built in 1910 on Main Street.
By the time the fourth Clarkston School was completed in 1930 in Independence Township, the area's population had started to decline. After World War II, Independence Township's population began to boom. In 1952, Clarkston Community Schools was formed and Clarkston and Andersonville Elementary Schools were completed, leaving the 6th-to-12th graders as sole occupants at the newly renamed Clarkston High School. Expansions were made in the mid-1950s. By the end of the decade the building could not be expanded anymore, and in 1960, the fifth Clarkston High School was built across the street. The 1930 building became Clarkston Junior High.
The 1960 building remained unchanged until major renovations were made in 1993 when freshmen were allowed to attend the school for the first time since 1969. Unfortunately the renovations were not enough to handle nearly 2,000 students, and in 1998 the current building was opened. The 1960 building is now the current Clarkston Junior High, and in recent years freshmen have moved back to that building. In 2005 the old Sashabaw Middle School was renovated and now holds only grades six and seven. The old Clarkston Middle School was also renovated and made into the new Clarkston Junior High School, which holds grades eight and nine.

Athletics

CHS offers 26 varsity sports, and competes in the Oakland Activities Association or "OAA". At the state level, the school is classified as "Class A" or "Division 1" of the Michigan High School Athletic Association, competing against those schools with the largest enrollments.
The "Wolves" name is used by most athletic teams at the secondary education level. The chief rival to Clarkston is the Lake Orion High School Dragons, located in Orion Township, Michigan.
Clarkston Wolves won the Division 1 Football State Champions in 2013. Clarkston repeated as Division 1 Football State Champions in 2014. Also won at the 2018 MHSAA Division 1 men's basketball state championship and the 2017 MHSAA Football state championship for their third football state championship in five years.

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