Crenshaw High School
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| Name |
Crenshaw Learn-Charter Senior High School and Crenshaw Teacher Training Academy / Gifted Magnet |
| Address |
5010 Eleventh Avenue,
Los Angeles, California 90043 |
| Established |
1968 (Magnets: 1987, 1989) |
| Community |
Large City |
| Type |
Public Learn-Charter |
| Students |
2890 students |
| Ethnic Composition |
Statistics |
| Grades |
9 to 12 |
| Principal |
Sheilah Sanders |
| Nickname |
CHS, Crenshaw High, The 'Shaw, C-House |
| Mascot |
The Cougar |
| Colors |
Royal Blue and Gold |
| Publications |
Cry of the Cougar (Newspaper) |
| Yearbook |
The Cougar's Path |
| Website | |
Crenshaw High School is a secondary school located in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles, California.
The school first opened in 1968 and currently enrolls an average of 2,600 students. Crenshaw is one of the few predominantly African-American high schools 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.
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 several reasons, including "rampant student tardiness" [1]. The accreditation was restored on February 1, 2006.
The school is renowned for its outstanding boys basketball program, which has been coached for over thirty years by Willie West. 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. 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 Robert Garrett.
Notable alumni
- Chris Brown, former MLB player
- Darryl Strawberry, Major League Baseball player
- Larry Elder, radio talk show host, author, and political commentator
- Marques Johnson, NBA player and commentator
- Arthur Lee, rock musician
- Kevin Ollie
- Ice-T, rapper/actor
- Wendell Tyler, former star running back for UCLA and the former Los Angeles Rams
- John "Hot Plate" Williams, NCAA and NBA basketball player
- Daymeion Hughes, standout senior Cornerback for the Cal Bears football team, potential first-round pick
- Lee Webb, former USC Trojans and NFL fullback
- Marcus Darrel Williams, NBA basketball player
- Geoffrey Styles
- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, standout Defensive end Green Bay Packers
- Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, current San Diego Charger
- Terrence Whitehead, current Cincinati Bengal
- Brandon Mebane, standout senior [Defensive Tackle] for the [California Bears, Berkeley] football team, potential first-round pick
- Eric Yarber, former Super Bowl winner, Washington Redskins
- Mykelti Williamson (né Michael Tisdale), actor
- Darwin Cook, former NBA Player
- Robert Smith, former NBA Player
- Garland Frazier, television producer
- Reggie Lewis, former New Orleans Saint NFL
- Kerry Justin, former NFL cornerback, Seahawks
- Sid Justin, former NFL cornerback (Rams and 49ers) and current lead singer for the Miracles.
- Stevie Thompson, Syracuse All-American Basketball
References
- Shafer, Scott. "Crenshaw De-Certified", The California Report, KQED-FM public radio. 3:47-7:14 Requires RealPlayer (August 24, 2005)
External links
- Crenshaw High School website
- Crenshaw High School profile provided by schooltree.org
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