Midland High School (Midland, Michigan)

Midland High School
Address
1301 Eastlawn Drive,
Midland, Michigan 48642
United States
Coordinates 43°37′14″N 84°12′45″W / 43.62056°N 84.21250°W / 43.62056; -84.21250Coordinates: 43°37′14″N 84°12′45″W / 43.62056°N 84.21250°W / 43.62056; -84.21250
Information
Type Public High School
Established 1872
School district Midland Public Schools
Superintendent Michael Sharrow
CEEB code 232585
NCES School ID 262382006060[1]
Principal Jeff Jaster
Teaching staff 78[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Gender Co-ed
Enrollment 1,488[1]
Student to teacher ratio 19[1]
Campus size 25 acres (10 ha)
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Blue and gold          
Athletics conference Saginaw Valley League, MHSAA
Mascot Vic the Lion [2]
Nickname Chemics
Rival H.H. Dow High School
Newspaper Focus
Feeder schools Northeast Middle School
Website midps.org/mhs

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.

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 (in use, as Central Middle School until 2013.)
  • 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.

Midland High School

Athletics

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

Baseball: Midland High has a historically excellent program with numerous state championships. The last of which was achieved during the 1997-1998 school year. Given their underdog status, that championship team embraced the slogan, and Midland Daily News Headline- Who are these guys?- The semi-final matchup was between Brighton and its Gatorade National Player of the Year and future Yankee Drew Stanton and Chemic star Matt Widenmier. Widenmier outdueled Stanton and second baseman Patrick Murphy hit a memorable double down the left field line to secure the win.

Football: Midland High boasts an excellent football program, coached by Eric Methner, along with Assistants Matthew Starling, Pete Welter and Scott Albrecht. Albrecht and Starling are graduates of Midland High. The Chemics have posted consecutive winning seasons for the past 37 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] The Chemic wrestlers lost 51-12 to Holt High School in the quarterfinal matchup on March 6, 2009, putting an end to their season.[6]

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
  • Boys Cross Country
  • Girls Cross Country
  • Pom-Pon
  • Cheer
  • Boys Soccer
  • Boys Tennis
  • Girls Golf
  

Winter sports

  • Wrestling
  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Boys Swimming
  • Pom-Pon
  • Competitive Cheer
  • Hockey
  

Spring sports

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

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.[8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Midland High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://chemics.net/2014/11/17/vic-the-lion/
  3. ↑ "Wrestling: Midland High 33, Escanaba 29". The Saginaw News. February 25, 2009. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  4. ↑ "2007 MHSAA Football Playoff Scoreboard". Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  5. ↑ "2008 MHSAA Football Playoff Scoreboard". Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  6. ↑ "MHSAA 2009 Team State Finals Division 1 bout sheet". March 7, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Midland High School Athletics Student/Parent Handbook" (PDF). Midland Public Schools. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ "2007 NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker Winners". Retrieved October 5, 2010.
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