Worthing High School (Houston, Texas)
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Evan Edward Worthing High School is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The physical address is 9215 Scott Street.
Worthing serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.
Worthing has Houston ISD's magnet program for Mathematics, Science and Technology.
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[edit] History
Worthing High School was built in 1958. The school is named after Evan Edward Worthing, a Houston real-estate developer who set up a scholarship trust for African-American HISD students. A native of Michigan, he earned a mechanical engineering degree from Texas A&M University, where he was captain of the American football team. His will stated that African-Americans should inherit his wealth; this led to the opening of Worthing. The school originally covered grades 7 through 12, and the opening relieved Yates High School and Miller Junior High School. Worthing was originally located at 4330 Bellfort Boulevard; as the first building became overcrowded a new high school campus opened. Worthing moved to 9215 Scott Street at Reed Road, and Attucks Middle School opened at the former location.[1]
Prosecutors charged a student for "felony assault of a public servant." According to the charge, on Friday, May 11, 2007, a 15-year old male student beat home economics teacher Vanesta Marshall on the left side of her face, from her eyebrow to her chin, in retaliation for sending him to the principal. Marshall said that the other students restrained the attacker.[2].
In 2007 Johns Hopkins University referred to Worthing as a "dropout factory" where at least 40 percent of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.[3]
[edit] Student body
Worthing had a total of 1,026 students during the 2006-2007 school year. [4]
The school is solidly African-American; 92% of Worthing students were African-American during that year. 7% of the students were Hispanic. 1% of the students were white. Less than one percent of the students each were Asian American and Native American.
62% of Worthing students qualified for free or reduced lunch during that school year.
[edit] Neighborhoods served by Worthing
Worthing High School serves[5] Sunnyside, Sugar Valley, Cullen Estates, Brookhaven, a portion of South Acres, a portion of South Acres Estates, Cloverland, Regal Oaks [1] [2], a portion of Minnetex Place, City Park, Almeda, and Skyview Forest [3] [4]. Hence, Worthing's logo is "Sunnyside Pride." Worthing also serves unincorporated portions of Harris County (such as Brunswick [5] [6] [7], Brunswick Lakes [8], Brunswick Meadows [9], and Morningside Place).
Portions of the city of Pearland are in the Worthing attendance zone.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Gregory "Cadillac" Anderson - Former NBA Basketball player[6]
- Cliff Branch - Former NFL football player for the Oakland Raiders[6]
- Terry Ellis - Founding member of 90's R&B girl group En Vogue[6]
- Quanell Ralph Evans [7] - Better known as Quanell X. Leader of the New Black Panther Party in Houston, Texas.
- Chris Hudson - American football player for the Atlanta Falcons[6]
- Brian Iwuh - American football player for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- David Lattin - Former NBA Basketball Player for the San Francisco Warriors and starting Center on 1966 Texas Western Basketball Team.
- Larry Micheaux - Former NBA Basketball player for the Kansas City Kings, Chicago Bulls, and Houston Rockets.
- LeMarcus Newman - American football player for the San Francisco 49ers
- Mike Singletary - Former NFL football player for the Chicago Bears[6]
- Lemuel Stinson - Former NFL football player for the Chicago Bears[6]
- Otis Taylor - Former NFL football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Wesley Weston - Houston Hip-Hop artist better known as Lil' Flip.[6]
[edit] Feeder patterns
Elementary schools that feed into Worthing[5] include
- Reynolds [8]
- Woodson K-8 School's elementary program[9]
- Young[10]
Elementary schools that partially feed into Worthing include:
Middle schools that feed into Worthing include Attucks[18] and Woodson K-8 School's middle school program[19]; no one school has all of its attendance boundary zoned to Worthing.
[edit] References
- ^ "Worthing High School History." Worthing High School.
- ^ "Teacher allegedly attacked by student in classroom." KTRK-TV
- ^ "Report points to 'dropout factories'," Houston Chronicle, October 31, 2007
- ^ "Worthing High School" Profile. Houston Independent School District
- ^ a b "Worthing High School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Distinguished HISD Alumni." Houston Independent School District
- ^ Patterson, Randall. "Would You Buy a Revolution From This Man?", Houston Press, 1997-04-03. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
- ^ "Reynolds Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Woodson Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Young Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Alcott Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Almeda Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Bastian Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Grimes Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Law Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Rhoads Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Whidby Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Attucks Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
- ^ "Woodson Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
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