Spingarn High School

Joel Elias Spingarn Senior High School

Spingarn Senior High School located in the Carver Langston neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Location
2500 Benning Road Northeast^[1] District of Columbia, DC, 20002 United States
Information
School type	Public high school
Established	1952
School district	District of Columbia Public Schools Ward 5
Principal	Gary Washington
Faculty	43.0 (on FTE basis)^[2]
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	538 (as of 2009-10)^[2]
Student to teacher ratio	12.51^[2]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Green Vegas Gold
Mascot	Might Green Wave
Website	http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Spingarn

Joel Elias Spingarn High School is 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.

Notable graduates

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. He is currently (2010) the Mayor of Detroit.
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.

References

^ GNIS entry for Spingarn Senior High School; USGS; January 16, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 6, 2011.

External links

Spingarn Senior High School homepage