David Mackenzie High School
Address
Map
9275 Wyoming Avenue

Detroit
,
Michigan
48204

United States
Coordinates42°21′47″N 83°09′32″W / 42.363°N 83.159°W / 42.363; -83.159
Information
School typePublic high school
Opened1928
StatusDemolished
Closed2007
School districtDetroit Public Schools
Grades9–12
Color(s)Royal blue and grey
NicknameStags

Mackenzie High School was a public high school in Detroit, Michigan.

History

Located on Detroit's west side, Mackenzie High School was named to honor David D. Mackenzie, who had served as principal of Central High School, and as first dean of the city college that would become Wayne State University.

Mackenzie High School was among the first schools constructed on land acquired through Detroit's westernmost annexation efforts in Greenfield Township; by 1926 the township had ceased to exist. Adorned in blue and yellow tile from the Pewabic Pottery Works, the three-story facility opened in September 1928. In an effort to make efficient use of available classrooms, the school's early history featured a full range of grade levels – elementary through secondary.[citation needed]

In June 2012, the school was demolished, and replaced with a K-8 elementary-middle school, which kept the name of Mackenzie.

Athletics

The Mackenzie Stags were the 1979 boys state basketball champion.[1] Girls track and field won the state championship in 1978.[2]

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (September 2019)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Yearly Champions | Boys Basketball | MHSAA Sports". www.mhsaa.com. Michigan High School Athletic Association. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Champions | Girls Track & Field | MHSAA Sports". www.mhsaa.com. Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Monarrez, Carlos (August 1, 2015). "Growing up in Detroit helped make Bettis a Hall of Famer". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 26, 2022. But he had almost no football pedigree and didn't play running back until his junior year at Detroit Mackenzie.
  4. ^ "www.freep.com/article/20080828/ENT04/80827039/Aug.-29--1999--Riding-the-riff--Kenny-Garrett". freep.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Sport: Scoreboard, Apr. 7, 1958 - TIME". Time. time.com. April 7, 1958. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2017.

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