Flushing High School is a four-year public high school in Flushing, Michigan, United States. It is operated by Flushing Community Schools.
Its sports teams are known as the Raiders. The school colors are orange and black. The principal is Kevin Foltz. Its newspaper is titled The Blazer and its yearbook is titled Perannos.
History On March 19, 1930, 125 students walked out of the high school to protest the school board's firing of superintendent Herbert V. Truemner. Truemner had been dismissed by the school board to take place at the end of the school year. The high school had 190 students at the time.
In 1998, the collapse of a cinder block wall in a new auditorium under construction at the school killed four construction workers. Four workers killed when wall collapses. Wichita Eagle, The (Wichita, Kansas), August 25, 1998, Page 3ASchool Auditorium Wall Crushes Workers. Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), August 25, 1998, Page A3 Wall collapses at school, killing 4, injuring 2. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 25, 1998
In January 2020, Flushing High School opened a brand new gymnasium and weight center, called the Raider Fieldhouse.
Feeder schools Middle school Flushing Middle School
Elementary schools Elms Elementary Central Elementary Seymour Elementary Springview Elementary
Notable alumni Jacob Morrison (born 2003), Minor league baseball pitcher, class of 2022 Dayna Polehanki (born 1969), Michigan state senator, class of 1988 Ira Terry Sayre (1858–1926), Michigan state senator, graduated with one of the school's first classes in 1878
References
External links Flushing High School