{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Lahser High School | type = Public | address = 3456 Lahser Road | city = Bloomfield Hills | state = Michigan | zipcode = 48302 | country = United States | closed = 2013 | information = | established = 1967 | grades = 9-12 | enrollment = | principal = Charlie Hollerith | principal_label = Final Principal | mascot = Knight | colors = Black and Gold {{Color box|black}}{{Color box|gold}} | district = Bloomfield Hills Schools | website = [http://lahser.bloomfield.org/ Lahser High School] }}
'''Lahser High School''' was a high school in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, near Bloomfield Hills and in Greater Detroit.<ref>"[http://www.bloomfieldtwp.org/Community/Maps/StreetMapFront.pdf Bloomfield Township Street Map]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140704094539/http://www.bloomfieldtwp.org/Community/Maps/StreetMapFront.pdf Archive]) Bloomfield Township, Oakland County. Retrieved on July 30, 2013.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060410080614/http://lahser.bloomfield.org/ Home]." Lasher High School. April 10, 2006. Retrieved on July 29, 2013. "3456 Lahser Road | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 48302"</ref> It was a part of Bloomfield Hills Schools. The school was opened in 1967.<ref name=BHHS>"[http://www.bloomfield.org/bhhs/index.aspx Home]." ([https://archive.today/20130730184254/http://www.bloomfield.org/bhhs/index.aspx Archive]) Bloomfield Hills High School. Retrieved on July 30, 2013. "Bloomfield Hills High School Main Campus 3456 Lahser Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302"</ref> At the time it had 200 students, and enrollment later reached almost 900 students. In 2010, the decision was made to merge the school with sister school Andover High School, on Andover's grounds. In 2020, it was decided that the Lahser campus would become the site of Bloomfield Hills Middle School North following a successful bond proposal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bromley|first=Susan|title=Bloomfield Hills Schools pitches $200 million bond proposal to August voters|url=https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/bloomfield-township/2020/07/22/bloomfield-hills-voters-decide-200-million-school-bond-proposal/5453855002/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Observer and Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bond - Bloomfield Hills Schools|url=https://www.bloomfield.org/bond-information/bond|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.bloomfield.org|language=en-US}}</ref> The football program had five consecutive playoff-eligible seasons, 2002–2006, in both class 3 and class 2 MHSAA competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=BLOOMFIELD HILLS LAHSER KNIGHTS|url=http://michigan-football.com/f/bhlahser.htm|work=Michigan Football.com|publisher=BusStop Computing|access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref>
Lahser won several MHSAA state championships including: men's soccer (1999),<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys SOCCER Champions 1982-2007|url=http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/bso/yearly.htm|work=mhsaa.com|publisher=Michigan High School Athletic Association|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-date=August 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813222137/http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/bso/yearly.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> men's/women's tennis (men's, 2002), women's lacrosse, and women's golf.
Lahser competed within the Oakland Activities Association Blue Division for football. Most of Lahser's students came from Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township. Lahser's crosstown rival was Andover High School, which is the current site of the merged Bloomfield Hills High School<ref name=BHHS/>
==Academic departments== Lahser offered several AP courses and introduced IB courses starting 2013. There were a variety of courses available to take, and departments include:<ref>{{cite web|title=Academics|url=http://lahser.bloomfield.org/academics/|publisher=Lahser High School|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014021/http://lahser.bloomfield.org/academics/|archive-date=2011-10-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{div col}} * Business * Communication & Dramatic Arts * Deaf/Hard of Hearing * Engineering * English * Family & Consumer Science * Health & Physical Education * IB DP (International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme) * Man in Nature (MIN) * Math * Model United Nations (MUN) * Music & Theater Departments * Science * Social Studies * Support Services or Directed Studies * Visual Arts * World Languages {{div col end}}
==Notable alumni== {{More citations needed|date=September 2008}} *Tanith Belbin, 2006 Olympic ice dancing silver-medalist (attended 1999–2000) *Sean Forbes, deaf American hip-hop artist (class of 2000) *Armen Keteyian, investigative reporter (class of 1971) * Yante Maten, basketball player at the University of Georgia and 2018 co-Player of the Year in the Southeastern Conference (class of 2014; graduated from Bloomfield Hills High)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://georgiadogs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=998 |title=Bio: Yante Maten |publisher=Georgia Bulldogs |access-date=March 12, 2018}}</ref> *Ronna Romney McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee *Chad Smith, drummer for the band Red Hot Chili Peppers (1980)<ref>Thompson, D: ''The Red Hot Chili Peppers'', page 182. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993.</ref> *Joe Hawley, singer and guitarist for the band Tally Hall (class of 2001)<ref>{{Cite news|title = Joe Hawley|url=https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/wiki/Joe_Hawley|accessdate=January 13, 2023|publisher=Hidden in the Sand|date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> *Ross Federman, singer and drummer for the band Tally Hall<ref>{{Cite news|title = Ross Federman|url=https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/wiki/Ross_Federman|accessdate=January 13, 2023|publisher=Hidden in the Sand|date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> *Pierce Codina, drummer for the band Divino Niño *Neil Mandt, Emmy-winning TV and movie producer (attended 1985–1987) *Milt Carthens, professional football player
==References== {{Portal|Michigan|Schools}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://lahser.bloomfield.org/ Lahser High School] * [https://www.bloomfield.org/ Bloomfield Hills Public Schools]
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