Birmingham Public Schools

For the school district in Alabama, see Birmingham City Schools.

Birmingham Public Schools is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving Birmingham, Bingham Farms, Beverly Hills, Franklin, and portions of Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Southfield, Troy, and West Bloomfield.^[a][1]

History

In 1834, the first "district" school in Birmingham opened. This school was housed in John Hamilton's old log house at Hamilton Road and Old Woodward Ave. Rev. Lemuel M. Partridge served as the teacher. In 1855, the brick "Old Red Schoolhouse" was built at Maple and Southfield roads and served as a school until 1869. The Allen House, part of the Birmingham Historical Museum, now stands where the school was. A new school was built in 1869 and became the site of Birmingham's first high school. That first high school later became known as Baldwin High School, then in 1951, Birmingham High School, and in 1959, Seaholm High School. The former Baldwin High School later became Birmingham's first middle school.^{[citation needed]}

Through the 1930s other districts had their own elementary schools and sent paid tuition students to Baldwin High School in the Birmingham district. Throughout the 1940s, other school districts in the area were encouraged by the state to join Birmingham's school district. Southfield joined in 1943, Bloomfield Village in 1946, Franklin in 1945 and Walnut Lake in 1947.^[2]

Schools

Birmingham Public Schools runs eight elementary schools, one 3–8th grade school, two middle schools, two high schools, and one alternative high school. Each elementary school hosts a half day preschool program ^[3] and the district also runs a preschool program out of Midvale BPS Early Childcare Center.^[4]

High schools

• Groves High School
• Seaholm High School
• Lincoln Street Alternative High School

Middle schools

• Berkshire Middle School
• Derby Middle School

Schools serving grades 3-8

• Birmingham Covington School

Elementary schools

• Beverly Elementary School
• Bingham Farms Elementary School
• Greenfield Elementary School
• Harlan Elementary School (New building opened 2007, replacing original 1957 building)
• Quarton Elementary School
• Pembroke Elementary School
• Pierce Elementary School
• West Maple Elementary School

Notes

1. The district also includes a small portion of Royal Oak which is completely industrialized and has no residential areas.

References

1. "Maps: School Districts: Birmingham City School District" (PDF). Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
2. Birmingham Historical Museum & Park; Birmingham School District (2006). Birmingham Historical Museum & Park. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
4. BPS Early Childhood Center – Index Archived 15 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Ecc.birmingham.schoolfusion.us. Retrieved on 6 June 2012.

External links

• http://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/
• http://www.bhamgov.org/history/museum/early_school_history.php
• http://www.bhamgov.org/history/museum/birmingham_schools_the_modern_era.php
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120218030520/http://beverly.birmingham.k12.mi.us/?

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