Trenton High School (Michigan)
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2601 Charlton Road Trenton, Michigan USA |
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| Coordinates | 42°08′35″N 83°12′00″W / 42.143°N 83.2°WCoordinates: 42°08′35″N 83°12′00″W / 42.143°N 83.2°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1900 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | about 1100 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | blue and gold |
| Mascot | Trojans |
| Yearbook | Monguagon |
| Website | Trenton High School |
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across Downriver. Enrollment for the 2012-13 school year was about 1200.
The Trenton High School staff is committed to educating all its students in learning the essential skills necessary to become well rounded, responsible, caring, lifelong learning citizens.
The current school complex was constructed in 1953 on a plot bounded by West, Westfield and Charlton roads and Edsel Drive. The school was built to handle a surge in students following World War II and the expansion of western Trenton, which was quickly expanding. The building was known as West Road Elementary School and housed elementary school students until Hedke, Anderson, Foley and Owen elementary schools opened in the 1950s.
The original campus consisted of a two-story, L-shaped structure, with academic center on the eastern side and athletics on the west. Later, during the 1967-68 school year, a two-story wing was added to the north of the building, housing the school's library and classrooms. The school is due for major mechanical and electrical upgrades starting in the spring of 2009 as part of the recently passed bond issue. The school's football field received major renovations in 2001. The existing high school replaced Slocum-Truax School, which opened in 1924 and took up an entire city block at Harrison Avenue and Fifth Street. The building—named after city founders Abram Caleb Truax and Giles Slocum—cost the district $165,000 to build.
The school's first state championship came in the form of the Class D boys' state track title in 1927. The structure, which later served as a junior high school, was demolished in the late 1970s, although the building's stone sign was saved and is displayed on the site, now a public park. Until Slocum-Truax, high school classes were held in buildings with other classes. The first schoolhouse in Trenton was constructed in the 1830s near the Detroit River. Later, a log structure at what is now Jefferson Avenue and Elm Street also served as a school. The first designated high school was a two-story building near Slocum's Island built in the 1870s. The district also operated out of a red building at St. Joseph and Third streets built in 1900 for $10,000, records show. That structure was torn down in 1963.
Trenton is a member of the Downriver League. The school's mascot is the Trojan. The school is best known for its hockey teams, which have won 14 state titles in 20 championship game appearances since the late 1970s- including a 28-0-0 season in 1995-96, and the most recent state championship in the 13-14 season. Their main rivals are Detroit Catholic Central High School and Wyandotte Roosevelt High School. The school has been home to some Michigan coaching legends as well, such as national hockey coach of the year in 2013-14 Mike Turner, winningest coach in Michigan history. Also notable are the girls' softball team, boys' baseball team, boys' and girls' swimming and diving team, the boys' track and field team, and the boys tennis team making the state finals 3 years in a row (2011–14). Trenton also played a 1998-99 Trenton vs. CC game that never ended because of an injury. Trenton won the game in 2010 during a Gatorade Replay the Series game, with the score being 4-2. In 2004 the boys' golf team won its first state title an had state ranked teams in the 2 years that followed.
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