John Marshall Metropolitan High School

Marshall Metropolitan High School
Address
3250 W. Adams Street Chicago, Illinois, 60624 USA
Coordinates	41°52′44″N 87°42′26″W / 41.8790°N 87.7073°W / 41.8790; -87.7073
Information
School type	Public Secondary
Opened	1895
School district	Chicago Public Schools 299
CEEB Code	141020[1]
Principal	Ms. Kenyatta Butler
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coed
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Maroon      Gold[2]
Athletics conference	Chicago Public League[2]
Team name	Commandos[2]
Accreditation(s)	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Website	http://www.marshallmetro.cps.k12.il.us/

John Marshall Metropolitan High School (commonly known as Marshall High School) is a public 4-year high school located on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It serves the students of the East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, North Lawndale and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. Marshall's principal is Kenyatta Butler (2009-). She is the former principal of Chicago's Harper High School. The student body is approximately 99% African American. Marshall High school is a Title I high school as determined by U.S. Department of Education standards meaning that 40% or more of the students come from families that qualify as low income under United States Census definitions. The school is best known for its association with the sport of basketball. Both its boys and girls teams have shown success at the state level.

Athletics

Marshall competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Teams are stylized as the Commandos.

The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament:^[4]

• Basketball (boys): 4th Place (1981–82, 82–83); 3rd Place (1960–61, 90–91, 2005–06, 06–07); State Champions (1957–58, 59–60, 2007–08)
• Basketball (girls): 4th Place (1983–84); 3rd Place (1980–81, 82–83, 87–88, 96–97, 97–98, 2008–09); 2nd Place (1979–80, 85–86, 93–94); State Champions (1981–82, 84–85, 88–89, 89–90, 91–92, 92–93, 98–99, 2007–08)
• Track & Field (boys): 3rd place (1960–61)

Marshall has won eight state championships, has finished in the top four in state 18 times, and has made 24 appearances in the state final tournament; all of which are records for the state of Illinois.^[5]

The school's men's basketball team figures prominently in the 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams.^[6]

Notable Alumni

• Arthur Agee is a teacher and motivational speaker best known for being profiled in the documentary film Hoop Dreams.^[7][8]
• Patrick Beverley, former Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball player
• Jerome Isaac Friedman is a physicist who won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work that led to the discovery of quarks.^[9]
• Larry Gelbart was a Tony and Emmy Award winning writer known for his work in film, stage (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and television (M*A*S*H).^[9]
• Stuart M. Kaminsky was a mystery writer who wrote novels such as Denial and screenplays such as Once Upon a Time in America.^[10][11]
• Peter Lisagor was a journalist who served as Washington DC bureau chief for the Chicago Daily News (1959–76).^[9]
• Cappie Pondexter is an All-Star WNBA guard (2006–present), playing for the New York Liberty. She was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 2008 Olympics.^[9][12]
• Julius Richmond was the 12th Surgeon General of the United States (1977–81) and was instrumental in beginning the Head Start Program.^[9]
• Vincent Starrett was a news reporter and author who specialized in the crime, mystery, and horror genres.^[9]
• Darryl Stingley was an NFL wide receiver (1973–77), playing his entire career with the New England Patriots after being selected in the first round of the 1973 NFL Draft. He is remembered for sustaining a career ending injury in a 1978 pre-season game that left him a quadriplegic.^[13][14]
• George Wilson is a former NBA center (1964–71). He was a member of the 1962 NCAA Champion University of Cincinnati Bearcats, and a member of the gold medal winning basketball team at the 1964 Olympics.^[9][15][16]

Notable Staff

• Dorothy Gaters has been the girls basketball coach since 1975. She has led the team to over 900 victories, and in 2009 became the third girls basketball coach to receive the Morgan Wooten Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.^[17]

References

1. ^ "High School Code Search". College Board. http://sat.collegeboard.com/register/sat-code-search. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Chicago (Marshall)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 19 January 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/2740.htm. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
3. ^ "Institution Summary for Marshall Metropolitan High School". AdvacedED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=25703. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
4. ^ "IHSA Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum2740.htm. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
5. ^ "Table of Titles - Girls Basketball". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bkg/records/sum.htm. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
6. ^ Roger Ebert, Review of Hoop Dreams. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
7. ^ Smith, Darius (26 March), "Marshall's Darius Smith reviews 'Hoop Reality'", Chicago Tribune, http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/chi-090326-hoop-reality-movie-review,0,4764983.story, retrieved 21 January 2010, "Follow-up to "Hoop Dreams, the documentary that won the Sundance Audience Award in 1994 with its depiction of Marshall star Arthur Agee and St. Joseph's William Gates attempting to better their lives through basketball." 
8. ^ Ebert, Roger (8 July), "Basketball documentary is the stuff dreams are made of", The Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX, USA): 2D, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20010708&id=vjYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j1oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5286,1907486, retrieved 21 January 2010, "Arthur cannot graduate from Marshall, his Chicago high school, without transfer credits from St. Joseph's in suburban Westchester ..." 
9. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "John Marshall Metropolitan High School". Honor Roll of Alumni. CPSalumni.org. http://www.cpsalumni.org/honor_roll/1111. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
10. ^ "Stuart Kaminsky", Daily Telegraph (London, UK), 2 December, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6711842/Stuart-Kaminsky.html, retrieved 21 January 2010, "Stuart Melvin Kaminsky was born on September 29 1934 in Chicago and grew up on the city's west side. After graduating from Marshall High School, he was awarded a bachelor's degree by the University of Illinois." 
11. ^ Jensen, Trevor (13 October), "Stuart M. Kaminsky, 1934-2009: Chicago author wrote detective series set around the globe - His characters lived in city, LA, Moscow, Florida", Chicago Tribune, http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/oct/13/entertainment/chi-obit-kaminsky-13-oct13, retrieved 21 January 2010, "Mr. Kaminsky graduated from Marshall High School and got a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois, starting at the downstate campus and finishing in Chicago, his son said." 
12. ^ Nicholson, Andrew (13 April 2006). "Rutgers coach Stringer: Pondexter is a champion". PhoenixMercury.com. http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/stringer_060413.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010. "When Pondexter was recruited out of John Marshall High School in Chicago, she could basically choose whatever college she wanted to go to. She choose Rutgers ..." 
13. ^ de Vries, Lloyd (5 April 2007). "Paralyzed NFL Player Darryl Stingley Dies: Cause Of Death Not Known; His Neck Was Broken In 1978 By Hard Hit During Exhibition Game". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/05/sportsline/main2650333.shtml. Retrieved 21 January 2010. "Stingley was born and raised in Chicago. He was a star running back at John Marshall High School. He attended Purdue on a football scholarship." 
14. ^ Pierson, Don (11 April), "Stingley 'family hero'.", Chicago Tribune, http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-161871078.html, retrieved 21 January 2010, "Administrators at Stingley's alma mater, Marshall High School, announced that the school's grounds will be named the "Darryl Stingley Campus" in honor of the 1969 graduate who played at Purdue before becoming a first-round draft choice of the Patriots in 1973." 
15. ^ Bach, John (January 2009). "George Wilson helps USA basketball stay perfect in '64". UC Magazine (Cincinnati, OH, USA: University of Cincinnati). http://www.magazine.uc.edu/0109/wilson.htm. Retrieved 21 January 2010. "That's about the same year that Jif, the player, first leaped onto the basketball scene to lead Marshall High School, an all-black team from Chicago, to the first of two Illinois state championships. Recruited by many colleges, Big George chose UC because of his admiration for his hero, Oscar Robertson." 
16. ^ "George Wilson". statistics & biographic informatio. Basketball-Reference.com. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoge01.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
17. ^ "Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 2009. http://www.hoophall.com/morgan-wootten-lifetime-achiev/. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 

External Links

• Official website