Cass Technical High School
public high school in Detroit, Michigan, United States
Lewis Cass Technical High School (simply referred to as Cass Tech) is a four-year public magnet high school in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1907 and is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District. It is named after army officer, politician, and slavery advocate Lewis Cass.
Until 1977, Cass was Detroit's only magnet school and the only non-neighborhood enrollment school in Detroit. It remains one of few magnet schools in Detroit. Entrance is based on test scores and middle school grades. Students are required to choose a curriculum path—roughly equivalent to a college "major" —in the ninth grade. Areas of study include among others arts and communication, business management and marketing, engineering and manufacturing, human services, and science and arts.
History
1860-1912
Cass Union School was built in 1860 and received an addition in 1883. At the corner of Second Street and Grand River Avenue, it held the first iteration of Cass Technical High School, which was established there in 1907 on the third floor.
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