Adlai E. Stevenson High School is a

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located in

Livonia, Michigan Livonia ( ) is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Livonia is located roughly northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 95,535. Originally organized as ...

, a suburb west of

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History

Adlai E. Stevenson High School was built in 1965 to accommodate the rising population of

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with the increased migration of people from Detroit to the suburbs during the 1960s. It was dedicated on October 24, 1965,

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, and the 20th anniversary of that body's founding, by

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Hubert H. Humphrey. Stevenson was the first high school in the nation to be named for the Fifth U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai E. Stevenson, who had died the day before the Livonia school board decided on naming the new high school.

Athletics

Stevenson is a Class A athletic school and is part of the Kensington Lakes Activities Association playing in the new East division formed in 2018.

Championships

*Boys ice hockey state champions in 2013 *Boys soccer state champions in 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996 *Girls soccer state champions in 1990, 1997, 1998 *Girls Pom Pon division two state champions in 1998, and 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Adlai E. High School Public high schools in Michigan Educational institutions established in 1965 Livonia, Michigan Schools in Wayne County, Michigan 1965 establishments in Michigan Adlai Stevenson II