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‘There is a special bond I have
with all of my fellow Southfield-
Lathrup alumni that I cannot
put into words.’

— Renee Simlak

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“I had great teachers and a lot of
friends. It was just a close-knit commu-
nity,” she says. “[Hockey great] Gordie
Howe’s son, Mark, was a year ahead
of us. All the girls would follow him
around as we would walk through the
halls.”
Other notable Southfield-Lathrup
graduates include Quicken Loans and
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert,
Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky and
Sheldon Yellen, CEO of Birmingham-
based Belfor Holdings Inc.
Sportscaster Jeff Lesson, 55, of West
Bloomfield, launched his successful
broadcasting career at Southfield-
Lathrup. The 1978 alum hosts the
award-winning show “Lesson on Golf,”
which airs on 97.1 FM “The Ticket.”
His sportscasts can also be heard on
WWJ-AM radio. Back in high school,
Lesson’s voice first hit the airwaves
on the school’s in-house radio station,
WSLH.
“I did sportscasts, commentary and
play-by-play for Southfield-Lathrup
and Southfield High basketball, football
and baseball,” he says. “My commen-
tary was called ‘Lesson’s Look’ which
later evolved into ‘Lesson on Golf.’”
Pam Zager-Maya, 44, of Hollywood,
Fla., was a cheerleader at all of those
big games. She was also president of
the class of 1990, a softball player and

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a member of several clubs. Today, she
serves as vice president of market-
ing for the National Hockey League’s
Florida Panthers and the BB&T Center
arena in Sunrise, Fla., near Fort
Lauderdale.
“I was blessed to attend a school
and grow up in an area where my
friends were from different cultures,
backgrounds and religions,” she says.
“I believe my generation led the way in
accepting diversity in our community.
The halls of Southfield-Lathrup are
where we all came together.”
What will become of the old high
school? This fall, students from
University High School Academy,
UPREP and MacArthur University
Academy grades 2-8 will occupy the
building.
Many former and current students
expressed their sadness on social
media.
“I was just in Detroit visiting fam-
ily and friends, and I had no idea I
would never be able to take a trip down
memory lane again,” Simlak wrote
on her Facebook page. “I would have
made a special trip to walk the halls
and visit my old classrooms with my
daughter for the last time. There is a
special bond I have with all of my fel-
low Southfield-Lathrup alumni that I
cannot put into words.”

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