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Homestead High School (Homestead, Florida) Alumni
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Homestead High School or Homestead Senior High School is the name of several high schools in the United States: *Homestead High School (California) *Homestead Senior High School (Florida) *Homestead High School (Homestead, Pennsylvania), alma mater of American disc jockey Mary Dee and singer Betty Davis *Homestead High School (Indiana) *Homestead High School (Wisconsin) Homestead High School is a four-year public high school located in Mequon, Wisconsin, United States, a northern suburb of Milwaukee. Part of the Mequon-Thiensville School District, it serves a area including the city of Mequon and the village of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homestead High School (California)
Homestead High School is a four-year State school#United States, public Secondary education in the United States#High school, high school serving western Sunnyvale, California, Sunnyvale, southern Los Altos, California, Los Altos, and northwestern Cupertino, California, Cupertino, in Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County, California. Established in 1962, the school serves 2,405 students in grades grade nine, 9 to grade twelve, 12 as part of the Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD). In 2003 and 2009, the California Department of Education recognized Homestead as a California Distinguished School, and in 2004, the Department of Education recognized Homestead as a Blue Ribbon School. Demographics The table below represents the increase in enrolling students between the years 2003 and 2017. As of the 2017 school year, the racial composition was as follows: * White American, White: 35.5% * Asian American, Asian: 45.1% * Other: 19.4% 14.8% qualified for free or redu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homestead Senior High School (Florida)
Homestead Senior High School is a public high school located at 2351 SE 12 Avenue in Homestead, Florida. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. Its principal is John A. Galardi Homestead is one of two high schools serving a community that includes most of Homestead, Florida City and Leisure City. The high school offers magnet programs, including the Academy of International Business, the Academy of Aviation/Aerospace, Academy of Travel and Tourism, an Environmental Horticulture Science and Services program, and a Health Science Education program (one of only three such programs in the state that lead to a Certification in Practical Nursing). History In 1992 Homestead High School was severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew, forcing the school to delay opening for the 1992–1993 school year by two weeks. Most of the families in the surrounding community left after the hurricane, but a few stayed, living in tents, mobile homes, or shared accommodation in other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homestead High School (Homestead, Pennsylvania)
Homestead High School or Homestead Senior High School is the name of several high schools in the United States: *Homestead High School (California) *Homestead Senior High School (Florida) *Homestead High School (Homestead, Pennsylvania), alma mater of American disc jockey Mary Dee and singer Betty Davis *Homestead High School (Indiana) *Homestead High School (Wisconsin) {{schooldis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Dee
Mary Dudley (born Mary Elizabeth Goode; April 8, 1912March 17, 1964), known as Mary Dee, was an American disc jockey who is widely considered the first African-American woman disc jockey in the United States. She grew up in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and then studied at Howard University for two years. After having her family, she attended Si Mann School of Radio in Pittsburgh, and on August 1, 1948, went on the air at WHOD radio. Gaining national attention, Dee broadcast from a storefront, "Studio Dee", in the Hill District of Pittsburgh from 1951 to 1956. She moved her show, ''Movin' Around with Mary Dee'', to Baltimore and broadcast from station WSID from 1956 to 1958. In 1958, she moved to Philadelphia and hosted ''Songs of Faith'' on WHAT until her death in 1964. Dee is considered a pioneer in developing the radio format that combines coverage of community affairs with music and news. She was one of the first two black women admitted to the Association of American Women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Davis
Betty Davis (born Betty Gray Mabry; July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and model. She was known for her controversial sexually-oriented lyrics and performance style, and was the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. Her AllMusic profile describes her as "a wildly flamboyant funk diva with few equals ... hocombined the gritty emotional realism of Tina Turner, the futurist fashion sense of David Bowie, and the trendsetting flair of Miles Davis". Early life Betty Gray Mabry was born in Durham, North Carolina, on July 26, 1944. She developed an interest in music when she was about ten, and was introduced to various blues musicians by her grandmother, Beulah Blackwell, while staying at her farm in Reidsville. At 12, she wrote one of her first songs, "I'm Going to Bake That Cake of Love". The family relocated to Homestead, Pennsylvania, so her father, Henry Mabry, could work at a Pennsylvania steel mill. Davis attended and graduated Homestead H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homestead High School (Indiana)
Homestead Senior High School, in Fort Wayne, United States, is a public four-year high school. Part of Southwest Allen County Schools, the school receives accreditation from the Indiana Department of Education and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Activities Media at Homestead Homestead High School Media is the school's student-run, not-for-profit YouTube channel dedicated to both its school news program, HHS In Depth, and its sports/school activity broadcasting program, Homestead Live. It has been running on YouTube since 2014. Homestead Live covers primarily football and basketball (boys and girls), along with other sports and fine arts associated with the school. Homestead won “High School TV of the Year” at Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) in 2020, 2021 and 2022. WCYT is the school's student-run, not-for-profit radio station. It has been broadcasting in the city of Fort Wayne since 1995. It features indie-rock music on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |