Cass Technical High School

The school was founded in 1907 on the third floor of Cass Union School on Grand Union Avenue, subsequently moving to its own wing. After that school was mostly destroyed by a fire, a building for Cass Tech was built on the site and opened in October 1912, but was soon overcrowded. A new building nearby on Second Avenue was designed in Collegiate Gothic style by Malcolmson and Higginbotham with Albert Kahn as construction architect; construction began in 1916,{{cite web |author=Dan Austin |url=http://historicdetroit.org/building/cass-tech-high-school-old/ |title=Cass Tech High School (old) |publisher=Historic Detroit |access-date=December 2, 2021}} the cornerstone was laid in 1917, and after delays caused by World War I austerity measures, the building opened in September 1922. It had a capacity of 3,600 students and was connected to the High School of Commerce, which opened earlier the same year in Cass Tech's former building, by Victory Memorial Arch, a pedestrian bridge over Main Street that was a memorial to students killed in the war.{{cite web |url=https://historicdetroit.org/buildings/high-school-of-commerce |title=High School of Commerce |publisher=Historic Detroit |date=May 22, 2020 |access-date=December 2, 2021 }}[http://detroiturbex.com/content/schools/cass/architecture/ 3D interactive diagram of 1922 building] at detroiturbex.com. By 1942 the school had more than 4,500 students and was the largest in Michigan. In 1985, an addition on the south side was opened, designed by Albert Kahn & Associates, which included performing arts facilities, a new pool, and a student cafeteria, and a wing of the building was remodeled for computer and business classes.{{cite web |url=http://detroiturbex.com/content/schools/cass/current/index.html |title=Cass Technical High School After Closing |website=Detroit Urbex |access-date=December 2, 2021 |type=exterior and interior images |date=2010 }} Departments in the 1922 building were grouped by floor; facilities included a foundry and machine shops that were used for training by Ford outside school hours, and the auditorium was used as a practice hall by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The 1922 building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in March 2011.

In 2008, due to declining enrollment, teacher staffing was reduced and some classes that were not very popular with students were removed.{{cite news |author=Orlandar Brand-Williams |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12368967B4914298&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Cass Tech will lose some less popular classes |newspaper=The Detroit News |date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=November 3, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109143340/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12368967B4914298&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | archive-date=January 9, 2016 | url-status=dead }}

{{Infobox High school student assessments in Michigan

| year = 2021-22

| M-STEP Advanced = 6.5 / 3.0

| M-STEP Proficient = 19.8 / 25.8

| M-STEP PR Proficient = 18.6 / 59.1

| M-STEP Not Proficient = 55.0 / 12.1

| PSAT Total =

| SAT Total = 952.0

| SAT Total change = -30.4

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Cass offers over twenty advanced placement courses including language composition, history, chemistry, calculus, and physics.{{cite web |url=https://www.detroitk12.org/domain/6413 |title=About Us |website=Cass Technical High School |access-date=December 2, 2021 }} Cass Tech students' strong academic performances draw recruiters from across the country, including Ivy League representatives eager to attract the top minority applicants.{{cite news |author=Christine Beamer |url=http://www.michigandaily.com/content/u-catches-cass-tech-talent |title='U' catches Cass Tech talent |newspaper=The Michigan Daily |date=2006-04-04 |access-date=2021-12-02 |publisher=University of Michigan }} However, in 2019, Cass Tech was not among the 78 Michigan high schools with the highest average SAT scores.{{cite news |author=Julie Mack |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/g66l-2019/09/9d256d1d4b310/the-78-michigan-public-high-schools-with-best-results-on-2019-sat.html |title=The 78 Michigan public high schools with best results on 2019 SAT |website=MLive |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |orig-year=September 3, 2019 |date=September 19, 2019 |access-date=December 2, 2021}} In 2021, U.S. News ranked Cass Tech 84th among Michigan high schools, and reported a 62.9% percentile score on the SAT.{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/michigan/districts/detroit-public-schools-community-district/cass-technical-high-school-9864 |title=Cass Technical High School |access-date=December 2, 2021 |work=U.S. News Education |publisher=U.S. News}}

In 1984, Cass Tech was honored by the U.S. Department of Education among 262 schools that should "shine as inspirational model for others," a list that included public and private schools.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qxEvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t9wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5525,9444839&dq=cass-technical&hl=en 15 Michigan Schools are given honor], Ludington Daily News – August 21, 1984

In 2006, Cass represented DPS at the National Academic Games Olympics and won the Team Sweepstakes award.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}

The school's Harp program was established in 1925.{{cite book |author=Laurie Palazzolo |title=Horn man: the Polish-American musician in twentieth-century Detroit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-k6lSK3HJUC&pg=PA257 |access-date=January 8, 2011 |date=October 2003 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-3193-4 |pages=257–}}

There are beginner, intermediate, advanced and jazz band classes, as well as a marching band. The CTMB (marching band), under the direction of Sharon Allen, has performed for Patti LaBelle, Sinbad, and Jay-Z as well as various college and university homecomings.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} The marching band was also a part of the 2007 Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, but was not televised. In 2008, the band performed at Texas Southern University.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} In 2010, the CTMB participated in Norfolk State University's Homecoming and won first place in the McDonald's Battle of the Bands.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} The CTMB went to the 2013 inauguration for President Barack Obama.{{cite news|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130116/SCHOOLS/301160342 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130220032539/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130116/SCHOOLS/301160342 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-20 |title=Drum roll: Cass Tech marchers raise enough money to play D.C. |access-date=2013-12-26 }}

The concert band program rose to prominence under the direction of Harry Begian, who led the Cass Tech bands from 1947 through 1964. Under his baton, the concert band performed twice at the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic, and played literature at a level far beyond that normally performed by a public high school band{{according to whom|date=April 2023}}, including the Symphony in B-flat by Paul Hindemith and La Fiesta Mexicana by H. Owen Reed.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

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The Cass Tech Technicians football team (also referred to as the Technicians) is a high school football program in Division 1 Public School League, representing Cass Technical High School.

Cass Tech won the 2011, 2012, 2016,{{cite web |url=https://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/Football/Yearly-Champions |title=Football Yearly Champions 1975-2021 |publisher=Michigan High School Athletic Association |access-date=December 2, 2021 |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626175741/http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/football/yearlychampions.aspx |url-status=dead }} and 2024 MHSAA Division I state championships.{{cite web |title=MHSAA 2024 Football Playoff Scoreboard |url=https://www.mhsaa.com/sites/default/files/Football-11/2024/2024-playoff-scoreboard.txt |publisher=Michigan High School Athletic Association |access-date=1 December 2024}}

• 1956 Boys Class A State Championshttp://michigan-football.com/bb/casstech.html|{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Cass Tech Win Loss
• 1975 Boys Class A State Championshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=taMxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XKwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=894,4865755&dq=cass+tech+football&hl=en| Cass Tech finish #1
• 2023 Boys Division 1 State Champions

Cass Tech's track and field history goes back to 1926 when Eddie Tolan and his teammate Loving won the interscholastic track meet at Northwestern University.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QCNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i1gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1499,5915116&dq=cass-technical&hl=en| Scholastic Meet at Northwestern Tolan came to be known as the "Midnight Express". He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} He was the first African-American to receive the title of the "world's fastest human" after winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters events at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In March 1935, Tolan won the 75, 100 and 220-yard events at the World Professional Sprint Championships in Melbourne, Australia to become the first man to win both the amateur and professional world sprint championships. In his full career as a sprinter, Tolan won 300 races and lost only 7.[http://www.usatf.org/halloffame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=171 Eddie Tolan], usatf.org

• March 1926: 1st Place – National Champions[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QCNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i1gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1499,5915116&dq=cass-technical&hl=en Scholastic Meet At Northwestern], Youngstown Vindicator – February 16, 1927
• March 1927: 3rd Place[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KL8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KkoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6458,158021&dq=cass-technical&hl=en Detroit School Winner], The Pittsburgh Press – June 5, 1927
• March 1928: 3rd Place{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cltQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2471,4090969&dq=cass+tech+track&hl=en |title=Detroit Preps Star in Meet |date=1928-03-25 |access-date=2013-12-26}}

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(former Cass campus)

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| location = 2421 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, United States

| built = 1922

| architect = Malcolmson and Higginbotham, Albert Kahn

| architecture =

| demolished = July 2011

| delisted = December 2, 2024{{cite web | title = Weekly List of Actions taken on Properties: 11/22/2024 through 12/29/2024 | publisher = National Park Service | url = https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list-2024-11-29.htm | accessdate = December 3, 2024}}

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| added = March 29, 2011

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| refnum = 10000644{{cite web |title=WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: March 28, 2011 THROUGH April 1, 2011 |publisher=National Park Service |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20110408.htm |access-date=April 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513111038/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20110408.htm }}{{cite web |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25338649 |title=Michigan MPS Cass, Lewis, Technical High School |publisher=National Archives |type=National Register of Historic Places digitized file |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=December 2, 2021 }}

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A new campus opened in May 2005 in an adjacent lot on Grand River Avenue to the north of the original building.

The former building, including the extension, was left vacant (with classroom fittings and supplies inside). The alumni association announced plans in April 2007 to renovate it as a multi-use center including arts spaces, retail, and residences, but in July 2007 a fire damaged the 1922 section.{{cite news |author1=Joe Rossiter |author2=Zachary Gorchow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42457438/2007-july-fire-at-old-cass-tech/ |title=Old Cass Tech catches fire: Blaze can't douse hopes of those who want to save it |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=July 31, 2007 |page=15 |via=newspapers.com |access-date=December 2, 2021 }} The school district listed the building for demolition later that year. Demolition began in December 2010 and was completed in August 2011.[http://detroiturbex.com/content/schools/cass/demo/index.html Photos of demolition] at detroiturbex.com.{{cite web |author=Daphnee Denis |url=https://slate.com/culture/2013/03/detroit-urbex-using-photomontage-to-compare-the-history-of-cass-tech-high-school-photos.html |title=The Life and Death of an Iconic Detroit High School |website=Slate |type=with superimposed photos from Detroit Urbex |date=March 4, 2013 |access-date=December 2, 2021 }} At the time of demolition, the school building was approximately {{convert|830000|sqft|m2}} and weighed more than {{convert|100000|ST|MT}}. Over 90% of the material in the building was recycled for other uses or as backfill.{{cite web |url=https://homrich.com/project/cass-tech-high-school-detroit-mi/ |title=Cass Tech High School – Detroit, MI: Total demolition/abatement |website=Homrich Demolition |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=December 2, 2021 }}

The indie rock band Mattiel's 2017 song, "Cass Tech", laments the building's 2011 demolition.{{cite web | url=https://genius.com/Mattiel-cass-tech-lyrics | title=Mattiel – Cass Tech }}

{{As of|2022}}, approximately 2,400 students attended Cass Technical High School: 583 students in the ninth grade, 637 students in the tenth grade, 606 in the eleventh grade, and 575 in the twelfth grade.

In 2022 MJ Galbraith of Model D Media stated that "a sizable" group of students of Bengali heritage attend Cass Tech.{{cite web|last=Galbraith|first=MJ|url=https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/Banglatown-Street-View-22.aspx|title=“Everyone knows about Banglatown”: Why this dynamic Detroit-Hamtramck community continues to grow|publisher=Model D Media|date=2022-08-16|access-date=2024-10-11}}

Of the students attending Cass Technical High School in 2021–22, 1,832 (76.2%) of them are Black, 277 (11.5%) are Hispanic, 223 (9.3%) are Asian, 57 (2,4%) are White, 6 (0.2%) are American Indian or Alaska Native, and 9 (0.4%) are multi-racial. 65.0% of the students are female.

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• David Boone,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOONEDAV01 |title=Dave Boone |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011064435/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOONEDAV01 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 }} NFL player
• George Brown,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BROWNGE01 |title=George Brown |publisher=databaseBasketball |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225081217/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BrownGe01 |archive-date=February 25, 2014 }} NBA player
• Walter Clago,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CLAGOWAL01 |title=Walter Clago |publisher=Databasefootball.com |access-date=2013-12-26 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227134051/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CLAGOWAL01 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 }} NFL player
• Will Campbell, NFL player
• Derrick Dial,{{cite web |url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DIALDE01 |title=Derrick Dial |publisher=databaseBasketball |access-date=February 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721012129/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DialDe01 |archive-date=July 21, 2013 |url-status=dead }} NBA player
• Rob Edwards,{{cite web|url=https://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/bios/edwards_rob_q2w5|title=Rob Edwards|work=csuvikings.com|access-date=December 28, 2021}} NBA player
• Carmen Fanzone,{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=fanzoca01 |title=Carmen Fanzone Stats |publisher=Basketball Almanac |access-date=February 25, 2013}} MLB player
• Guy Frazier,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FRAZIGUY01 |title=Guy Frazier |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019173335/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FRAZIGUY01 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 }} NFL player
• Vernon Gholston,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GholsVer01 |title=Vernon Gholston |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601095357/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GholsVer01 |archive-date=June 1, 2012 }} NFL player
• Curtis Greer,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GREERCUR01 |title=Curtis Greer |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123142519/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GREERCUR01 |archive-date=January 23, 2013 }} NFL player
• Harlan Huckleby,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HUCKLHAR01 |title=Harlan Huckleby |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408085407/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HUCKLHAR01 |archive-date=April 8, 2013 }} NFL player
• Lano Hill, NFL player
• Kalen King NFL player{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2020/04/top-recruits-cass-techs-kalen-king-preparing-to-turn-dreams-into-reality.html|title=Top Recruits: Cass Tech's Kalen King preparing to turn dreams into reality|first=Josh|last=VanDyke|website=MLive.com|date=April 16, 2020|access-date=October 29, 2022}}
• Aaron Kyle,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KYLEAAR01 |title=Aaron Kyle |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603193007/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KYLEAAR01 |archive-date=June 3, 2013 }} NFL player
• Jourdan Lewis, NFL player
• Bill Mayfield, NBA player
• Darris McCord,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MCCORDAR01 |title=Darris McCord |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408065220/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MCCORDAR01 |archive-date=April 8, 2013 }} NFL player
• Dorie Murrey,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MURREDO01 |title=Dorie Murrey |publisher=databaseBasketball |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203043636/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MURREDO01 |archive-date=February 3, 2013 }} NBA player
• A. J. Ofodile,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=OFODIAJ01 |title=A.J. Ofodile |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019210039/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=OFODIAJ01 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 }} NFL player
• Donovan Peoples-Jones, NFL player
• Del'Shawn Phillips, NFL player
• Chris Douglas Roberts,{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/douglch01.html |title=Chris Douglas-Roberts |publisher=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=February 25, 2013}} NBA player
• Tom Seabron,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SEABRTOM01 |title=Thomas Hall Seabron |publisher=Databasefootball.com |date=1957-05-24 |access-date=2013-12-26 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227154549/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SEABRTOM01 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 }} NFL player
• Arnie Simkus,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SIMKUARN01 |title=Arnie Simkus |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018184442/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SIMKUARN01 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 }} NFL player
• Eddie Tolan,{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=171 |title=Eddie Tolan |publisher=US Track &Field |access-date=February 25, 2013}} Olympic sprinter
• Clarence Williams,{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WILLICLA06 |title=Clarence Williams |publisher=Databasefootball.com |date=1977-05-16 |access-date=2013-12-26 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103203800/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WILLICLA06 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }} NFL player

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• [http://detroiturbex.com/content/schools/cass/index.html Cass Tech High School at Detroiturbex.com]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120112172520/http://67.20.89.159/wrolandhamilton/2008/03/30/cass-technical-detroit-mi/ Cass Technical photos circa 2009 at Silentbuildings.com]}}

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