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] The school teams were known as the Andover Barons.^{[citation needed]}

Andover High School
Location
Bloomfield Township, Michigan, United States
Coordinates	42°34′44″N 83°17′9″W / 42.57889°N 83.28583°W / 42.57889; -83.28583
Information
Status	Closed
Closed	2013
Color(s)	Navy   and White
Mascot	Barons
Website	http://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.^[4][5][6]

In 2013 it was merged into Bloomfield Hills High School, which is located on the former Andover campus.^[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, it was renamed Andover High School, as a second high school, Lahser, opened in the district. The two schools merged in 2013 to become 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 have 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

Men's Track

• 1938
• 1939
• 1948

Men's Golf

• 1980
• 1992

Men's Tennis

• 1997
• 2002
• 2004
• 2005

Men's Swimming and Diving

• 1986
• 1990
• 1991
• 1992
• 1993
• 1994
• 1995
• 1996
• 1997

Women's Swimming and Diving

• 1980
• 1981
• 1982
• 1983
• 1984
• 1986

Notable alumni

• Owen Alterman, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent @i24NEWS_EN
• Lawrence Bacow, President of Harvard University
• Richard Bernstein, Michigan Supreme Court Justice^[10]
• Lisa Brown, Michigan state representative^[11]
• Rob Cantor, singer and guitarist for the band Tally Hall^[12][13]
• Jonathan Chait, writer^{[citation needed]}
• Abdul El-Sayed, Public health advocate and candidate governor of Michigan in the 2018 Democratic Party primary^{[citation needed]}
• Sheri Fink, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist^[14]
• Dana Jacobson, sports news anchor^[15]
• Shalina D. Kumar, attorney^[16]
• Rick Lax, entertainer^[17]
• Jason Miller, an American rabbi and entrepreneur^[18]
• Marcus Sakey, writer & TV host^{[citation needed]}
• Chad Smith, drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers (moved to Lahser High School where he graduated in 1980)^[19]
• Alex Winston, musician^{[citation needed]}

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. "." Andover High School. February 2, 2007. Retrieved on July 29, 2013. "4200 Andover Road | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 48302"
2. "Bloomfield Township Street Map." () Bloomfield Township, Oakland County. Retrieved on July 30, 2013.
3. , Andover's Homepage, 2007, archived from the original on 2011-07-25, retrieved 2007-10-18
4. [1]^{[dead link]}
5. High school rivalry ends in Bloomfield Hills as Andover, Lahser prepare to merge | MLive.com
6. [2] 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"
8. [3]^{[dead link]}
9. [4] 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. "Rob Cantor". Facebook. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
13. "Rob Cantor". Hidden in the Sand. June 28, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
14. "Sheri Fink: You Better Believe She's a Cool Customer". Detroit Jewish News. June 1, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
15. "Dana Jacobson: Who Is The Notre Dame Hating ESPN Anchor?". Huffington Post. March 28, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
16. "Hon. Shalina D. Kumar Judge Profile on Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
17. • Hughes, Mike (September 14, 2015). "Viewer fascination with TV magic shows surges". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved August 29, 2019. At Andover High (near Bloomfield Hills), he was drum major, a playwright and a pianist who performed the first half of "Rhapsody in Blue" by memory.
    • Pevos, Edward (September 16, 2015). "Watch Michigan magician fool Penn and Teller on 'Fool Us'". MLive.com. Retrieved August 29, 2019. Lax graduated from Andover High in Bloomfield Hills, ...
18. "Alumni News: Rabbi Jason Miller Shares His Love for Bloomfield Hills Schools". Bloomfield Hills School District. December 20, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
19. Watson, Graham (June 11, 2012). "Red Hot Chili Peppers' drummer treats Columbus, Ohio, fans to Michigan fight song". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

External links

•  Michigan portal
•  Schools portal

• WBFH website
• Official Andover Robotics Team Site