Roseville High School Auto Shop

The Roseville High School Auto Shop is a automotive-technology program, part of Roseville High School's (Roseville, Michigan) Career Technical Educatio<nowiki/>n (CTE) Program.
It was created by Roseville High School prinicpal L.B Williams to help students learn vocational trades for employment while in High School. His son, Paul Tregembo Jr., started teaching at Roseville in 1986, but left after Roseville Community School's combined both their high schools into the Brablec Building in 1989. He returned in 1992, and has remained there ever since-taking over for his father full-time in 2016.<ref name=":1" />
The program is best recognized for its efforts at the Detroit Autorama, as well as at Mt. Clemens Racetrack, the International Show Car Association (ISCA), and National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).
Early Years: 1967-1975
In 1967, Roseville High School, located in a small suburb fifteen miles outside Detroit, Michigan, was seeking to expand career opportunities for its students.
Then Principal L.B Williams decided to create an Automotive Technology (Auto Shop) program for the students at his school, and brought on Western Michigan University graduate Paul Tregembo Sr. to head the program.
In the early years of RHS's Auto Tech program, days consisted of students doing typical maintenance on vehicles, ranging from those of other students and instructors, to their own rides. It wasn't until the early 1972 school year that Tregembo decide to broaden his student's minds, and provide them with greater opportunities.
He purchased a 1962 Plymouth Valiant for his students to work on. But rather than maintenance, the Valiant's purpose was to compete at the 21st annual Detroit Autorama in January 1973. It would be the first time any high school program would have competed at the Detroit Autorama, and would also showcase the student's talent and abilities to a large audience.
In January 1973, the Valiant made its way to the Cobo Center, where it took home the first of many 1st-place trophies for the program. Tregembo and students came back the following year with a custom-built roadster (coined "The Cherry Hooker"), where it finished second behind Jerry Pennington's Ridler-Winning "Devilfish". They returned again in 1975 with the Cherry Hooker, and this time capture first in a new "High School" class, created to keep student projects from having to compete against Great-8 cars and Ridler Contenders.
The Circle Track Years: 1976-1981

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