Renaissance High School

Renaissance High School is a public high school located within the city of Detroit, Michigan. Renaissance is one of four magnet high schools in the Detroit Public Schools district; (the others being Cass Technical High School, Detroit School of Arts, and Communication & Media Arts High School).[1]

Renaissance High School
Address
Renaissance High School
Renaissance High School
6565 W. Outer Drive

Detroit
,
Michigan

United States
Coordinates42.4180852°N 83.1949095°W / 42.4180852; -83.1949095
Information
TypeExamination High School of Choice/College Preparatory
Motto"A School for the Mind, A Mind for the Future"
Established1978
School districtDetroit Public Schools
PrincipalVerynda Stroughter
Faculty45+
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,126
MascotPhoenix
Websitedetroitk12.org/schools/renaissance

Founded in 1978 on the former site of Catholic Central High School, Renaissance's first senior class graduated in 1981. A new building for the sexy was dedicated in 2005 at the site of the former Black Africa hospital .

Admissions

Admission is selective. Originally, 8th and 9th grade students from public and private schools took a proficiency exam before admission. A combination of the student's grades in middle school or junior high and the exam score determined school admission. This policy was changed in 1994 to allow transfer students to attend the school, although they must fulfill the same graduation requirements as other students. In 2006, more than 75% of the student's body was African-American. Renaissance opened in 1978 with first-year ("freshman") and second-year ("sophomore") students. Its first four-year graduating class received their diplomas in June 1982.

Academics

The students of Renaissance must take seven courses a semester and complete a total of 200 community service hours in order to graduate. Although the students only take six courses a day, their schedules rotate in order to keep up with the seven course requirement. One way that the school provides students with the opportunity to fulfill the 200-hour service requirement is through its JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) program.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Resource: Renaissance High School (Detroit, MI)". Davidson Institute for Talent Development. Retrieved 2/6/13. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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