Fruitport High School
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| name = Fruitport High School
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| address = 357 North 6th Avenue
| town = Fruitport, Michigan
| zipcode = 49415
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|43|07|46|N|86|09|45|W|display=inline,title}}
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| type = Public high school
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| district = Fruitport Community Schools
| us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|261539005199|school_name=Fruitport High School|access_date=March 12, 2025|ref_name=NCES}}
| principal = Lauren Chesney{{cite web| author= Fruitport Community Schools| title= From the Principal| url= https://www.fruitportschools.net/schools/fruitport-high-school/| access-date= March 12, 2025}}
| teaching_staff = 55 FTE (2023-24)
| grades = 9–12
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| colors = Navy Blue and White {{Color box|Navy}}{{Color box|White}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mhsaa.com/Schools/fruitport|title=MHSAA > Schools|website=www.mhsaa.com|access-date=26 August 2019}}
| athletics_conference = Ottawa-Kent Conference
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| website = {{URL|www.fruitportschools.net/schools/fruitport-high-school}}
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Fruitport High School is a public high school in Fruitport, Michigan, United States. It is part of the Fruitport Community Schools district.
History
Additions were built to Fruitport Junior High School (which was new in 1955) in 1963 to form a junior/senior high school.{{cite news| title= New Fruitport High School| date= January 3, 1963| publisher= Grand Haven Tribune| page= 7}}{{cite news| title= New Fruitport Principal Named| date= August 25, 1955| publisher= Grand Haven Tribune| page= 4}}
The school was rebuilt in 2021 with a focus on security. Architecture firm Tower Pinkster built a 189,822 addition with a curved academic corridor, shatter-resistant glass, concrete wing walls and refuge zones to protect people in the event of a mass shooting.{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Joshua Rhett |date=23 August 2019 |title=Michigan high school getting extreme makeover to thwart mass shootings |url=https://nypost.com/2019/08/23/michigan-high-school-getting-extreme-makeover-to-thwart-mass-shootings |work=New York Post |access-date=24 August 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/08/22/new-high-school-will-have-sleek-classrooms-places-hide-mass-shooter/|newspaper=Washington Post|title=A new high school will have sleek classrooms — and places to hide from a mass shooter|date=22 August 2019|access-date=1 August 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/09/06/a-michigan-high-school-features-mass-shooter-defenses-in-its-design|work=Metro Times|title=A Michigan high school features mass shooter defenses in its design|date=6 September 2019|access-date=1 August 2021}}
Academics
Fruitport was ranked 257th in Michigan in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report best high school rankings.{{cite web | title=Fruitport High School in Fruitport, MI | website=US News| url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/michigan/districts/fruitport-community-schools/fruitport-high-school-9948 | access-date=14 July 2023}}
Athletics
The Fruitport Trojans compete in the Ottawa-Kent Conference. The school colors are navy blue and white. The following Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) sanctioned sports are offered:
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- Baseball (boys)
- Basketball (boys and girls)
- Bowling (boys and girls)
- Competitive cheer (girls)
- Cross country (boys and girls)
- Football (boys)
- Golf (boys and girls)
- Ice hockey (boys)
- Lacrosse (boys and girls)
- Soccer (boys and girls)
- Softball (girls)
- Tennis (boys and girls)
- Track and field (boys and girls)
- Volleyball (boys and girls)
- State champion - 2005, 2010, 2011{{Cite web|url=https://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/Girls-Volleyball/Yearly-Champions|title=Yearly Champions | Girls Volleyball | MHSAA Sports|website=www.mhsaa.com|access-date=26 August 2019|archive-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516211548/http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/girlsvolleyball/yearlychampions.aspx|url-status=dead}}
- Wrestling (boys)
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The athletic programs is known mainly for its successes in volleyball and wrestling.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} In volleyball, since 2001, the program has been a state finalist eight times, winning three state titles (2005, 2010, and 2011). In football the team in 2001 were state runners-up. The football program has produced Mike Teeter, who played defensive end at the University of Michigan, and in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings and the Houston Oilers. In wrestling, the team has won two of the last three district titles, and has had a number of state qualifiers over the years, including sending six wrestlers to the state championships in 2014,.{{Cite web|url=http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-6793258088508334322/fruitports-chris-hendricks-lowell-wrestlers-dominate-division-2-individual-regional-tournament/|title = Fruitport's Chris Hendricks, Lowell wrestlers dominate Division 2 individual regional tournament|date = 15 February 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/5206781911471665644/hesperias-zack-yates-and-davian-gowens-fruitports-chris-hendricks-earn-individual-wrestling-state-titles/|title = Hesperia's Zack Yates and Davian Gowens, Fruitport's Chris Hendricks earn individual wrestling state titles|date = March 2014}}
Notable alumni
- Mike Teeter, NFL player
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.fruitportschools.net/schools/fruitport-high-school/}}
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