Springfield Gardens High School
Springfield Gardens High School was a four-year public high school located 143-10 Springfield Boulevard, in Springfield Gardens in the New York City borough of Queens.
After years of poor performance, the school graduated its last class in June 2008.[1] The school had poor test scores and a high drop-out rate. [2] The school is now a complex made up of four other schools. The schools are named Preparatory Academy for Writers, Queens Preparatory High School, Excelsior Preparatory High School and George Washington Carver High. Things have been getting better for the school as a whole. (Still dubbed Springfield High collectively.) The Preparatory Academy carries sixth and seventh graders and is the only school of the four currently taking junior high students.
[edit] Notable alumni
This is a partial list of notable alumni of Springfield Gardens High School. Names on this list should either have an accompanying existing article link which verifies they are an alumnus, or reliable sources as footnotes against the name showing they are a notable alumnus.
- Lawrence Bush - author, and editor of Jewish Currents
- Charles Jenkins (Class of 2006) – National Basketball Association basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, who won multiple Haggerty Awards at Hofstra University[3]
- Anthony Mason – retired American National Basketball Association player for 6 professional teams from 1989 to 2003, and selection to the 2001 NBA All-Star Game.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Insideschools.org review
- ^ Public School Review
- ^ Charles Jenkins bio. Hofstra University. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
- ^ Anthony Mason Autograph guide and bio. Retrieved on 19 May 2011.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 40°40′04″N 73°45′27″W / 40.6678°N 73.7575°W
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