Spring Lake High School

Spring Lake High School
Address
16140 148th Avenue
Spring Lake, Michigan 49456
United States
Coordinates 43°03′45″N 86°09′08″W / 43.0625°N 86.1522°W / 43.0625; -86.1522Coordinates: 43°03′45″N 86°09′08″W / 43.0625°N 86.1522°W / 43.0625; -86.1522
Information
Type Public
School district Spring Lake Public Schools
Principal Mike Gilchrist
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 822 (2008-09)
Color(s) Red and gray
Mascot The Lakers
Website Spring Lake High School

Spring Lake High School is located in Spring Lake, Michigan, in the United States, in the Spring Lake Public School District, serving grades 9-12.[1]

Enrollment surpassed over 900 students in 2005.[2] 13.8% of students are considered economically disadvantaged.[3] The student body is 96.1% white, 1.2% African American, and 1.6% Asian American.[4] The average class size at SLHS is 21.8 students.[5] SLHS has 50 faculty members,[1] and 43.2% of the faculty have a master's degree.[6]

The school operates on a tri-mester schedule where students complete 7.5 credits each year and 2.5 credits per term (5 periods each school day).[7] Currently, SLHS offers AP courses in U.S. History, Economics, Biology, Spanish, English, and Calculus.[8] Prior to graduating, seniors must accumulate eighteen (18) hours of community service or enroll in the Civics lecture course in order to take part in the graduation ceremonies.[8]

District information

Spring Lake Public Schools has four campuses and five academic buildings with the high school being the largest facility. The newest facility is the Holmes Elementrey and Jeffers. They are doing a complete new building for each. The current high school building opened its doors in September 2000, and an adjacent community aquatic and fitness center opened September 2008.[9]

Aquatic center

Spring Lake High School shares a building with the Spring Lake Community Fitness and Aquatic Center. This aquatic center includes a family pool, competitive pool (practice center for swimming and diving), and several workout rooms and gyms. Visit the centers website at www.slcfac.com for more information.

Bands

Spring Lake High School has an award winning band. The marching band show in 2010, Musica Caliente, received many awards. At the Rockford Invitational, they received 3rd place.. At the Hastings invitational, they received 1st place, and awards for best colorguard and best marching, and best field commanders overall. At the East Kentwood invitational, they received 2nd place by .2 points, awards for best colorguard and best percussion, and excellence awards in marching, music, colorguard, and percussion. The Spring Lake High School Laker Marching Band is a class B band.

School song

The Spring Lake High School fight song was written by Harold Louma, who died in 2009. The words are:
Dun dun, dun dun, dun dun dun Go, go you Lakers go
Show them all your might
Dun dun dun fund dun Go, go you Lakers go
Go out and fight
Ra! Ra! Ra!
Hail, hail to Spring Lake High
We're proud as we can be
We're here to cheer our team to victory
Fight!

Mentionable

In May 2006, Spring Lake, along with three other Michigan high schools, was named an "SI School" by Sports Illustrated and the Center for Health Promotion at Oregon Health & Science University. An SI grant will allow for steroid, nutrition, and drug prevention awareness programs for student–athletes at SLHS.[10]

References

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