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Malcolm X Shabazz High School is a four-year public high
school in Newark, New Jersey, as part of the Newark
Public Schools. The school was formerly named South Side High
School, but was renamed in 1972.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of
1,307 students and 80 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of
16.3.[1]
The school was the 296th-ranked public high school in New Jersey
out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's
September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High
Schools. The school was ranked 312th in the magazine's
September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the
state.[2] Malcolm
X Shabazz has scored 20.4 and 46.1 in the High School Assessment
(PSPA) test restuls in the subjects of math and language arts
respectively.[3]
Athletics
The Malcolm X Shabazz High School Bulldogs compete in the Watchung
Conference, which consists of public high schools covering Essex County, Hudson County and Union County in northern New Jersey. The
conference is a high school sports association that operates under
the jurisdiction of the New
Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
The girls basketball team won the 2003 Tournament of
Champions, defeating Marlboro High School 48-45 in the
tournament final.[4][5]
The boys basketball team won the 2001 North II, Group III state
sectional title with a 56-45 win against Cranford
High School.[6] The
team won the 2005 NJSIAA Group III State Championship, defeating Ramapo High School
64-59 in the semifinals and Camden High School
76-58 in the championship game.[7]
The Boys' Basketball Team won the 2006 North 2 Group III State
Championships. In the Group III State Tournament, the team knocked
off North 2 Group III champion Northern
Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan 77-68 in the
semifinals, before falling to Hamilton High School
66-34 in the Group III championship game on March 12, 2006, at Rutgers
University.[8]
Notable
alumni
- Anthony
Avent (born 1969), former NBA player for several teams, most recently
of the Los Angeles Clippers.[9]
- Cissy
Houston (born 1933), Grammy Award winning singer. Known as
Emily Drinkard while attending Southside High[10]
- Ed Koch (born 1924),
former Mayor of New York City,
graduated from the school in 1941 when it was South Side High
School.[11]
- Greg Latta (born
1952), former tight end for the Chicago Bears.[12]
- Li'za Donnel (born 1967graduated from Malcolm X Shabazz High
School in 1985 and graduated from UNC in 1989. She was a standout
at the University of North Carolina at chapel Hill. She represented
the United States in the olympic festival and a tour in china in
1998. Donnell played in the WNBA with the Washington Mystics,
during the inaugural season
- Jada Jefferson (born 1984), former college women's basketball
center for the Fordham University Rams.[13]
- Matee Ajavon
(born 1986), current WNBA player for the Washington
Mystics.[14]
- Amir Pinnix
(born 1985), former college football running back for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.[15]
- Stylez G.
White (born 1979), defensive end for the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers. Known as Greg White while attending Malcolm X
Shabazz[16]
Lonnie Wright, who played in the AFL with the Denver Broncos and
the ABA with the Denver Nuggets
References
- ^ a
b
c
d
Malcolm X Shabazz High
School, National Center
for Education Statistics. Accessed January 24, 2008.
- ^
"Top New Jersey High Schools
2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September
2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ Malcolm X Shabazz High School
Performance Results. Accessed December, 2009.
- ^
Narducci, Marc. "Shabazz girls outlast
Marlboro, 48-45", The Philadelphia
Inquirer, March 26, 2003. Accessed July 17, 2007. "The
seeds held form as top-seeded Shabazz held off second-seeded
Marlboro, 48-45, in the championship game at the Continental
Airlines Arena."
- ^
2003 Girls Basketball -
Tournament of Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.
- ^
2001 - North II, Group
III, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
- ^
2005 Boys Basketball - Group
III, Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed June 4, 2007.
- ^
2006 Boys Basketball - Public
Semis/Finals, NJSIAA, accessed December 7, 2006
- ^
"Anthony Avent
statistics". basketball-reference.com.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/aventan01.html. Retrieved June 8,
2009.
- ^
[1],
VisionaryProject.org. Accessed March 2, 2009.
- ^
"Former New York Mayor Ed
Koch, whose new book is 'Buzz: How to Create It and Win with
It'", The Bob Rivers
Show, June 26, 2007. Accessed July 25, 2007. "Koch graduated in
1941 from Newark's South Side High School in 1941 (now called
Malcolm X Shabazz High School)."
- ^
Greg Latta, database
Football. Accessed April 14, 2008.
- ^
[2] [3], Accessed
November 5, 2002 .
- ^
[4], Graduate of
Rutgers University 2008.
- ^
Amir Pinnix profile, Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Accessed August 26, 2008.
- ^
Greg White player profile,
NFL.com.
Accessed September 3, 2007.
Lonnie Wright, who played in the NFL with the Denver Broncos and
the ABA with the Denver Nuggets
Li'za Donnell(Born 1967),graduated from Malcolm X Shabazz High
School in 1985 and graduated from UNC in 1989. She was a standout
at the University of North Carolina at chapel Hill. She represented
the United States in the olympic festival and a tour in china in
1998. Donnell played in the WNBA with the Washington Mystics,
during the inaugural season.
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