Frank Cody High School

Frank Cody High School is a high school in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Named to honor a former superintendent of Detroit Public Schools, it opened in 1952.[3]

Frank Cody High School
Address
18445 Cathedral Street

Detroit
,
Michigan

United States
Coordinates
Information
School typePublic
Opened1952
School districtDetroit Public Schools
PrincipalMr. Jason Solomon
Grades9-12
Enrollment387 (2016-17)[1]
Color(s)Green and gray[2]
NicknameComets
Websitewww.detroitk12.org/Cody

History

The school opened in 1952.[4] Cody absorbed attendance area from Redford and Mackenzie High School, after both facilities closed in 2007.[5][6][7]

As of January 2016 there are three separate high school programs sharing space at Cody.[8] During the summer of 2018 all three existing academies at the high school (Academy of Public Leadership, Medicine and Community Health, and Detroit Institute of Technology) were reunited to move forward as Cody High School for the 2018-2019 school year.

Notable alumni
  • Don Anderson, former NFL player.[9]
  • Andrew Davison, former NFL player. Left after his freshman season[10]
  • Tee Grizzley, rapper and musician[11]
  • Gary Kapanowski, LGBT union organizer and political activist.[12]
  • Gene Taylor, TV host and comedian.
  • Nicci Gilbert (singer), actress, singer, reality show star
  • R. W. Summers, Robert, Bob (Bamboo Fly Rod Maker), Exemplary target student with learning difficulties and 1957 graduate of the Frank Cody "Trade School", "Bob" is popular for his purportedly having studied under Fly Fishing legend, Paul H. Young, but four generations of the "Young" family, vigorously confirm unequivocally that "Bob" began working for their family in 1957, but at just 15 years old, as a "mechanics assistant", "Bob" worked in the boats and motors section of the Young operation until Jack Young started teaching him the rod making craft famously perfected by his father, Paul H. Young, in fall 1962, more than two years after Paul's death.

Campus

The school campus has polished tile, hardwood floors, and oak cabinets. John Wisely of the Detroit Free Press wrote that these touches "hint at a time when money was abundant."[8]

The school still maintains many of the original wood cabinets and fixtures.

References
  1. "Cody High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. "MHSAA > Schools". www.mhsaa.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "Cody High School: From Promise to Punishment". 22 August 2019.
  4. "Detroit Cody Comets Michigan High School Football and Basketball Conference Records".
  5. "Inside Closed Schools." Detroit Free Press. 1 (Archive). Retrieved on April 19, 2009.
  6. Cody HS Attendance Area 2007-2008." Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on November 13, 2009.
  7. High School Attendance Areas 7/10/2003. Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on November 13, 2009.
  8. Wisely, John. "Trying to teach in DPS amid decay: 'It's a travesty'" (Archive). Detroit Free Press. January 15, 2016. Retrieved on January 17, 2016.
  9. "Don Anderson". Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  10. "Words to live by: KU's Andrew Davison says tough talk is a reflection of his past". Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  11. "18 celebrities who went to high school in Detroit". Detroit Metro Times Galleries. 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  12. "The Kapanowski Challenge". Retrieved November 10, 2021.
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