Editing Mendon, Michigan (section)

==Education==
[[Mendon Junior/Senior High School]] is one of the top academic schools in southwestern Michigan. [[Mendon Junior/Senior High School]] scored better in writing on the spring 2009 Michigan Merit Exam than any other school in the region. They finished second in reading and third in English language arts.<ref>Crone, Sarah. [http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/07/southwest_michigan_schools_sho.html "Southwest Michigan schools show improvement: See scores for the second round of the revamped Michigan Merit Exam"] mlive.com. July 15, 2009. Retrieved on November 12, 2009.</ref>

[[Mendon Junior/Senior High School]] has had an outstanding football program. In 1999 it won its sixth state championship in Division 8.<ref>[https://www.heraldpalladium.com/localsports/mendon-captures-sixth-state-high-school-football-championship/article_5301c6ee-c141-5a7a-b87c-dcc20dd29913.html Associated Press, "Mendon captures sixth state high school football championship"], ''The Herald Palladium'', November 27, 1999; accessed August 13, 2018</ref> Since then, it has won seven more state championships. In 2011 it defeated [[Fowler High School (Michigan)]] with a score of 33–0 in the [[Michigan High School Athletic Association]] (MHSAA) Division 8 Championship game.