School in the United States
Amanda Elzy High School (AEHS ) is a high school in
unincorporated
Leflore County ,
Mississippi , south of
Greenwood ,
[3] and part of the
Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District .
[4]
As of the 2013–2014 school year
[update] , it had 488 students in grades 9–12 and 36.37 teachers (
full-time equivalent ).
[5]
Its service area includes
Minter City ,
Money ,
Sidon , and
Schlater .
[6]
History
The school was named in 1959 in honor of
Amanda Elzy , a pioneering black educator.
[7] : 191–192
It was a part of the
Leflore County School District until that district's merger into
Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District on July 1, 2019.
[8]
Demographics
In the 2012–2013 school year, the demographic profile of the student body was 492 black students, 5 Hispanic students and 2 white students.
[5]
In 2014, its students were reported as 100% "economically disadvantaged."
[9]
Discipline
By 2010 the school began to only issue detentions for physical altercations, with a choice of either Saturdays or after school, instead of all day in-school suspensions.
[10]
Notable alumni
Lusia Harris (1955–2022), basketball player
[11] and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
[12]
Gerald Glass (born 1967), All-SEC (Ole Miss 1989-1990) and professional basketball player. Glass attended Amanda Elzy High School as a student, and then returned as an adult to coach the basketball team to a state championship in the 2011–2012 season.
[13]
[14]
Alphonso Ford (1971–2004), basketball player
[15]
Leroy Jones (1950–2021), American football player
[16]
In popular culture
The school is mentioned frequently in
Richard Rubin's book
Confederacy of Silence .
[17]
References
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a
b
c
"Amanda Elzy High School" . National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
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"MHSAA School Directory" . Mississippi High School Activities Association . Retrieved 2024-03-09 .
^
Home page . Amanda Elzy High School. Retrieved on July 3, 2017. "604 Elzy Avenue, Greenwood, MS 38930"
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elzy School
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a
b
"Amanda Elzy High School" . School Directory Information . U.S. Department of Education.
^
"School Profile" .
Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District . Archived from
the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2021-05-18 . from the rural areas of Greenwood including the towns of [...] Slaughter[...] - The page states "Schlater" as being "Slaughter".
^ Weaver, David E (2004).
Black Diva of the Thirties: the life of Ruby Elzy . University Press of Mississippi.
ISBN
9781604737653 . Retrieved 9 February 2015 . weaver black diva.
^ "
School District Consolidation in Mississippi
Archived 2017-07-02 at the
Wayback Machine ." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
^
"Amanda Elzy High School: Student Body" . U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
^ Darden, Bob (2010-01-16).
"Fights disrupt Elzy" .
Greenwood Commonwealth . Retrieved 2022-03-28 .
^
"Oral history with Ms. Lusia Harris-Stewart" . University of Southern Mississippi. December 18, 1999. Archived from
the original on 2010-08-29. Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
^
"Lusia Harris Stewart" . Women's Basketball Hall of Fame . Archived from
the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
^
"Gerald Glass" . basketball-reference.com . Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
^ Flynn, Bryan (August 1, 2013).
"2013 Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class" . Jackson Free Press.
^
"Alphonso Ford" . databaseBasketball.com . Archived from
the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
^
"Leroy Jones" . hraashof.org . Archived from
the original on January 27, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
^ Rubin, Richard (2010).
Confederacy of Silence: A True Tale of the New Old South . Simon and Schuster. pp. 53, 113, 201.
ISBN
9781451602654 .
External links
Public high schools
Greenwood-Leflore CSD Independent schools
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