Lake Shore High School is a high school located in St. Clair Shores, Michigan

St. Clair Shores, Michigan

St. Clair Shores is a suburban city bordering Lake St. Clair in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms a part of the Metro Detroit area, and is located approximately northeast of downtown Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,715. The current mayor is...

. The school, a part of Lake Shore Public Schools, serves grades 9-12. The mascot for Lake Shore is the Shorian.

History

Lake Shore was originally a one room school house that worked with grades first through eighth, located on Thirteen Mile Road and Jefferson Ave. in Saint Clair Shores, Michigan. Charlotte Hoffman attended here, and her father became an active board member who promoted a 2-room school house. Soon after that, it was changed by adding a large blue curtain to separate the 1st - 4th and 5th- 8th graders. At that time, students who wished to go to high school went to Mount Clemens High School

Mount Clemens High School

Mount Clemens High School was established in the 19th century. It is located in Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States. The school's nickname is the "Battling Bathers". The school colors are Red and Gray...

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The first graduating class had 3 students, in 1926.

Currently, it has 2 floors, 4 flights of stairs, 1 elevator, an auditorium, a football field, a practice field, courtyards, 2 gymnasiums, a divided cafeteria, and a library. The principal is Richard Bowers, with Johnathan Hartley and Amanda McKay assisting.

Sports

Sports were active for the boys when the main school building opened in the mid-20's. Girls' sports came to light in the early 70's. Current sports are generally available to both genders. Below is a complete list of sports by season.
Lake Shore is best known, athletically, for the 1993 and 1994 Boys Basketball team that went 26-1 and 28-0, respectively, and winning the Class B State Championship in 1994. Most will say that the 1993 team was better all around, deeper and skilled team. To this day they are still the only Boys Basketball team located in Macomb County to ever win the State Championship.

Clubs

Lake Shore High School's library houses yearbooks from years 1956 to current, with few years missing in between. They provide information on activities and clubs in the past and some who have survived to the current. Here is an incomplete listing:

Band

Lake Shore Marching Shorians are a flight III group, directed by Jeff West. Their marching season begins in late July at band camp and ends late October/early November. Listed below is an incomplete listing of marching shows in reverse chronological order:

• Bill and Chuck (2011)
  
• West Side Story (2010)
  
• Santana (2009)
  
• Radio (2008)
  
• Gangsta Jazz (2007)
  
• Expressions (2006)
  
• Jekyll and Hyde (2005)
  
• Cirque Du Soleil (2004)
  
• Blues Brothers (2003)
  
• Wild Wild West (2002)
  

Lake Shore hosts three different band classes: Jazz Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. All groups perform a holiday and spring concert annually. For concerts, graduation ceremony, and competition at MSBOA, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble are combined into Wind Symphony. Pit Band is an elective ensemble who provide instrumental accompaniment to holiday, spring and musical choir performances.

Choral

Currently one of the highest membership programs at Lake Shore, under the direction of Cynthia Ohrt. The groups that comprise the choir are: Woman's Chorale, Lake Shore Singers, Show Choir and Glee Club. These groups put on holiday and spring concerts in December and May each year. The choirs also combine each spring to produce a musical, usually picked a year in advance. Select choirs perform at graduation in June. The group performed its first musical (MAME) in 1973. Small sections of Broadway performances began in 1982, but full Broadway shows began in 2002. Below is a complete listing in reverse chronological order:

• Beauty and the Beast (2011)
  
• High School Musical (2010)
  
• South Pacific (2009)
  
• Grease (2008)
  
• Wizard of Oz (2007)
  
• Beauty and the Beast (2006)
  
• MAME (2005)
  
• The Music Man (2004)
  
• Grease (2003)
  
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2002)
  

Shorian Shop

A student store selling snacks and school items, run through the business department; known previously as Rainbow Bridge.

Drama Club

In Lake Shore's past, Drama put up to four plays on per year. Recently, one play is put on annually in the fall. Currently run by Ms. Barath; previously, the class Advanced Drama put on plays but has now passed the torch to this after school club. Below is a short list of plays put on in the past in reverse chronological order.

• Steel Magnolias (2009)
  
• Romeo and Juliet (2008)
  
• Pillow Talk (2007)
  
• It's Spring Again (2006)
  
• The Crucible (2005)
  

Defunct Clubs

• Dungeon and Dragons Club
  
• AM Radio
  
  Amateur radio station run by the students (defunct)
  
• Future Nurses' Club
  
• Y-Teens
  
• Varsity Club
  
  Helped fund raise for sports teams, composed of varsity letter students
  
• Ski Club
  
  One of the highest membership clubs historically
  
• Readers & Writers
  
  A club devoted to students who wrote stories and poetry as well as those who enjoyed listening to such material. Last year in existence was the 2005-2006 school year.
  

External links

• Lake Shore High School
• Lake Shore High Alumni page