Emery Secondary School

Emery Secondary School is a high school in Emeryville, California, United States for 9th through 12th grades. It is part of the Emery Unified School District. The school has an enrollment of around 200 students.[1] Emery Secondary School was formerly Emery High School; after the closure of Emery Middle School, it became a secondary school with the addition of the 7th and 8th grades. The school building was scheduled to close in 2012 and be replaced by a new facility, housing transitional kindergarten - 8th grades, and 9th - 12th grade sites.[2]

Emery Secondary School
Location
1100 47th St.
Emeryville, California, 94608-2908
United States
Information
TypePublic
School districtEmery Unified School District
PrincipalJessica Goode
EnrollmentApprox. 200
Color(s)Blue and Gold
MascotSpartan
Websiteemeryusd.k12.ca.us/ess/

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]

Notable alumni
  • Darnell Robinson, retired professional basketball player; while at Emery High, he was the leading scorer in California men's high school basketball history.[5][6]

Notable faculty

References
  1. "Emery Secondary School", National Center for Education Statistics, accessed June 7, 2009.
  2. "City of Emeryville Memorandum" Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Patrick D. O'Keeffe, City Manager, City of Emeryville, October 2008.
  3. "AD Board Members" Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Bay Area Conference, December 1, 2008.
  4. "Emery Chess Club checkmates foes", Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 2003.
  5. "Arkansas Star Robinson Opts For NBA Draft", Contra Costa Times, March 27, 1996.
  6. "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.
  7. "History of the Awards and Edyth May Sliffe" Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, January/February 1989.
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