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词条 A. H. Parker High School
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  1. History

  2. Campus

  3. Student profile

  4. Athletics

  5. Notable alumni

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox School
| name = A.H. Parker High School
| image =
| imagesize =
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| motto =
| established =1900
| schooltype = Public
| district = Birmingham City Schools
| grades = 9-12
| enrollment =768 (2016-17)[1]
| principal = Darrell Hudson
| address = 900 4th Street North
| city = Birmingham
| state = Alabama
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|33|30|53|N|86|49|45|W|display=inline,title}}
| nickname = Thundering Herd
| colors = Purple and White {{color box|purple}}{{color box|white}}
| homepage ={{url|http://www.bhamcityschools.org/Page/15}}
}}A.H. Parker High School is a four-year public high school in Birmingham, Alabama. It is one of seven high schools in the Birmingham City School System and is named for longtime Birmingham educator Arthur Harold Parker.[2] School colors are purple and white, and the mascot is the Bison (the 'Thundering Herd'). Parker competes in AHSAA Class 6A athletics.[3]

History

Originally known as Negro High School, Parker opened as a high school for African-American children in the fall of 1900 with a freshman class of 19 students and one teacher. The school's first graduation was June 3, 1904 at the 16th Street Baptist Church, where 15 students received diplomas. Its founding was spearheaded by pastor and banker William R. Pettiford, and Arthur H. Parker was its first principal.[4]

In September 1910 the school moved to a temporary location - the Lane Auditorium - and began offering skills for women such as sewing, knitting, and child care. By that time the enrollment was about 100 students. Construction of a permanent facility began in 1923, and by 1929 the school had an industrial building, a library and a gymnasium.

In 1937 the school had an enrollment of over 2,700, and in 1939, A.H. Parker retired as principal and the school was subsequently renamed in his honor.

The school continued to grow steadily to 3,761 students in 1946. Because of that large number, the school soon became known as the largest high school for Negroes in the world. In 1953, the school was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, an accreditation it has kept ever since.

In February 2007 the Birmingham City Board of Education announced that Parker would be one of the schools rebuilt using the city's $331 million share of the $1.1 billion Jefferson County School Construction Fund. Plans to demolish the sole remaining historic building on campus, a two-story classroom wing built in 1927 and ultimately torn down in 2011, drew opposition.[5]

Campus

Parker's current campus opened in 2011. It is a 194,250 square foot facility that was constructed at a final cost of $41 million. The new building was built on a site adjacent to the existing facility, which was then demolished in order to make room for parking and athletic facilities.[6] The school has a media center, a distance-learning lab, a career tech wing and an auditorium that can hold 750 students. The cafeteria seats more than 350.[7]

Student profile

Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2013-14 school year is 884 students. Approximately 98% of students are African-American, 1% are Hispanic, and 1% are multiracial. Roughly 90% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.[8]

Parker has a graduation rate of 49%. Approximately 62% of its students meet or exceed proficiency standards in mathematics, and 52% meet or exceed standards in reading. The average ACT score for Parker students is 19.[9]

Athletics

Parker competes in AHSAA Class 6A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:[10]

  • Baseball
  • Basketball (boys and girls)
  • Bowling (boys and girls)
  • Cheerleading
  • Golf (boys and girls)
  • Football
  • Indoor Track & Field (boys and girls)
  • Outdoor Track & Field (boys and girls)
  • Soccer (boys and girls)
  • Softball
  • Swimming (boys and girls)
  • Volleyball

Parker has won AHSAA state championships in the following sports:

  • Boys' basketball (1969, 1971, 1975, 2014){{cn|date=August 2018}}
  • Boys' outdoor track and field (1975){{cn|date=August 2018}}

Notable alumni

  • Oscar Adams Jr., Alabama Supreme Court justice
  • Sun Ra, jazz musician
  • Bill Bruton, MLB player
  • Buck Buchanan, football player
  • Nell Carter, singer and actress
  • Erskine Hawkins, musician
  • Lola Hendricks, civil rights activist
  • Raymond Lee Lathan, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Carlos May, MLB player
  • Lee May, MLB player
  • Willie E. May, Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2015 to 2017
  • Avery Parrish, jazz musician
  • John Rhoden, sculptor
  • Walter Sharpe, basketball player
  • Eric Bledsoe, NBA basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks
  • Larry Langford, former mayor of Birmingham
  • George Perdue, Alabama legislator
  • Bennie Seltzer, basketball coach
  • Chris Woods, football player

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0100390&SchoolPageNum=3&ID=010039000165|title=Parker High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=February 9, 2019}}
2. ^{{Cite web|title = About Us / Main Page|url = http://www.bhamcityschools.org/domain/1368|website = www.bhamcityschools.org|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF's/AHSAA/AHSAA/2014-16%20Classification.pdf|title = AHSAA School Classification 2014-16|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Fallin, Jr|first1=Wilson|title=The African American church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1815-1963 : a shelter in the storm|date=1997|publisher=Taylor & Francis (Garland Pub.)|location=New York|isbn=0815328834|pages=52–75}}
5. ^{{Cite web|title = A. H. Parker High School - Bhamwiki|url = http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/A._H._Parker_High_School|website = www.bhamwiki.com|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}
6. ^{{Cite web|title = Evan Terry Associates - Under%20Construction :: A. H. PARKER HIGH SCHOOL, Birmingham City Schools|url = http://www.evanterry.com/portfolio.asp?action=form&formID=2959&recordID=351937&category=Under%2520Construction|website = www.evanterry.com|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}
7. ^{{Cite web|title = Birmingham to open 6 new schools this term; Jefferson County has 3 new buildings|url = http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/07/birmingham_to_open_6_new_schoo_1.html|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}
8. ^{{Cite web|title = Parker High School|url = http://www.schooldigger.com/go/AL/schools/0039000165/school.aspx|website = SchoolDigger|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}
9. ^{{Cite web|title = Parker High School in Birmingham, AL - Niche|url = https://k12.niche.com/parker-high-school-birmingham-al/|website = K-12 School Rankings and Reviews at Niche.com|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}
10. ^{{Cite web|title = Home|url = http://parkerhighathletics.com/|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}

External links

  • Parker website
{{AHSAA Class 5A}}

5 : Educational institutions established in 1900|African-American history in Birmingham, Alabama|Public high schools in Alabama|Schools in Jefferson County, Alabama|1900 establishments in Alabama

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