East Lansing High School is a public high school in the city of

East Lansing, Michigan East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County. At the 2020 Census the population was 47,741. Located directly east of the state capital ...

, United States. It is managed by the

East Lansing Public Schools East Lansing Public Schools is the school district for East Lansing, Michigan, USA. The district is governed by a seven-person Board of Education. Since 1973, the Board has included a student-elected, non-voting student representative from East ...

district. The school is located about a mile north of the

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It ...

campus. Construction started in 1956, with the school opening in September 1959. The previous high school building is now the Hannah Community Center. Since 2000, the school has undergone remodeling with the addition of several new wings and restoration of the old ones. The construction was completed in summer 2005, and the remodeled school was dedicated in September 2005.

History

The school district that is now East Lansing Public Schools was established in 1900, seven years before the city of East Lansing itself. All grade levels were taught in the original Central School, which was built in 1901. When that building burned down in 1916, classes were held in the old Peoples Church building until a second Central School could be built. The first high school building was completed in 1926 at 819 Abbott Road. When the current high school building opened in 1959, the former school became the East Lansing Junior High School. It closed for renovation in 1968, and reopened as the

John A. Hannah John Alfred Hannah (October 9, 1902 – February 23, 1991) was president of Michigan State College (later Michigan State University) for 28 years (1941–1969), making him the longest serving of MSU's presidents. He is credited with transformin ...

Middle School. The building is now a community center.

Notable alumni

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Athletics

The

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High School mascot (male and female) is Troy the

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Chieftains, Lansing Eastern Quakers,

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Boys

* 1936 State Class B Tennis Champion * 1936 State Class B Golf Champion * 1938 State Class B Tennis Champion * 1940 State Class B Track & Field Champion * 1941 State Class B Track & Field Champion * 1941 State Class B Golf Champion * 1948 State Class B Golf Champion * 1951 State Class B Tennis Champion * 1958 State Class B Basketball * 1959 State Class B-C-D Swimming & Diving Champion * 1967 State Class A Cross Country * 1981 State Open Class Skiing Champion * 1983 State Class A Golf Champion * 1987 State Class A Soccer Champion * 1987 State Class A Swimming & Diving Champion * 1991 State Class A Football * 1993 State Class A Golf Champion * 1998 State Class A Track & Field Champion * 2000 State Division II Golf Champion * 2002 State Division 2 Soccer Champion * 2005 State Division 2 Soccer Champion * 2007 State Division 2 Tennis Champion * 2008 State Division 2 Tennis Champion * 2011 State Division 2 Track & Field Champion * 2013 State Division 2 Soccer Champion *2014 State Division 2 Soccer Champion

Girls

*1973 State Open Class Swimming Champion *1974 State Open Class Swimming Champion *1975 State Open Class Swimming Champion *1975 State Division 2 Tennis Champion *1976 State Class A Swimming & Diving Champion *1977 State Class A Swimming & Diving Champion *1978 State Class A Swimming & Diving Champion *1987 State Open Class Golf Champion *1992 State Class A Golf Champion *1997 State Division 2 Tennis Champion *2009 State Division 2 Track & Field Champion *2010 State Class A Basketball Champion *2011 State Division 2 Track & Field Champion

References

External links

* {{authority control East Lansing, Michigan Public high schools in Michigan Schools in Ingham County, Michigan 1956 establishments in Michigan Educational institutions established in 1956