YHS Principal: Rob Belous
Email: belous@ypsd.org
Assistant Principal: Arron Rose Email: arose4@ypsd.org
Assistant Principal: Carla Postell Email: cpostell@ypsd.org
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director: Scott Johnson
Email: sjohnson@ypsd.org
Athletic Secretary: Debbie Schoeff
Email: schoeff@ypsd.org
Ypsilanti Fight Song
Three cheers for Ypsi High School
Ypsi brave and true
Now all together
Smash and break them through
Three cheers for Ypsi warriors
They can't be beat
Three cheers for Ypsi high
Who knows no defeat
Ypsilanti Alma Mater
By Barbara Hamilton Cornish and Joyce Hamilton Krohl
Purple shadows of the night all the world enfold.
Golden stars send forth their light for the Purple and the Gold.
All hail, all hail to Ypsi High, your honor we'll uphold
We'll ne'er forget our memories of the Purple and the Gold.
Golden fields of waving grain, purple mountains high.
All join in the glad refrain of praises to the sky.
All Hail, all hail to Ypsi High, your honor we'll uphold.
We'll ne'er forget our memories of the Purple and the Gold.
2095 Packard Rd., Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 714-1000
Grades 9-12
Enrollment -1,500
School Colors - Purple and Gold
www.ypsd.org
History
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure. Ypsilanti High School (or 'Ypsi High,' as many people refer to it), is a comprehensive high school serving 9-12th grades. It is located on the western edge of the Ypsilanti School District at the corner of Packard and Hewitt Roads. It currently has approximately 1,150 students and 65 faculty members.Ypsilanti High School has a lengthy history, and has existed since the late 1800s. Until 1974, the high school was housed in a historic 3-story brick building on Cross Street, which has since been converted into senior citizen housing units.
Braves Logo Controversy
The mascot of Ypsilanti High School has been a source of controversy for over 10 years. In the early 1990s, in response to charges that the mascot was offensive to Native Americans, the first changes were undertaken. The real-life mascot, who dressed up as a stereotypical 'Indian' (complete with (mohawk) for football games, was discontinued and a panel for the improvement of Native American cultural education was set up.
In 2004, the school's mascot came under fire again, with opponents of the name being organized by an Eastern Michigan University professor. The School Board set up a committee in the fall of 2005 to look into the issue. After a series of open public meetings, the committee returned a report concluding that due to systemic discrimination the mascot must indeed be changed. However, the committee was the subject of questions itself, with allegations that the group splintered, and none of the public forums gathered much student input. The School Board, while going over the committee's report, scheduled a final public meeting to be held in April 2006. Garnering a large turnout, the event was held in the school's auditorium, with support for the name generally coming from the student body and the community and opponents coming from academia and the Native American community. Following this meeting, the School Board decided in a in May 2006 compromise decision that the name "Braves" could still be used but the Braves logo could not be used in any athletic activities or school events.
In the Fall of 2006, after a reshuffling of School Board members following an election the previous spring, the issue was brought up yet again. In another contentious and closely divided decision, the Board chose 4-3 to retire the 'Braves' name completely on 11 December 2006. On 27 November 2007, the school board chose Phoenix as the new school mascot, and on March 31, 2008, the new logo was unveiled.New Tech @ Ardis
2100 Ellsworth Rd., Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 714-1053
9th Grade Only
Website
New Tech High Schools are small high schools of 400 total students that use technology to facilitate project-based learning for the students they serve with a one-to-one student-to-computer ratio. The core elements of the New Tech High School are Technology That Enables, Culture That Empowers and Teaching That Engages. These schools make great strides to connect students with their communities through the projects they create.
What's in it for students?
New Tech High School students graduate with problem solving and workplace ready collaboration skills. Students must also complete 12 credits of articulated or earned college credit upon graduation. This means that students who graduate from New Tech High Schools are prepared for the transition to college because they have already experienced college course work. Parents can look at this as an investment in college readiness and college completed and paid for. Students come out of high school not only college ready, but college experienced. Students may gain these 12 credits in three ways. First, students may take CTE courses at Ypsilanti High School that have articulation agreements with colleges and universities. Second, students may dual enroll at a local college or university. Third, teachers may have the opportunity to teach college level courses as adjunct professors with a local college or university. Students are also required to complete an internship in the career path they are pursuing.
Michigan Merit curriculum
High School Graduation Requirements have become much more rigorous in the past three years. This year's junior class is the first to complete these state requirements. The goal of New Tech High is to complete these credits with as many team-taught project-based learning opportunities for students. For example, students can learn literature and history together. This creates meaningful learning opportunities within the context of time. Many genres and literary developments evolved naturally with changes in the economic and political landscape. It makes sense to teach these together.
