Crestwood High School (Michigan)

Coordinates: 42°19′18″N 83°17′39″W / 42.32162°N 83.294263°W / 42.32162; -83.294263

Crestwood High School
Location
Dearborn Heights, Michigan USA
Information
Type	Secondary
Established	1965
School district	Crestwood School District
Principal	John Tafelski
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1600+
Color(s)	blue, gold, and white
Mascot	Chargers
Website	http://www.csdm.k12.mi.us/schools/crestwood-high-school/

Crestwood High School or CHS is a public four-year high school in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. It was founded in 1964 and is located on Beech Daly Road between Ford Road and Cherry Hill Road. It is a part of the Crestwood School District.

Sports

CHS students are involved in numerous sports throughout all three seasons.

Fall Sports

Marching Band
Football
Girls Volleyball
Girls Swimming
Boys Soccer
Cross Country
Boys Tennis

Winter Sports

Ice Hockey
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Boys Swimming
Boys Bowling
Girls Bowling
Quiz Bowl

Spring Sports

Baseball
Softball
Girls Tennis
Track and Field
Girls Soccer
Boys Golf
Rowing

CHS is a member of the Western Wayne Athletic Conference. The Chargers have a strong tradition in athletics. Their primary rivals are Fordson High School, Dearborn High School, and Garden City High School.

Notable alumni

Pete Stoyanovich, an American football placekicker who played with the Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams in the NFL.
Gary Wayne, a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who was a member of the inaugural 1993 Colorado Rockies team.
Garrett Clayton, an actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for portraying Tanner in Teen Beach Movie, a Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Jeffrey Hornaday.
Chris Tamer, a NHL hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins from 1993-1998 and the Atlanta Thrashers from 1999-2004.
David Knezek, an American politician who represents the 5th District in the Michigan Senate. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his election in 2014, Knezek served as member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013-2014 and as a scout sniper platoon member in the United States Marine Corps, completing two tours of duty in Iraq. He was honorably discharged in 2014, having risen to the rank of Sergeant.

References

Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Crestwood School District Crestwood High School Dearborn Public Schools Dearborn Center for Math, Science and Technology Dearborn Heights School District 7 Annapolis High School Westwood Community School District Wayne-Westland Community Schools Taylor School District Clara B. Ford Academy

Colleges and universities	Henry Ford College

This list is incomplete.

High schools in Wayne County, Michigan

Public high schools

Detroit Public Schools

Neighborhood schools	Central Cody Denby East English Village Ford King Mumford Northwestern Osborn Pershing Southeastern Western International

Alternative schools	Academy of the Americas Barsamian Preparatory Center Cass Technical Communication & Media Arts Crosman Davis Aerospace Detroit International Academy for Young Women Detroit Technology High School Detroit School of Arts Douglass Academy Millennium School Renaissance Trombly Alternative West Side Academy Alternative Education White Center

Closed or merged	Chadsey Cooley Crockett Detroit City Finney Kettering Mackenzie Murray-Wright Northeastern Northern Redford Southwestern Catherine Ferguson Academy (alternative)

Other public schools

Neighborhood schools	Allen Park Annapolis (Dearborn Heights) Carlson (Gibraltar) Winston Churchill (Livonia) Clarenceville Crestwood (Dearborn Heights) Dearborn Ecorse Community Edsel Ford (Dearborn) Flat Rock Fordson (Dearborn) Benjamin Franklin (Livonia) Garden City John Glenn (Westland) Grosse Ile Grosse Pointe North Grosse Pointe South Hamtramck Harper Woods John F. Kennedy (Taylor) Lincoln Park Melvindale Northville Plymouth-Canton Educational Park (Canton) Plymouth (Canton) Redford Union Robichaud (Dearborn Heights) River Rouge Romulus Theodore Roosevelt (Wyandotte) Southgate Anderson Adlai E. Stevenson (Livonia) Thurston (Redford) Trenton Harry S. Truman (Taylor) Wayne Memorial Woodhaven (Brownstown Township)

Alternative schools	Burger School for Students with Autism (Inkster) Dearborn Center for Math, Science and Technology Dearborn Magnet Henry Ford Collegiate Academy (Dearborn)

Closed	Highland Park Community Inkster

Charter schools

Chandler Park Academy (Harper Woods)
Cesar Chavez Academy (Detroit)
Clara B. Ford Academy (Dearborn Heights)
Consortium College Prep (Detroit)
Cornerstone Schools High School (Detroit)
Henry Ford Academy (Dearborn)
Plymouth Educational Center (Detroit)
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy (Detroit)
University Prep Schools (Detroit)

Closed	Catherine Ferguson Academy (Detroit)

Independent

Secular private

University Liggett School

Religious

Closed or merged	Holy Redeemer Notre Dame Our Lady of Mount Carmel St. Florian Trinity Catholic

Moved	Detroit Catholic Central (to Novi in 2005) Regina (to Warren in 2007)

This list is incomplete.

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