Hamtramck High School is a public high school in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States in Metro Detroit, named after Colonel Jean François Hamtramck. It is a part of Hamtramck Public Schools.HistoryHamtramck High School was originally located on Wyandotte and Hewitt Streets.In 1925 655 students attended Hamtramck High School. JoEllen McNergney Vinyard, author of For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925, wrote that Hamtramck High had "substantially more students than were in all of Detroit's Polish Catholic high schools combined."In November 1939 Hamtramck High lost to Detroit Catholic Central High School 20-0, in a high school football game at Keyworth Stadium. There were 11,402 people who paid to attend this match.In 1970 it moved to the former Copernicus Junior Middle School.As of 2010, Hamtramck High School received excellent reviews from many foundations including the Martha G. Scott Foundation and Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD). Hamtramck High School has been also been awarded many grants including a Grant from General Motors in 2010. In 2010 a student from Hamtramck High received the prestigious and highly exclusive Scholarship, the Bill Gates Scholarship.Hamtramck High School currently offers 4 AP classes ((seniors).
