Thomas M. Cooley High School opened to teens in 1928. The school is located on the northwest side of Detroit. It is a three-story Mediterranean Revival style facility. Due to budget constraints and a decline in enrollment, the school was closed in 2010.

During the early 1930s Cooley High had a student population of 3750. Cooley attendees had a wide range of extracurricular activities such as fencing, table tennis, indoor track and field, swimming and diving, speed skating and ice hockey. Throughout the 20th century Cooley High finished at the top in the quest for city league supremacy, as well as being one of the most successful programs in Michigan interscholastic history.



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