Lutheran High School Association
The Lutheran High School Association of Greater Detroit, or simply Lutheran High School Association is an association of several high schools in Greater Detroit. It has a unified standards-based curriculum.[1] Currently its component high schools are Lutheran North, Lutheran Westland, and Lutheran Northwest.
Lutheran High School North opened in 1972 in Rochester, Michigan and soon moved to a new building in Macomb Township, Michigan. It was expanded in 1997.[1] It is home of the Mustangs.[2]
Lutheran High School Northwest opened in Farmington Hills, Michigan in 1978. It was expanded in 1999.[1] It is home of the Crusaders.[3]
Lutheran High School Westland, in Westland, Michigan, opened in 1986.[1] It is home of the Warriors.
Former schools of the association include:
- Detroit Lutheran High School was opened in 1944. Its first class graduated in 1947.[1] It was divided into Lutheran East and Lutheran West in 1957.
- Lutheran High School East, in Harper Woods, Michigan, was built in 1957.[1] It was next door to the Catholic all girls Regina and all boys Notre Dame high schools. It was home of the Eagles. "Eagle Field" was one of the first football fields in the area to have lights, allowing night games. It was rented out to many local Detroit high schools that wanted to play games under the lights. One of LHE's football coaches was inducted into the Michigan Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame: Bob Shippy, who was inducted in 1989.[4] The Eagles football team had 7-2 records in 1986, 1987, and 1988, after 0 wins in 1981.[5] Its enrollment was at 615 in 1989, declining to 123 in 2003.[5]It closed in 2004 and its students merged into Lutheran Northwest.[1]
- Lutheran High School West, or Lutheran West, opened in 1957. It closed in 1995.[1]
- Lutheran South opened in 1999 in Monroe, Michigan. It moved to Newport, Michigan in 2001 and expanded in 2007 and 2011. It closed in 2016.[1]
The Lutheran High School Association administrative office relocated to an addition at Lutheran Northwest in 2006.[1]
References
External links
- Lutheran High School Association, official website