Springfield Gardens High School was a

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4–year

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located in the Springfield Gardens section in the

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borough of

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. The school was opened in 1965. Closed in 2007, The Springfield Gardens High School building is now a complex made up of four other schools named Springfield Gardens Educational Campus. The schools are named Preparatory Academy for Writers, Queens Preparatory Academy, Excelsior Preparatory High School, and George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences.

History

Opening in 1965, Springfield Gardens High School was plagued by poor test scores and a high drop-out rate by the late–1970s. After years of poor performance, the school graduated its last class in June 2007.

Schools/Facilities

* Excelsior Preparatory High School and George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences are preparatory schools with an emphasis on science. To help the students prepare for college, students may participate in a Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education science program that will allow students to have internships or work with

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professors. Students wishing to pursue

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may participate in Excelsior Prep's program with the School of Cooperative Technical Education. A

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program is offered at George Washington Carver. *Queens Preparatory Academy and the Preparatory Academy for Writers has

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, and performing arts programs. * Success Academy Charter Schools was co-located on the campus during the 2014/2015 school year. The schools participate in a program to improve college education for Latino and black boys called the Expanded Success Initiative. *Preparatory Academy for Writers carries sixth and seventh graders and is the only school of the four currently taking junior high students. Shared facilities across the schools include a

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, gymnasium, media center and outdoor fields for sports programs.

Current principals

*Excelsior Preparatory High School – Lilly Lucas *Queens Preparatory Academy – Tashon Haywood *Preparatory Academy for Writers – Charles Anderson *George Washington Carver High School – Janice Sutton

Notable alumni

This is a partial list of notable

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i 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. * Lawrence Bush, 1968 – author, editor ('' Jewish Currents''). * Alan Jacobson, 1978 - author *

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, 1972 – basketball player, NBA and Australian League. * Pepa (Sandra Denton) – hip-hop artist, rapper and actress ( Salt-N-Pepa). * Charles Jenkins, 2006 – basketball player, NBA (''

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''); won multiple Haggerty Awards at

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. *

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, 1970 – film and television producer ('' Cool Runnings'', ''

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'') * Anthony Mason, 1985 – basketball player, NBA (1989–2003), and

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All–Star. *Eric V. Moyé, 1972 – district judge (State of

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). *

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, 1975 – Wall Street executive * Phife Dawg, 1988 – rapper and member of A Tribe Called Quest *

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, 1983 – basketball coach (''

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'', '' St. John's''). * Khandi Alexander, 1977 – actress Khandi Alexander * Mikey D, 1986 – rapper (Mikey D & the L.A. Posse, Main Source).

References

External links

Review at insideschools.org
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