Spingarn High School

Spingarn High School

Joel Elias Spingarn High School is a public high school located in the District of Columbia. The school is named after Joel Elias Spingarn (1875–1939) an American educator and literary critic who established (1913) the Spingarn Medal, awarded annually for outstanding achievement by an African American.

Springarn Senior High School is located at 2500 Benning Road, NE, Washington, DC.

It is operated by District of Columbia Public Schools. Its mascot is the Mighty GreenWave.

External links

* [http://spingarn.k12.dc.us/ Spingarn Senior High School] homepage


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