Grosse Pointe South High School Explained

Grosse Pointe South High School
Address:11 Grosse Pointe Boulevard
Zipcode:48236-3711
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Country:United States
Coordinates:42.3908°N -82.9027°W
Other Names:South, Grosse Pointe South, GPS, GPSHS
Former Name:Grosse Pointe High School (1928-1968)
Status:Currently operational
Superintendent:Andrea Tuttle
Ceeb:231-802[1]
Principal:Moussa Hamka
Grades:9-12
Gender:Co-educational
Enrollment:1,238
Grade9:284
Grade10:296
Grade11:313
Grade12:332
Other Grade Enrollment:14
Other Grade Label:Ungraded
Ratio:18.05
Schedule:7 50-minute periods
Campus Size:23 acres[2]
Campus Type:Suburban
School Colors: and
Song:"Grosse Pointe South Alma Mater"
Fight Song:"Victory March of the Blue Devils"
Athletics Conference:Macomb Area Conference - White division
Mascot:Blue Devil
Nickname:Blue Devils
Accreditation:Cognia
Test Name:ACT
Test Average:25.8[3]
Publication:Looking Glass (art and literary magazine)
Newspaper:The Tower (print)
The Tower Pulse (online)
Yearbook:Viewpointe
Feeder Schools:Pierce Middle School
  • Students from all elementary school zones[4]

Brownell Middle School

  • Students only from Kerby and Richard elementary school zones
Picture Caption:Grosse Pointe South High School from the front lawn
Enrollment As Of:2022-2023
Lastupdate:March 31, 2022
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Designated Other1:Michigan State Historic Site
Designated Other1 Name:Michigan State Historic Site
Coordinates:42.3907°N -82.9038°W
Built:1927-1928
Builder:Carl S. Barry Co.
Architect:George J. Haas
Architecture:Colonial Revival (Neo-Georgian)
Sigdate1 Label:Architecture
Sigdate1:1927-1928
Sigdate2 Label:Education
Sigdate2:1928-1943
Sigdate3 Label:Art
Sigdate3:1938
Refnum:93000429
Designated Other1 Number:L1882
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other2 Num Position:both
Designated Other3 Num Position:both
Martin Luther King Jr. in Grosse Pointe
Coordinates:42.3908°N -82.9038°W
Designation1:Michigan State Historic Site
Designation1 Number:S754

Grosse Pointe South High School is a public high school of state and national historical significance serving the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. Originally known as Grosse Pointe High School when it opened in 1928, the school adopted its current name in 1968 after the newly established Grosse Pointe North High School began accepting students.

Communities served and feeder patterns

The school serves the following municipalities:[5] almost all of Grosse Pointe Farms,[6] and all of Grosse Pointe (city) and Grosse Pointe Park.[7] [8]

Elementary schools feeding into GPSHS include all of the zones of Defer, Kerby, Maire, Père Gabriel Richard, and Trombly. All of the boundaries of Pierce Middle School and most of the boundary of Brownell Middle School coincides with that of GPSHS.[5]

Academics

Year:2021–22
M-Step Advanced:37.5 / 22.5
M-Step Proficient:29.6 / 36.5
M-Step Pr Proficient:12.1 / 33.6
M-Step Not Proficient:20.8 / 7.5
Sat Total:1116.1
Sat Total Change:-37.6
Ref:[9]

In 2009, Newsweek ranked Grosse Pointe South in the top 2% of high school in the United States.[10] In 2010, Newsweek ranked Grosse Pointe South 920th nationally (fifth in Michigan).[11]

Martin Luther King Jr. visit and speech

Grosse Pointe High School hosted a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. on March 14, 1968, when 2,700 people gathered in the gymnasium to hear a speech entitled "The Other America" three weeks before his assassination.[12]

To honor the 50th anniversary of the event the Grosse Pointe News partnered with the Grosse Pointe Board of REALTORS® in submitting an application for a historic site marker to be placed near the one previously installed on campus.[13] The marker, which was approved by the Michigan Historical Commission on July 27, 2018, was paid for by a grant from the National Association of Realtors®.

Hosting an NBA game

Grosse Pointe High School hosted game 1 of the NBA's Western Divisional Semi-finals vs the Detroit Pistons and Minneapolis Lakers on March 12, 1960. The Pistons were forced to play at the high school because nobody booked Olympia Stadium for the playoffs.

The game was a good one with the Lakers winning 113-112. [14]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

As of 2010, the school offers 15 varsity sports teams for boys and 18 varsity sports teams for girls. These sports include baseball, basketball, competitive cheer, crew, cross country, field hockey, figure skating, football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, synchronized swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. Grosse Pointe South competes in the Macomb Area Conference (MAC), under the regulation of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA).

Tennis

The boys' tennis team won the class A state championship in 1945 and 1946 and tied with Monroe High School in 1947.[15] The girls' tennis team won the state championship every year from 1976 to 1986 (Tying in 1976,1977,1982 and 1985), 2008, 2012, and 2014.[16]

Performing arts

Pointe Players is Grosse Pointe South's student theater organization.[17]

GPSHS has four show choirs: Pointe Singers varsity choir, Serendipity junior varsity, Rhapsody in Blue traditional concert choir, and the extracurricular female-only Tower Belles.[18] Pointe Singers, Serendipity, and Rhapsody in Blue are competitive, with Pointe Singers winning a national-level competition in 2019.[19]

Robotics

The South Sun Devils is the solar car team, competing since 2013 in The Solar Car Challenge in Dallas, Texas. The team fundraised, designed, built, and raced their street-legal car on Texas Motor Speedway followed by a road test challenge.[20]

Notable alumni

References

External links

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grosse Pointe South . 9 September 2019.
  2. Web site: History of South High School / History . 9 September 2019.
  3. Web site: South Profile 2018-2019.pdf . 13 November 2019.
  4. Web site: GPPSS-DistrictMap . 9 September 2019.
  5. "District Map." Grosse Pointe Public School System. Retrieved on January 8, 2017.
  6. "Zoning Map ." City of Grosse Pointe Farms. Retrieved on January 8, 2017.
  7. "Zoning Map." Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. Retrieved on January 8, 2017.
  8. "Zoning Map ." Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Retrieved on January 8, 2017.
  9. Web site: MI School Data Annual Education Report. MI School Data. 2023-01-10.
  10. Web site: America's Top Public High Schools 2008 - Newsweek and The Daily Beast. .
  11. News: America's Best High Schools: The List. June 13, 2010. Newsweek. January 27, 2012.
  12. Web site: The Other America . Grosse Pointe Historical Society . March 23, 2010.
  13. News: GPN Staff . Commemorating MLK at 'The High' . 10 September 2019 . Grosse Pointe News . Pointe News Incorporated . January 23, 2019.
  14. Web site: Detroit Pistons History . 2024-06-23 . nbahoopsonline.com.
  15. Web site: Boys' Tennis Team Champions. Michigan High School Athletic Association. March 21, 2010. December 8, 2012. https://archive.today/20121208134515/http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTennis/TeamChampions.aspx. dead.
  16. Web site: Girls' Tennis Team Champions. Michigan High School Athletic Association. March 21, 2010. July 1, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701053312/https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/girlstennis/teamchampions.aspx. dead.
  17. Web site: Brush . Mary Anne . South Pointe Players present murder caper . Grosse Pointe News . September 10, 2020 . November 6, 2019.
  18. Web site: SCC: Viewing School - Grosse Pointe South High School . Show Choir Community . September 10, 2020.
  19. Web site: Guthrie . Grace . Spotlight: Grosse Pointe South Choir wins National Championship . Click on Detroit . September 10, 2020 . May 22, 2019.
  20. Web site: Brunedell . Mike . G.P. South solar car club set for battle in Texas . Detroit Free Press . Gannett . September 10, 2020 . May 4, 2015.
  21. Web site: Grosse Pointe Musicians Score Major Record Label Contract: Listen . Patch . September 9, 2016 . April 30, 2020.
  22. Web site: Will Johnson - Football . University of Michigan Athletics . en.
  23. https://twitter.com/RealJohnBrannon/status/1085959106752626688
  24. Web site: THIRD MAN RECORDS ANNOUNCES STATIC's TOOTHPASTE AND PILLS DUE SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 .