Marion Abramson High School
Marion Abramson Senior High was a high school in the
It was named after Marion Pfeifer Abramson (August 29, 1905 – November 30, 1965), the creator of the educational television station WYES-TV.[4]
History
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In 2002 it was the largest high school in New Orleans. As of that year it was opening an academy for first year students (freshmen). The 9th graders were clustered on the first floor in two hallways. The school organized teams of 9th grade students named after Kwanzaa groups. In addition, Abramson had career academies in culinary arts and travel and tourism.[5]
In the pre-
Hurricane Katrina and closure
As
According to an article in
Academics
In 2005, its final year of operation, it had a school performance score of 31.2 from the State of Louisiana. Andrew Vanacore of
Student publications included the Dispatch school newspaper and the Ship’s Log yearbook.
Notable alumni
Glenn H. "Smooth" Boyd (Basketball Player, Author) was the only basketball player elected to the Abramson Athletics Hall Of Fame in 2001. Boyd was a two time all metro basketball standout. After graduating from Dillard University in New Orleans, Boyd returned to Abramson as an English teacher and boys Basketball coach from 1995 to 2005 when Hurricane Katrina closed the school.
- Chelsea Hayes (Track and field athlete)[16]
- Eric Timmons (Freak Nasty) - Eric's entire High School years at Abe were spent in the classroom and on the field for track and football. Eric would go on to record the hit, "Da' Dip," and now resides in Atlanta as the founder of Hard Hood Records.[17]
- John F. Kennedy High School and transferred to Abramson for his fourth (senior) year of high school.[18]
- Jacoby Jones (American football player) - Attended St. Augustine High School and transferred to Abramson.[19]
- McMain Secondary School for two years[20]
- Kirk Carter (Screenplay Writer) - Attended Abramson from 1972 through graduation 1976.[21]
- Toni Sims (Writer and Published Journalist) - Attended Abramson from 2001 through graduation 2004.[21]
- Ike Taylor (American Football Player) He attended Marion Abramson Senior High School in New Orleans where he played football and basketball. In high school, he played running back, defensive end, cornerback and placekicker.
Notable faculty
- Terrence Jones (English teacher, former college football player)[2]
References
- ^ Capochino, April. "Parents: Eastern New Orleans schools overlooked in recovery efforts." New Orleans CityBusiness. June 19, 2006. News. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. Available at LexisNexis. "They visited Marion Abramson Senior High in eastern New Orleans, Benjamin Banneker Elementary School Uptown and Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in[...]"
- ^ CBS College Sports. November 2, 2004. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. "As he stands at the blackboard of his freshman English class at Marion Abramson Senior High School in New Orleans East, all eyes are on first-year teacher Terrence Jones as he explains how to diagram sentences, interpret poetry and understand classic literature."
- ^ "RSD TO HOST MEETINGS FOR PARENTS OF ABRAMSON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS." (Archive) Louisiana Department of Education. July 18, 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
- Gambit Weekly. December 4, 2007. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
- ^ Kamerick, Megan. "Seven area schools create academies for Freshmen." New Orleans CityBusiness. Monday April 1, 2002. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. Available on LexisNexis. "At Marion Abramson High School, the largest in Orleans Parish, Principal Joseph Murray is hopeful the recent round of testing will prove what his staff is seeing: Students in these smaller groups are more focused and the environment is more conducive to learning." and "Abramson already had career academies in travel and tourism, as well as culinary arts. It added another in finance this year and plans to add one in leadership. It's another way of organizing the large school into smaller, less chaotic units. The Abramson ninth graders are separated into two hallways on the first floor and the teams of students are named after Kwanzaa groups."
- The Times-Picayune. Thursday August 26, 2010. Retrieved on March 18, 2013. "Some years earlier this newspaper had documented deplorable conditions at several campuses — no stall doors, graffiti, the stink of urine, toilets clogged with sanitary supplies and toilet paper rolls — and published a telling anecdote about how students at Abramson High would head out to Taco Bell between classes to take care of business."
- HighBeam. Alternate pay link. "The newspaper covered schools that were literally crumbling; at one city high school, students were crossing the street to use the bathrooms at a Taco Bell."
- ^ The Times-Picayune. July 15, 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
- The Times-Picayune. Sunday August 28, 2005. Retrieved on March 18, 2013.
- ^ Wojciechowski, Gene. "Auburn's Horton finds shelter from the storm." ESPN. September 13, 2005. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. "Four days later, only minutes before midnight, Horton's cell phone began to ring again. Those same hellish waters of Hurricane Katrina had surged into the gymnasium of New Orleans' Marion Abramson High School, which was being used as an assembly point for evacuees, and created another watery tomb. This time it was Horton's younger brothers, Jerry and Delorean, who lost their lives. "My old high school," says Horton, sitting on a love seat in the office of Auburn team chaplain Chette Williams. "The water thing was so bad, they said once they opened the door, water came rushing in. It was probably 11:58 when I found out. The funny thing about that is after I found that out, at 12:01 my phone alarm went off to let me know it was game day and that was also my little brother's birthday.""
- ^ Younge, Gary. "Murder and rape - fact or fiction?" The Guardian. Monday September 5, 2005. Retrieved on March 18, 2013.
- ^ The Times-Picayune. Tuesday September 13, 2005. A-13. Retrieved on March 18, 2013.
- ^ Borden, Sam. "For the Ravens’ Jones, a Trip Home and 2 Trips Into the End Zone." The New York Times. February 4, 2013. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. "Jones grew up in New Orleans East and attended Abramson High School, but his family’s house and his high school were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina."
- The Times-Picayune. April 21, 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
- The Times-Picayune. Sunday July 1, 2012. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
- ^ Sevin, Arthur. "Freak Nasty
- The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 27 December 2011. "Johnson grew up in eastern New Orleans and played at Kennedy High School before transferring to Abramson for his senior year."
- The Times-Picayune. January 15, 2013. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
- New Orleans Times Picayune. Saturday February 23, 2008. Retrieved on March 16, 2013.
- ^ a b Bellanger
External links
- "Marion Abramson High School, New Orleans, LA." (Archive) The Institute of Heraldry- On the school's heraldry
- School profile