Overbrook High School (Philadelphia)
Overbrook High School
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Location | Fifty-ninth and Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Built | 1924 |
Architect | Irwin T. Catharine |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
MPS | Philadelphia Public Schools TR |
NRHP Reference # | 86003313[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 4, 1986 |
Overbrook High School is a public, four-year secondary school in the Overbrook section of West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
School
Overbrook High School is designated by the School District of Philadelphia as Location #402, in the West Region. As of 2015, the school principal of Overbrook is Yvette Jackson.
Enrollment for 2004-05 was 2,075 students in grades 9 through 12). African Americans make up 99% of the student population, with whites, Asians, and Latinos accounting for most of the rest.[2]
Since the 2002-03 school year, Overbrook has required students to wear school uniforms.[3] Shirts may be white or black. Bottoms may be khaki or black.
Notable alumni
Overbrook is perhaps best known for its famous alumni, who include Wilt Chamberlain[4] and Will Smith.[5][6] At least 11 Overbrook alumni have played in the NBA, and the school is ranked sixth in that respect.[6]
- Bryshere Gray, Actor Empire
- Len Barry, lead singer/songwriter, The Dovells[7]
- John Blake, Jr., jazz violinist; minister [8]
- Bill Bloom, songwriter/musician
- Guion S. Bluford, Jr., space-shuttle astronaut; first African-American in space[9]
- Solomon Burke, soul singer [Attended briefly, but graduated from John Bartram High School[10]
- Bill Cash, Negro League star, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Wilt Chamberlain, NBA basketball legend[4]
- The Delfonics, R&B group[11]
- Jon Drummond, Olympic track gold-medalist[12]
- Ted Eisenberg, World record-holding breast surgeon[13]
- Mike Gale, NBA/ABA player[14]
- Bobb Goldsteinn, songwriter/producer; coined term "multimedia"[15]
- The Last Emperor (Jamal Gray), rapper
- Walt Hazzard (Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad), NBA All-Star; UCLA All-American player and coach[16]
- Rosetta Hightower, lead singer, The Orlons[7]
- Wayne Hightower, NBA player; ABA All-star[17]
- Wali Jones, NBA player; Miami Heat executive[18]
- Jacob Landau, nationally recognized artist, teacher[19]
- James Lassiter, film producer; partner in Overbrook Entertainment[20]
- Hal Lear, NBA player[21]
- Lewis Lloyd, NBA player[22]
- Andre McCarter, UCLA All -American basketball and 3-time NCAA Champion; NBA player[23]
- Deworski Odom, American sprinter
- Frank Piasecki, helicopter inventor; National Medal of Technology winner[24]
- Marion Ramsey, film actress
- Malik Rose, NBA player[6]
- Dee Dee Sharp, singer[7]
- Will Smith, Oscar-nominated actor; rapper[5]
- Willie L. Williams, former police commissioner, Philadelphia and Los Angeles[25]
- Steve Baskerville, TV personality, presently TV weatherman for CBS2 Chicago, IL
References
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- ↑ www.phila.k12.pa.us
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External links
- Official website not in Wikidata
- School District of Philadelphia
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- High schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Public high schools in Pennsylvania
- Educational institutions established in 1924
- 1924 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Overbrook, Philadelphia