Walled Lake Northern High School

Walled Lake Northern (WLN) is a public high school in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District, located in Commerce Township, Michigan in Greater Detroit. It was completed in April, 2003 by TMP Associates, Inc. at a cost of $67.5 million. The school serves 1612 students.

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The school contains academic, athletic, technological, and performing arts facilities. The academic wings of the school surround the Media Center, and follow a loop pattern. The school has main and an auxiliary gym, an indoor swimming pool, as well as an upstairs indoor track. The football field contains a home grandstand, two concession stands, and a Fieldturf football field. The track is a full quarter mile, and is set parallel from the football field. In addition, there are tennis courts, a lacrosse field, four baseball fields, and a full practice football field.

The fine and performing arts wing of the school contains two computer labs (1 CAD), two art rooms, and a technology lab. One of the art rooms contains a kiln and a dark room. The band, orchestra, and choir rooms have full sound systems, projector screens, and full acoustic design implemented in the ceilings and walls. The auditorium seats approximately one thousand people and includes a second story balcony for additional seating. As of 2011, its mascot officially became a Jolly Knight. Before then, the school alternated between using images of a Jolly Knight and a chess Knight for its mascot imagery.

Walled Lake, Michigan

Walled Lake is a city in the southern central portion of Commerce Township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,999 at the 2010 census.

Origins of the name

The town's name is said to have been given by the first Euro-American settler, Walter Hewitt, in 1825. Upon his arrival, he noticed what appeared to be a stone wall along the lake's western bank, possibly constructed by earlier Potawatomi Indian tribes.

History

Walled Lake was a village inhabited by Ojibwa and Potowatamie people until about 1830. It appears that these people had relocated from an earlier village in the area that is today Southfield.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.37 square miles (6.14 km²), of which 2.18 square miles (5.65 km²) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km²) is water.

Walled Lake is north of the City of Novi.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 6,999 people, 3,347 households, and 1,771 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,210.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,239.6/km²). There were 3,689 housing units at an average density of 1,692.2 per square mile (653.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.7% White, 4.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 2.8% Asian, 1.1% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9% of the population.

Walled Lake (Michigan)

Walled Lake is the third largest lake in Oakland County, Michigan, and is located in the Metro Detroit region of southeastern Michigan.

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