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Former students remember
Southfield-Lathrup as the high school
closes its doors.

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he news brought memories
rushing back — the milestones
and proud accomplishments,
the big hair, the school spirit, those
awkward teenage years. Graduates of
Southfield-Lathrup High School bid a
fond farewell to their alma mater last
week when the 49-year-old school on
12 Mile Road in Lathrup Village closed
its doors for good.
Declining enrollment (from 1,605
students in 2002-03 to just 800 this
year) and financial difficulties for
Southfield Public Schools led to the
decision to merge Southfield-Lathrup
and Southfield High into a new school,
Southfield High School for the Arts and
Technology.
“I have some really great memories
of high school. Those were the years
when I experienced the most growth,”

Carolyn Krieger-Cohen

says Renee Simlak, 44, of Los Angeles.
“Being on the pompom squad was
such a highlight for me. It made me
so proud every time my mom came to
watch me perform at the games.”
Simlak’s mother, Ann, passed away in
1998, so those memories hold special
meaning. Today, Renee is passing the
Charger spirit down to her 19-month-
old daughter, Ava.
“I still have my varsity jacket and the
red and white pompoms. My daughter
sometimes plays with them,” Simlak
says.
Carolyn Krieger-Cohen, 60, of
West Bloomfield is a 1974 Southfield-
Lathrup grad. Over the last four
decades, she has attended high school
reunions and kept in touch with many
former classmates. She still considers
some of them her closest friends.

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