Springfield Gardens High School
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Springfield Gardens High School was a four-year public high school located 143-10 Springfield Boulevard, in Springfield Gardens
in the New York City borough of Queens.
After years of poor performance, the school graduated its last class in June 2008. The school had poor test scores and a high drop-out rate.
The school is now a complex made up of four other schools. The schools are named Preparatory Academy for Writers, Queens Preparatory High School, Excelsior Preparatory High School and George Washington Carver High. Things have been getting better for the school as a whole. (Still dubbed Springfield High collectively.) The Preparatory Academy carries sixth and seventh graders and is the only school of the four currently taking junior high students.
Springfield Gardens, Queens
Springfield Gardens is a neighborhood in the southeastern area of the New York City borough of Queens, bounded to the north by St. Albans, to the east by Laurelton & Rosedale, to the south by John F. Kennedy International Airport, and to the west by Farmers Boulevard...
in the New York City borough of Queens.
After years of poor performance, the school graduated its last class in June 2008. The school had poor test scores and a high drop-out rate.
The school is now a complex made up of four other schools. The schools are named Preparatory Academy for Writers, Queens Preparatory High School, Excelsior Preparatory High School and George Washington Carver High. Things have been getting better for the school as a whole. (Still dubbed Springfield High collectively.) The Preparatory Academy carries sixth and seventh graders and is the only school of the four currently taking junior high students.
Notable alumni
This is a partial list of notable alumni of Springfield Gardens High School. Names on this list should either have an accompanying existing article link which verifies they are an alumnus, or reliable sources as footnotes against the name showing they are a notable alumnus.- Charles JenkinsCharles Jenkins (basketball)Charles Jenkins is an American professional basketball player for Teramo Basket in the Serie A Italian League. He was drafted the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association in 2011....
(Class of 2006) – National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball player for the Golden State WarriorsGolden State WarriorsThe Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
, who won multiple Haggerty AwardHaggerty AwardThe Haggerty Award is given to the All-Metropolitan New York Division I men's college basketball player of the year, presented by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Association...
s at Hofstra UniversityHofstra UniversityHofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car... - Anthony MasonAnthony Mason (basketball)Anthony George Douglas Mason is a retired American National Basketball Association player with the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat. He averaged 10.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in his 13-year NBA career...
– retired American National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player for 6 professional teams from 1989 to 2003, and selection to the 2001 NBA All-Star Game2001 NBA All-Star GameThe 2001 NBA All-Star Game was a basketball matchup between the Eastern and Western Conference All-Stars of the NBA. It was held in front of a sellout crowd at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. This was the 50th edition of the annual event....
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