Flint Southwestern Academy

Flint Southwestern Academy
Location
1420 West 12th Street Flint , Genesee , Michigan 48507 United States
Coordinates	42°59′53″N83°42′00″W / 42.998°N 83.7°W / 42.998; -83.7
Information
Type	Public, magnet
School district	Flint Community Schools
Superintendent	Derrick L. Lopez
CEEB code	231540
NCES School ID	261452005122[1]
Principal	Christopher Ochodnicky
Teaching staff	68[1]
Grades	9-12
Gender	Co-ed
Enrollment	901 (2015-16)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	18.31[1]
Language	English
Campus	Urban
Colors	Teal  White  Gold
Athletics conference	Saginaw Valley League, MHSAA
Mascot	Jaguars
Rival	Flint Northwestern
USNWR ranking	Bronze[2]
Affiliation	101ksnhx
Class/Div	Class B/Division 2
Website	www.swa.flintschools.org

Flint Southwestern Academy (FSA, Southwestern Academy, or Flint Southwestern) is located in Flint, Michigan, United States. This school is a part of the Flint Community Schools.^[4]

In 1989 Flint Academy closed and the school merged with Southwestern to become Flint Southwestern Academy. During the first year of the merger, the graduating class could choose what school was listed on their diploma: "Flint Academy", "Southwestern", or "Flint Southwestern Academy". The 2009 closing of Flint Central High School sent many former Flint Central High School students to Southwestern and led to the reopening of McKinley Middle School, which relieved potential overcrowding at Southwestern. Flint Southwestern Academy now serves grades 9–12.

Academics

Flint Southwestern Academy is a state and nationally accredited school through the AdvancED/North Central Accreditation of Colleges and Schools.^[5]

Demographic

Flint Southwestern Academy School Profile 2012/2013^[1]

Grade Students 7 230 8 251 9 282 10 293 11 172 12 117 Ungraded 0 TOTAL 1,245

Male Female 47% 53%

Enrollment % of total Total Minority 88% American Indian/Alaskan Native 0% Asian 0% Black 79% Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander 0% Hispanic 4% White 12% Two or More Races 5%

Athletics

Boys Boys Baseball 1978 Class A State Champion[6] Boys Track and Field 1961 Class A State Runner-up[7] 1966 Class A State Champion[7] 1975 Class A State Champion[7] 1976 Class A State Runner-up[7] 1977 Class A State Champion[7] 1978 Class A State Runner-up[7] Boys Golf 1962 Class A State Champion[8] 1963 Class A State Champion[8] 1967 Class A State Champion[8] Boys Cross Country 1960 Class A State Runner-up[9] 1962 Class A State Runner-up[9]

Girls None

Fall sports Football Volleyball Cross country (boys and girls) Boys soccer Boys tennis Girls golf

Winter sports Basketball (boys and girls) Bowling (boys and girls) Wrestling

Spring sports Baseball Softball Track & field (boys and girls)

Notable alumni

• Charlie Bell, NBA player, member of Michigan State University 2000 National Championship team
• Miles Bridges (transferred to Huntington Prep in Huntington, West Virginia),^[10] NBA player for Charlotte Hornets
• Brian Carpenter, former NFL player
• Terry Crews, actor and former NFL player
• Mark Ingram II, 2009 Heisman Trophy winner, NFL player
• Rick Leach, former MLB player and University of Michigan quarterback
• Booker Moore, football standout at Penn State University, former NFL player^[11]
• Ricky Patton, former NFL player
• Corey Santee, basketball player^[12]
• Merv Rettenmund^[13][14](baseball), former MLB player
• Daryl Turner, former NFL player
• Reggie Williams, football standout at Dartmouth College, former NFL player for Cincinnati Bengals

See also

• Flint Community Schools
  • Flint Central Closed 2009
  • Flint Northern Closed 2013
  • Flint Northwestern Closed in 2018, Re-opened as Flint Junior High in 2019

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - Flint Southwestern Academy (261452005122)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
2. "Flint Southwestern Academy in Flint, Mi | Best High Schools". US New. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
3. "Southwestern Classical Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
4. "Secondary Schools". Flint Community Schools. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. "AdvancED Institution Summary". AdvancEd. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
6. "Boys Baseball Yearly Champions". MHSAA. Archived from the original on November 22, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
7. "Boys Track and Field Team Champions". MHSAA. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
8. "Boys Golf Team Champions". MHSAA. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
9. "Boys Cross Country Team Champions". MHSAA. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
10. Woodyard, Eric (July 19, 2013). "Miles Bridges leaves Flint Southwestern Academy for Huntington Prep, follows footsteps of another Flintstone". MLive. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
11. Mickle, Bryn (September 21, 2009). "Former Flint Southwestern standout Booker Moore dies". Michigan Live. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
12. "Corey Santee College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
13. "Merv Rettenmund – Society for American Baseball Research".
14. "Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame". gfashof.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2019.

External links

• Flint Southwestern Academy
• Flint Community Schools

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