Cass Technical High School - Class of 1979
Detroit, Michigan
Cass Tech is a magnet high school in downtown Detroit Michigan.
Entrance to Cass is based on test scores and middle school grades.
Students are required to choose a curriculum path—roughly equivalent to a college "major"—in the ninth grade.
Areas of study include, but are not limited to, architecture, music, graphic arts, business, human services, and chemical/biological sciences.
Although the school is now housed in a building built in 2004,
the class of 1979 were part of a much larger school with a total enrollment of about 4,000. The older building, constructed in 1919, was demolished in 2011.
There were approximately 900 graduates in the class of 1979.
Class Communications
About 250 members of the class of 1979 participate in an active Facebook group,
http://www.facebook.com/groups/202165023178932/.
All class members are strongly encouraged
to join the group!
Class Member Memoriams
The following members of the Cass Tech Class of 1979 are reported to have passed away. Please post additions or corrections to the Facebook group.