Andover High School (Michigan)

Andover High School was a public high school in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, near Bloomfield Hills and in Greater Detroit.[1][2] It was a part of the Bloomfield Hills School District. The school's final principal was Rob Durecka.[3] Bloomfield Hills High School. Retrieved on July 30, 2013. "Bloomfield Hills High School Main Campus 3456 Lahser Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302"</ref> The school boasted programs in academics, the arts and sports. The school teams were known as the Andover Barons.

Andover High School
Location
Bloomfield Township, Michigan, United States
Coordinates42°34′44″N 83°17′9″W
Information
StatusClosed
Closed2013
Color(s)Navy   and White  
MascotBarons
Websitehttp://andover.bloomfield.org

In 2010, the decision was made to merge Andover and Lahser High schools and build a single high school on the current Andover property. Lahser's athletic facilities will be kept for use by the new high school.[4][5][6]

In the November 2, 2010 election, a bond proposal to fund the plan to consolidate Andover and Lahser High schools was defeated. This defeat was primarily due to the efforts of a grassroots organization Bloomfield 20/20, which fought the bond proposal. The district was sent back to the drawing board led by the school architectural firm Fielding Nair International (FNI). The final FNI discovery report proposed four building options. A community committee chose to pursue "Option C", a partial renovation/partial new consolidated high school building on the Andover site. The school board voted to do so in June 2010. The board and administration are working with FNI and the architectural firm SHW based in Berkley, Michigan to design the new consolidated school where Andover currently stands to save on operating costs due to declining enrollment. In 2013 it was merged into Bloomfield Hills High School, which is located on the Andover campus, thus returning Andover High School to its original name.[7] The new combined high school opened in the fall of 2015.[8][9]

History

Andover High School, originally named Bloomfield Hills High School, opened in the fall of 1931. It presided on Vaughan Road, built on land donated to the district by George Gough Booth. In 1936, Bloomfield Hills High School had its first graduating class of only eight students. Due to the expanding population growth in the area, a larger school was necessary. This came into fruition in 1955 when Bloomfield Hills High School moved to its new location on Andover Road. However, sizing again became a problem, only this time a new school was built. In 1967, Lahser High School opened, and the era of Andover finally commenced. In 2015 it was rebuilt as the new Bloomfield Hills High School.

Academics

Over 98% of Andover's graduates attended college after graduation, and the actual graduation rate was about 97%. Average SAT scores for Andover were (1233/1600), above the national average. Two Andover alumni won the Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford, in the UK. Wen Shi (Johns Hopkins University) won the award in 2003, and Abdul El-Sayed (University of Michigan) won it in 2008. One Andover alumnus won the Goldwater Scholarship, Andrew Zureick (Dartmouth College), in 2012 for excellence in the sciences.

Sports

State Championships

Men's Soccer

  • 1978 - State Champions

Men's Track

  • 1937 - State Runner-Up
  • 1938 - State Champions
  • 1939 - State Champions
  • 1944 - State Runner-Up
  • 1948 - State Champions
  • 1949 - State Runner-Up
  • 1992 - State Runner-Up

Men's Golf

  • 1952 - State Runner-Up
  • 1962 - State Runner-Up
  • 1980 - State Champions
  • 1992 - State Champions

Men's Tennis

  • 1991 - State Runner-Up
  • 1992 - State Runner-Up
  • 1997 - State Champions
  • 1999 - State Runner-Up
  • 2002 - State Champions
  • 2004 - State Champions
  • 2005 - State Champions
  • 2006 - State Runner-Up
  • 2009 - State Runner-Up

Men's Swimming and Diving

  • 1984 - State Runner-Up
  • 1986 - State Champions
  • 1987 - State Runner-Up
  • 1990 - State Champions
  • 1991 - State Champions
  • 1992 - State Champions
  • 1993 - State Champions
  • 1994 - State Champions
  • 1995 - State Champions
  • 1996 - State Champions
  • 1997 - State Champions

Women's Swimming and Diving

  • 1980 - State Champions
  • 1981 - State Champions
  • 1982 - State Champions
  • 1983 - State Champions
  • 1984 - State Champions
  • 1985 - State Runner-Up
  • 1986 - State Champions

Notable alumni

The Andover Shield

The Andover Shield was Andover High School's award-winning newspaper. In recent years, the newspaper and its staff have won many MIPA awards and was first honored with a Spartan award in 2007.

References
  1. "Home." Andover High School. February 2, 2007. Retrieved on July 29, 2013. "4200 Andover Road | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 48302"
  2. "Bloomfield Township Street Map." (Archive) Bloomfield Township, Oakland County. Retrieved on July 30, 2013.
  3. "Andover's administration list", Andover's Homepage, 2007, archived from the original on 2011-07-25, retrieved 2007-10-18
  5. High school rivalry ends in Bloomfield Hills as Andover, Lahser prepare to merge | MLive.com
  6. Archived June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Home." Bloomfield Hills High School. Retrieved on July 30, 2013. "Bloomfield Hills High School Main Campus 3456 Lahser Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302"
  9. Archived August 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Aisner, Art (December 9, 2012). "Andover Alum Headed to National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame & Museum". Bloomfield, MI Patch. Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via patch.com. Bernstein, a member of Andover High School's class of 1992, ...
  11. Ahkhar, Allana (April 3, 2014). "Michigan State House of Representatives". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  12. "Sheri Fink: You Better Believe She's a Cool Customer". Detroit Jewish News. June 1, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  13. "Dana Jacobson: Who Is The Notre Dame Hating ESPN Anchor?". Huffington Post. March 28, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  15. Watson, Graham (June 11, 2012). "Red Hot Chili Peppers' drummer treats Columbus, Ohio, fans to Michigan fight song". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
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