Jordan High School (Los Angeles, California)

David Starr Jordan High School is a public comprehensive four-year high school in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA.

Some sections of Florence-Graham, an unincorporated neighborhood in Los Angeles County, are jointly zoned to Jordan and John C. Fremont High School. The Gonzaque Village, Imperial Courts, Jordan Downs, and Nickerson Gardens public housing developments of Los Angeles are zoned to Jordan.

The school's ethnic makeup is over 70% Latino, with the rest being mainly African American. The school colors are blue and white and the mascot is a grey bulldog.

The school is named after David Starr Jordan, a leading ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Florence Griffith Joyner, World-class Sprinter
• Charlie Mingus, jazz musician 1941
• Stanley Sanders, legal
• Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel prize winning Chemist ^[1]
• Ricky Thenarse, Nebraska Cornhusker Football.
• James "Pookie" Washington, Two-time Super Bowl champion (Dallas Cowboys)
• Kevin Young, Record holder in 400 meter hurdles
• Jamal Wright, musician

[edit] Associated with the high school

• Charles Dumas, 1956 Olympic High Jump Champion. Dumas was a teacher at Jordan High School.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jordan High School

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