Denby High School
Overview
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
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Denby opened in 1930 and the building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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since 2005.
The school is located on Detroit's northeast side; it was named for Edwin C. Denby
Edwin C. Denby
Edwin Denby was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of the Navy in the administrations of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge from 1921 to 1924. He also played a notable role in the infamous Teapot Dome scandal which took place during the Harding presidency. He was the son...
, an attorney and former Michigan legislator. Mr. Denby also served as Secretary of the Navy
United States Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense...
, during the administration of Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...
. Denby was forced to resign his position, and narrowly avoided criminal indictment
Indictment
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, for his role in what came to be known as the Teapot Dome scandal.
In recent years, the school is referred to as Denby Tech; one of few Detroit public educational institutions offering advanced placement classes
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
to high school students.
Denby Tech's 2008-09 enrollment was 1170; the school's Principal is Kenyetta Wilbourn.
During the late 1950s, Detroit radio personality Bud Davies originated a series of Friday night sock hops from Denby.
