Birmingham Public Schools is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan , serving Birmingham , Bingham Farms , Beverly Hills , Franklin , and portions of Bloomfield Hills , Bloomfield Township , Southfield , Troy , and West Bloomfield .
8-603: In 1834, the first "district" school in Birmingham opened. This school was housed in John Hamilton's old log house at Hamilton Road and Old Woodward Ave. Rev. Lemuel M. Partridge served as the teacher. In 1855, the brick "Old Red Schoolhouse" was built at Maple and Southfield roads and served as a school until 1869. The Allen House, part of the Birmingham Historical Museum, now stands where the school was. A new school
16-479: A half day preschool program and the district also runs a preschool program out of Midvale BPS Early Childcare Center. 42°31′04.4″N 83°14′40.0″W / 42.517889°N 83.244444°W / 42.517889; -83.244444 Seaholm High School Ernest W. Seaholm High School (simply referred to as Seaholm High School ) is a Magnet high school in Birmingham, Michigan , United States. It
24-523: A seven teacher team that created a series of interdisciplinary social studies/humanities courses with flexible schedules, began in the 1960s. They may be taken in lieu of standard English and social studies classes. Students are permitted to teach courses themselves. According to the Christian Science Monitor , the reduction in bureaucracy, interaction and collaboration between teachers, the interdisciplinary nature, and flexible time schedules made
32-428: The Birmingham district. Throughout the 1940s, other school districts in the area were encouraged by the state to join Birmingham's school district. Southfield joined in 1943, Bloomfield Village in 1946, Franklin in 1945 and Walnut Lake in 1947. Birmingham Public Schools runs eight elementary schools, one 3–8th grade school, two middle schools, two high schools, and one alternative high school. Each elementary school hosts
40-648: The state-finalist level. Quiz Bowl team has also had success, winning a national championship in 1991 at the American Scholastics Competition Network Tournament of Champions and a state championship in 1994. The student newspaper, the Seaholm Highlander , has won multiple prestigious Spartan Awards from the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association. The Flexible Scheduling Program, which involved
48-524: Was Ross Wagner. John Schulz served as the next principal (1968–1979), Jim Wallendorf followed, serving from 1979 to 1992. At one time Seaholm High School hosted classes of grades 4 through 12 of the Japanese School of Detroit , a supplementary Japanese school . In 2010, the JSD announced that it was relocating to Novi, Michigan ; it moved in mid-2011. The Forensics Team has consistently enjoyed success at
56-474: Was built in 1869 and became the site of Birmingham's first high school. That first high school later became known as Baldwin High School, then in 1951, Birmingham High School, and in 1959, Seaholm High School . The former Baldwin High School later became Birmingham's first middle school. Through the 1930s other districts had their own elementary schools and sent paid tuition students to Baldwin High School in
64-546: Was established in 1951 and is part of the Birmingham Public Schools district. Seaholm opened in 1951 under the name Birmingham High School. At the time, the Board of Education President was Ernest W. Seaholm (retired Chief Engineer for Cadillac) and the treasurer was Wylie E. Groves. Birmingham's two high schools are now named for them: Seaholm High School and Groves High School . Birmingham High School's first principal
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