Crenshaw High School
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| Crenshaw High School | |
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| Location | |
| 5010 11th Avenue Los Angeles, California 90043 |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1968 |
| School district | Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Principal | Eddie Christopher |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,466 |
| Number of students | 6789 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Coliseum League CIF Los Angeles City Section |
| Mascot | Cougars |
| Website | Official website |
Crenshaw High School is a secondary school located in South Los Angeles, California.
The school first opened in 1968 and currently enrolls an average of 1,400 students.
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History
Crenshaw High School opened in 1968. The school drew students from several African-American neighborhoods, including Baldwin Hills and View Park-Windsor Hills, as well as a few white neighborhoods. The school's student body began with students from wealthier African-American communities. Most of the students who attended Crenshaw lived near this area of Los Angeles.
Background
Crenshaw's biggest rival is Susan Miller Dorsey High School. Several areas, including the unincorporated Los Angeles County community of View Park-Windsor Hills, are zoned to Crenshaw; some sections of View Park-Windsor Hills are jointly zoned to Crenshaw and Westchester High School. On August 15, 2005, Crenshaw High School lost its accreditation due to administrative fraud. The accreditation was restored on February 1, 2006.
The school is renowned for its outstanding boys basketball program, coached for over thirty years by Willie E. West Jr., who retired in 2007 and was succeeded by Ed Waters. The Crenshaw Cougars have won numerous L.A. City and California State basketball titles. Crenshaw also won the International High School Basketball Tournament in Arhus, Sweden in 1985. Crenshaw was featured in the 1991 movie Boyz n the Hood, the 2000 movie Love & Basketball, from 1996 to 2001 on the UPN series Moesha, and in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. It is also featured in the 2006 film Bring It On: All or Nothing. In 2001, the book "And Still We Rise," written by Miles Corwin, chronicled the lives of twelve seniors in the Crenshaw High Gifted & Talented Magnet program in their quest to obtain an education—amidst formidable obstacles.[1] The book received the PEN USA West for Creative Nonfiction Award[1] and much critical praise. In 2004 Kirk Douglas and the Amateur Athletic Foundation (AAF) donated stadium lights to Crenshaw High School. The Crenshaw High School Varsity Football team won its first "Championship Division" Los Angeles City championship in 2005 defeating Woodland Hills Taft High School, However, a "AAA" Championship was won in 1992, defeating Chatsworth High School. Both Championship titles were under the leadership of Coach Robert Garrett.
The first principal of Crenshaw High School was Mr. Robert Case who opened the school January 1968. Former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Sidney V. Thompson was the school's second principal. Ms. Jewell Boutte was principal in 1988 when she was awarded the prestigious Milken Educator Award for innovations she brought to the school.
Ms. Carrie Allen, formerly an administrator for the Pasadena Unified School District in Pasadena, California became principal in 2009. Ms. Allen was replaced in the summer of 2011 by Dr. Sylvia Rousseau. Dr. Rousseau was formerly the principal at Santa Monica High School and the Superintendent of a Local District in LAUSD. She has also served on the faculty at USC's Rossier School of Education.
Sports
The Crenshaw football team, City Section champion, played in the state championship bowl game on Saturday night, December 19, 2009 at the Home Depot Center. They ended the season 14-1. The Crenshaw Football team went on to and win back to back championships, under the leadership of Coach Robert Garrett<Los Angeles Times> . Under the leadership of Coach Willie West, Crenshaw won a world basketball championship in 1985. Some world basketball highlights include high scoring games with Crenshaw basketball scoring 191 points vs. Ireland and Crenshaw scoring 197 points vs. Cyprus. Throughout its history, Crenshaw's men's basketball team has participated in The Les Schwab Invitational, a national tournament played in Oregon along with tournaments all over the USA including Alaska. Concord's De La Salle High School defeated Crenshaw football 28-14 to win the state title.[2] Crenshaw has 5 titles in football 1992 AAA champs 2005 Div 1 champs 2009 Div 1 champs 2009 State Runner ups 2010 Div 1 champs 2013 Div 1 champs
Demographics
The Los Angeles Unified School District website,[3] the current (2011-2012) demography of the school is 68.7% African American, 29.2% Hispanic, 1.2% White, 0.9% Asian with a total of 1,466 students, a drop since 2008 with 2085 students.
Notable alumni
- Chris Brown - late Major League Baseball All-Star third baseman with the San Francisco Giants.
- James T. Butts, Jr., mayor of Inglewood, California, was first black and youngest Santa Monica police chief[4]
- Darwin Cook - NBA point guard selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1980 NBA Draft. Played with the New Jersey Nets, Washington Bullets, Denver Nuggets & San Antonio Spurs
- D-Roc the Executioner - guitarist[5]
- Larry Elder - Radio personality
- Solomon Elimimian - gridiron football player[6]
- Tremaine Fowlkes-CAL; 2004 NBA Champions Detroit Pistons & Los Angeles Clippers
- Ernie C - guitarist[5]
- Akbar Gbaja-Biamila - Former Oakland Raiders football player and now broadcaster for CBS College Sports Network
- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila - Former Green Bay Packers football player and the Packers record holder for all-time sacks.
- Johnny Gray - American Record Holder in the 800 Meter, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist; 4-time Olympian; 1987, 1999 Pan Am Games champion; 7-time U.S. Outdoor national champion; 3-time Olympic Trials champion.
- Ice-T[5][7][8] - rapper and actor
- Kris Johnson - professional basketball player, son of Marques Johnson[9]
- Marques Johnson - basketball player, University of California, Los Angeles, LA Clippers, broadcaster, actor White Men Can't Jump[10]
- Left Brain - (Vyron Turner) Rap artist and producer, Odd Future
- Charles Lockett - NFL player
- Jim Looney - NFL, San Francisco 49ers
- Mike G - (Michael Anthony Griffin II) American Rapper and DJ, Odd Future
- Brandon Mebane - NFL, Seattle Seahawks
- Kevin Ollie[11] - former University of Connecticut and NBA Minnesota Timberwolves player. Current head coach of the University of Connecticut, who won the 2014 NCAA National Championship.
- Brian Price - UCLA football player, Pac-10 Pat Tillman defensive player of the year, 2009[12]
- Trayvon Robinson - Major League Baseball Player, Baltimore Orioles Organization, currently with Norfolk Tides.
- Robin Russell - drummer, member of New Birth/Nite-Liters (band)
- Schoolboy Q - rap artist, member of Top Dawg Entertainment
- Pamela L. Spratlen - U.S. diplomat; Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2011–2014) and Uzbekistan (as of 2015)[13]
- Misty Stone - American pornographic actress and nude model.
- Darryl Strawberry - First player drafted overall in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets. Named National League Rookie of the Year in 1983. Eight time All-Star who won four World Series rings. Hit 335 major league home runs with the Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees.
- De'Anthony Thomas - wide receiver/kick returner for the Kansas City Chiefs.[14]
- Wendell Tyler - Football, UCLA, Los Angeles Rams, and San Francisco 49ers
- Ellis Valentine - Major League Baseball right fielder remembered for having one of the all-time great throwing arms.[15] The first professional athlete ever signed out of Crenshaw when the Montreal Expos selected him in the second round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.[16]
- Donald Vega - Nicaraguan-born jazz pianist.
- Lee Webb - NFL
- John Williams - former Louisiana State University and NBA basketball player
- Marcus Williams - NBA
- Michael Williams - gridiron football player
- Victor Ray Wilson - drummer[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Still-We-Rise-Miles-Corwin/?isbn=9780380798292
- ↑ Ron Guild, Crenshaw, De La Salle make their own history, Los Angeles Wave, December 16, 2009
- ↑ http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,54194&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP&school_code=8596
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- ↑ Goldstein, Patrick. "The Hard Cold Rap of Ice-T." Los Angeles Times. April 24, 1988. Calendar Desk 89.
- ↑ Ice-T Biography. allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
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- ↑ Johnson Bio
- ↑ "Kevin Ollie #12 Guard." National Basketball Association. Accessed October 11, 2008.
- ↑ Pac-10 Football Awards and All-Conference Announced, Pac-10.org, December 7, 2009
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External links
- Crenshaw High School Crenshaw HS Official Website
- Crenshaw High School profile provided by schooltree.org
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