MCCLYMONDS HIGH SCHOOL

Before becoming McClymonds Educational Complex in 2005, 'McClymonds High School,' also known as "'Mack'," and "'Mack House'," was a public high school in the West Oakland neighborhood of Oakland, California, USA.
The school song was as follows:
O' McClymonds, O' McClymonds,

You're the High for me.

To you we give our faithful love

and our loyalty- Boom, Boom

for McClymonds, for McClymonds.

Give a rousing cheer.

Shout fellow, shout McClymonds

loud and clear.

Rah, Rah McClymonds High

O' McClymonds High School Rah, Rah

Rah, Rah McClymonds High

O' McClymonds High School Rah, Rah

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History

McClymonds was founded in 1923. The school was named after J.W. McClymonds, who at one time was the superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District.
Some of its many famous alumni include artist Barry McGee, professional baseball players Vada Pinson, Curt Roberts, the first African American fielded by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Frank Robinson, NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell, NBA player and coach Paul Silas, NBA players Joe Ellis, Nate Williams, and Antonio Davis, plus rapper MC Hammer, as well as one of the best street basketball legends, Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell.^[1]
In the early 1980s, a former McClymonds student, Haneefa Olufemi, set fire to another student's hair using a lighter. In 1994, Olufemi became a violence prevention counselor for McClymonds.
As of 2005, McClymonds possessed an API score of 486, a statewide rank of 1, and a similar schools rank of 2.^[2] Due in part to its relatively low standardized test scores, McClymonds nearly closed down entirely in 2005, but instead was split into McClymonds Educational Complex.

References

1. Picture This: World War II/Post War Era
2. California Department of Education Performance

External links

★ Y.E.L.L. - giving McClymonds a new future

★ Article referencing sports

★ History

★ More history