Emery Secondary School
37°50′8.21″N 122°16′55.88″W / 37.8356139°N 122.2821889°W Emery Secondary School is a high school in Emeryville, California, USA for 7th through 12th grades. It is part of the Emery Unified School District. The school has an enrollment of around 400 students.[1] Emery Secondary School was formerly Emery High School but, after the closure of Emery Middle School, it became a secondary school with the addition of the 7th and 8th grades.[2]
Athletics
The school competes in the Bay Counties League - East.[3] At the 2003 National Chess Education Association tournament in Anaheim, the Emery Chess Club secured first place in the 8th, 11th and 12th grade categories.[4]
Future
Emeryville Center for Community Life k-12 school will replace the current Emery Secondary School and will lead to school closing in 2013 or so with construction on the new school to start in summer of 2014.[5]
Notable alumni
- Darnell Robinson, retired American professional basketball player. While at Emery High, he was the leading scorer in California men's high school basketball history.[6][7]
Notable faculty
- Edyth May Sliffe, 1901–1986, gave her name to an annual award by the Mathematical Association of America.[8]
References
- ^ "Emery Secondary School", National Center for Education Statistics, accessed June 7, 2009.
- ^ "City of Emeryville Memorandum", Patrick D. O'Keeffe, City Manager, City of Emeryville, October 2008.
- ^ "AD Board Members", Bay Area Conference, December 1, 2008.
- ^ "Emery Chess Club checkmates foes", Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 2003.
- ^ Emeryville Center for Community Life
- ^ "Arkansas Star Robinson Opts For NBA Draft", Contra Costa Times, March 27, 1996.
- ^ "Emery's Big Package Awaits Brethren Christian in Final Basketball: Darnell Robinson, 6-11, is expected to power his team's offense in the Division V State championship game", Los Angeles Times, March 16, 1993.
- ^ "History of the Awards and Edyth May Sliffe", University of Nebraska–Lincoln, January/February 1989.