Crenshaw High School
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| Crenshaw High School | |
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| 5010 11th Avenue Los Angeles, California 90043 |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1968 |
| School district | Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2600 |
| Color(s) | Blue, Gold |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| 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 2,600 students. Crenshaw is a predominantly African-American high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Its address is 5010 11th Avenue, near the corner of 50th Street. The school colors are blue and gold, and its mascot is the Cougar.
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[edit] History
Crenshaw High opened in 1968. The school was intended to draw students from several African-American neighborhoods, including Baldwin Hills and View Park-Windsor Hills, and a few white neighborhoods. The school student body began as having mostly poor students because many wealthier African-American parents opted for Westside and private schools.[1]
[edit] 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 someone lying on the paperwork. 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 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 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 and also in the film Above the Rim featuring the late Tupac Shakur. It is also featured in the 2006 film Bring It On: All or Nothing. 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.
Ms. Carrie Allen became principal in 2009. Former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Sidney V. Thompson was the school's second principal. The first principal was Mr. Robert Case who opened the school January 1968.
[edit] Sports
The Crenshaw football team, City Section champion, played for the state championship bowl game on Saturday night, December 19, 2009 at the Home Depot Center. Concord De La Salle High School defeated Crenshaw 28-14 to win the state title.[2]
[edit] Notable alumni
- 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.
- Darryl Strawberry - All-Star, Rookie of the Year, World Champ Baseball player best known for his early years with the New York Mets.
- Chris Brown - late All-Star Baseball player with the San Francisco Giants.
- Ice-T[3][4] - rap artist and actor
- Kevin Brown, former University of Miami & NFL Runningback.
- Marques Johnson, former University of California, Los Angeles and NBA basketball player, broadcaster [5]
- Kevin Ollie[6] - former University of Connecticut and current NBA player for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
- Donald Vega, Nicaraguan-born jazz pianist.
- John Williams, former Louisiana State University and NBA basketball player
- Darwin Cook, Basketball, NBA
- Ellis Valentine, Baseball, MLB
- Wendell Tyler, Football, UCLA, Los Angeles Rams, and San Francisco 49ers
- Larry Elder - Radio personality
- Marcus Williams - NBA
- Lee Webb - NFL
- Brian Price - UCLA football player, Pac-10 Pat Tillman defensive player of the year, 2009[7]
- Brandon Mebane - NFL, Seattle Seahawks
- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila - Former Green Bay Packers football player and the Packers record holder for all-time sacks.
[edit] References
- ^ Sokolove, Michael Y. The Ticket Out. Simon & Schuster. 2004. 26-29.
- ^ Ron Guild, Crenshaw, De La Salle make their own history, Los Angeles Wave, December 16, 2009
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
[edit] External links
- Crenshaw High School website
- Crenshaw High School profile provided by schooltree.org
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Coordinates: 33°59′49.26″N 118°19′43.63″W / 33.9970167°N 118.3287861°W
