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Traverse City Central High School is a public high school in Traverse City, Michigan, located at 1150 Milliken Drive. The principal is Rick Vandermolen. It is one of six high schools in Traverse City, with over 1,400 students each year. Central is located in the Traverse City Area Public Schools school district, which is part of the larger Traverse Bay Area intermediate school district. Central offers classes for students in grades 9–12. Additionally, students are given the option to dual enroll and attend classes at Northwestern Michigan College. In addition to the dual enrollment program, a wide variety of honors and AP classes are offered. These include AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History, AP World History, AP U.S. History, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, and AP Statistics ==History== The school was originally established as the sole high school in Traverse City, established in 1884. For over sixty years the high school was just south of downtown Traverse City between Seventh and Eighth Streets. The large brick building that housed both a senior and junior high school now operates as Central Grade School. The current site of the school broke ground in the late 1950s. In the 1990s the school underwent extensive renovations and additions. Only a few of the original structures remain. From the 1950s to the 1990s, the school was referred to as Traverse City Senior High School. In 1997, Traverse City Senior High was split by the school district into two distinct high schools. The newly constructed Traverse City West Senior High School was opened, while the original high school facility was renamed as Traverse City Central High School. The name of Traverse City Senior High School was discontinued at that time. Since West Senior High School opened, there has been a westward shift of students; in the 2004–2005 school year, there was an enrollment gap of 178 students, though that number is increasing at a slower rate than in the past. West Senior High School has quickly become a major cross town sporting rival of Central High School. The old school covering a block of 8th street across to 7th street at one time included all grades. In 1963 a new high school, Traverse City High School was built on Eastern Avenue for grades 10-12. The Traverse City Junior High on a hill west of town opened in the fall 1971 of for grades 7-9. It later became Traverse City West Junior High. During the mid-1990s Traverse City East Junior High was built. In 1997 Traverse City West High School was built due to overcrowding at Traverse City High School. Over 3500 students each year had attended the only high school in town until the school split. Until the 2008-2009 school year, TCAPS elementary schools operated up to and including grade 6, with the two junior highs carrying grades 7-9 (though for a few years preceding, some 6th graders would also attend voluntarily due to their elementary schools from the year before having closed down) and the high schools took only 10-12 grades. After long planning, beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, all elementary schools now run up to grade 5, junior highs handle 6-8, and high schools carry 9-12 grades. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central High School (Traverse City, Michigan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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