Emery Secondary School
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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. 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.The school will close in 2013 and be replaced by a new K-12 school.
. 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.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Emeryville, California
Emeryville, California
Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California, in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay. Its proximity to San Francisco, the Bay Bridge, the University of California, Berkeley, and...
, USA
United States
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for 7th through 12th grades. It is part of the Emery Unified School District
Emery Unified School District
Emery Unified School District is a small public school district in Emeryville, California. The district operates two schools, Anna Yates Elementary school with about 350 students for grades K-6 and Emery Secondary School for grades 7-12 with about 420 student.Emery Unified School District and ...
. The school has an enrollment of around 400 students. Emery Secondary School was formerly Emery High School but, after the closure of Emery Middle School, it became a secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
with the addition of the 7th and 8th grades.The school will close in 2013 and be replaced by a new K-12 school.
Athletics
The school competes in the Bay Counties League - EastBay Counties League - East
The Bay Counties League – East is a school athletic conference located in the East Bay Area. The league is a member of the North Coast Section, one of ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation. There are seven current member schools...
. At the 2003 National Chess Education Association tournament in Anaheim
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
, the Emery Chess Club secured first place in the 8th, 11th and 12th grade categories.
Future Emeryville Center for Community Life
Emeryville Center for Community Life k-12 school is planned to replace the current Emery Secondary School and will lead to the school closing in 2013 or '14 with construction on the new school to start in summer of 2014. Current plans call for the 7th and 8th graders to be housed at the Anna Yates School site. The 9th to 12th graders will be housed at the Ralph Hawley School site, or another site to be determined.Notable alumni
- Darnell RobinsonDarnell RobinsonDarnell Robinson is a retired American professional basketball player and a member of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks 1994 NCAA champion men's basketball team, playing center....
, retired American professional basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player. While at Emery High, he was the leading scorer in California men's high school basketball history.
Notable faculty
- Edyth May SliffeEdyth May Sliffe AwardThe Edyth May Sliffe Award is given annually to 20 teachers in the United States by the Mathematical Association of America . The awards are funded by a bequest from a retired high school mathematics teacher named Edyth May Sliffe, of Emeryville, California. Her purpose was to award high school...
, 1901–1986, gave her name to an annual award by the Mathematical Association of AmericaMathematical Association of AmericaThe Mathematical Association of America is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists;...
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