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Spingarn High School

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School type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Gary Washington

Grades
  
9 to 12

Founded
  
1952

Established
  
1952

Faculty
  
43.0 (on FTE basis)

Mascot
  
Might Green Wave

Colors
  
Green, Gold

Spingarn High School

School district
  
District of Columbia Public Schools Ward 5

Address
  
2500 Benning Rd NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA

District
  
District of Columbia Public Schools

Similar
  
Dunbar High School, McKinley Technolo High Sch, Anacostia High School, Gonzaga College High Sch, Phelps Architectu Construct

Joel Elias Spingarn High School was a public high school located in the District of Columbia. The school is named after Joel Elias Spingarn (1875–1939) an American educator and literary critic who established (1913) the Spingarn Medal, awarded annually for outstanding achievement by an African American.

The District of Columbia Public Schools announced on November 13, 2012 that Spingarn High School would be closing along with other schools in the city.

As of 2013 students living in the Spingarn attendance boundary may go to Dunbar High School, Eastern High School, or H.D. Woodson High School.

Notable alumni

  • Elgin Baylor, is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers.
  • Dave Bing, is a retired Hall of Fame American professional basketball player in the NBA, primarily for the Detroit Pistons from 1966 to 1975 and a former Mayor of Detroit from 2009 to 2013.
  • John B. Catoe, Jr., former general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  • Sherman Douglas, a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers from 1989 to 2001.
  • Ollie Johnson, a retired American basketball player who was an All-American at the University of San Francisco and a first round draft pick of the Boston Celtics.
  • John Kinard, founding director of the Anacostia Museum, a Smithsonian Institution museum
  • Willie Royster, Former MLB player (Baltimore Orioles)
  • Stan Washington, retired NBA player for the Washington Bullets

    • References

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