Fordson High School
| Fordson High School | |
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13800 Ford Road Dearborn, Michigan 48126 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°19′48″N 83°10′44″W / 42.33°N 83.179°WCoordinates: 42°19′48″N 83°10′44″W / 42.33°N 83.179°W |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Established | 1922 |
| School district | Dearborn Public Schools |
| Principal | Heyam Alcodray |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,700 (approx.) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Maize and Blue -- |
| Athletics conference | Western Wayne Athletic Conference |
| Mascot | Tractors |
| Rival | Dearborn High School Pioneers |
| Accreditation | North Central Association |
| Newspaper | The Fordson Tower Tribune |
| Yearbook | Fleur de lis |
| Website | School website |
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States in Greater Detroit. It was completed in 1928 on a 15-acre (61,000 m2) parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford. It is a part of Dearborn Public Schools.
Prior to the opening of the school, students attended the nearby Miller School.Henry Ford contributed most of the money that was used to build the school.
Ground was broken for the original school building in 1926 with representatives from each of the four entering grades participating. The senior class president was George E. Sarkozy, one of those that participated in the ceremony. The school was designed by architect Everett Lane Williams of the Detroit architectural firm Van Leyen, Schilling & Keough. The school building, designed in the Collegiate Gothic style, cost at $2.2M and was inspired in part by the buildings of the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan as well as the Rushton and Apethore halls in Northamptonshire, England.
The exterior of Fordson is made of granite and uses Briar Hill sandstone trim. The library has hand carved oak paneling, a fireplace, painted wall murals by Zoltan Sepeshy, tapestries and Jacobean fumed-oak furnishings and many bronze and marble statues including, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Nike, Niobe, Venus, and Mercury. The main entrance has ten busts that include philosophers, playwrights, and mathematicians like Plato, Aristedes, Sophocles, Homer, Demosthenes, Aesculapius, Euripides, Pindar, Archimedes, and Socrates. The main hall also includes a blue and gold Fordson Tractor with lettering of state champions imprinted on its top.[1] The building features architectural sculpture by Corrado Parducci. Fordson's architecture was represented in the 1987 film, The Rosary Murders when the library and tower were displayed. The school also became recognized as a Michigan Historical Site in 1998.
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