Springfield Gardens High School

Springfield Gardens High School is 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 2007.^[1] The school had poor test scores and a high drop-out rate.^[2] The school 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 High School, Excelsior Preparatory High School and George Washington Carver High. 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.

• Lawrence Bush - author, and editor of Jewish Currents
• Charles Jenkins (Class of 2006) – National Basketball Association basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers, who won multiple Haggerty Awards at Hofstra University^[3]
• Anthony Mason – American National Basketball Association player for 6 professional teams from 1989 to 2003, and selection to the 2001 NBA All-Star Game.^[4]
• Mike Mazzei

Calvin Bruton (1972). Former N.B.A. player and Australian Basketball League legend

Eric V. Moyé (1972). Harvard Law School graduate, District Judge, State of Texas

References

1. Insideschools.org review
2. Public School Review
3. Charles Jenkins bio. Hofstra University. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
4. Anthony Mason Autograph guide and bio. Retrieved on 19 May 2011.

External links

• Review at insideschools.org

Coordinates: 40°40′04″N 73°45′27″W / 40.6678°N 73.7575°W