WEST BLOOMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL

'West Bloomfield High School' is a public secondary school in West Bloomfield, Michigan. The school is the only high school in the West Bloomfield School District. The school's population as of the 2005-2006 school year is about 2100 students.
The school has been recognized by Newsweek magazine as being in the top 2.6% of U.S. public high schools. [1]

Contents

Athletics

Instructional Project Design Program

Theater Program

String Orchestra Program

Notable Graduates

Athletics

West Bloomfield High School plays in the Oakland Activities Association and in the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Its official team name is the West Bloomfield High School Lakers. The origin of the team nickname in unknown. Some girls' sports use Lady Lakers as their team name instead. The school colors are green and white, and its logo features an anchor with "WB" written on it, although various sports teams often use modifications of this logo. The mascot is Lyle the Crocodile.

Instructional Project Design Program

The school is known for its Instructional Project Design course, based on the philosophy that students must be allowed a say in designing tools that they will use. The tools in question are internet forums and services created for a variety of educational and civic clients. The program is run by the University of Michigan's Flint, MI campus.
The program was responsible for the creation of "Warren Easton in Exile," a noted website designed to virtually "rebuild" a high school in New Orleans that was shut down after being damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Former projects also include the Michigan Student Caucus (formerly the Michigan Youth Caucus), a partnership with the Michigan State House Special Commission on Civic Engagement.
The 2006-2007 project for IPD is a project with the Trauma Burn Center at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. It focuses on five main areas: Entertainment, School Re-Entry, Communication, Hospital Resource Center and Education/Prevention. There is also plans to integrate the website with the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum.

Theater Program

The theater program is one of the top in public schools in Michigan.
West Bloomfield's MIFA (Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association) theater company won first place in the state in 2006 with ''The Shadowbox'', and third in state in 2007 with Moon Over Buffalo. They have been to the state competition 5 times in the 9 years they have been competing. The MIFA team is directed Mark Johnson, who also heads the technical aspects of theater at WBHS.
West Bloomfield also presents a fall play, a spring musical, and a student made feature length film all under the direction of the Micah Greene. Mr. Greene is the school's primary drama teacher and a member of the television and video teaching staff.
More information on the department can be found at http://web.westbloomfield.k12.mi.us/wbhs/greene/program_overview/

String Orchestra Program

West Bloomfield High School has a notable string orchestra program led by Linda D. Williams Trotter. The program has 3 orchestras, the concert orchestra(freshman players), the NEW philharmonic orchestra(mid-level players), and the symphony orchestra(prestigious players, mostly juniors and seniors). The program has won numerous awards and does annual concerts and trips, as well as a banquet at the end of the year. Visit the orchestra website at www.westbloomfieldorchestra.com/

Notable Graduates

-Justin Bartha, actor known for his roles in National Treasure (2004) and Failure to Launch (2006)
-Kyle Brown football michigan state