McClymonds High School
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Before becoming McClymonds Educational Complex in 2005, McClymonds High School was a public high school in the West Oakland neighborhood of Oakland, California, USA, located at 2607 Myrtle Street. It was operated by the Oakland Unified School District. The school mascot was the Warrior (formerly the Indian), and the school colors were orange and black. The school newspaper was the Warrior Times.
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
[edit] 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, Joe Morgan and Frank Robinson, NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell, NBA player and coach Paul Silas, NBA player Antonio Davis, and rapper MC Hammer, as well as one of the best street basketball legends, Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell.
McClymonds High School was one of the worst performing schools in the San Francisco Bay Area with only an API[1] score of about 400 as of 2004.
