Emery High School is a

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Emeryville Emeryville may refer to: * Emeryville, California Emeryville is a city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It lies in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, with a border on the shore of San ...

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, United States for

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grades. It is part of the

Emery Unified School District Emery Unified School District is a small public school district in Emeryville, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Campuses The district currently operates two schools, Anna Yates Elementary school and Emery Secondary Sch ...

. The school has an enrollment of around 200 students.

History

Emery Secondary School was formerly Emeryville High School; after the closure of Emery Middle School, it became a

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with the addition of the 7th and 8th grades.The school building was scheduled to close in 2012 and be replaced by a new facility, housing transitional kindergarten - 8th grades, and 9th - 12th grade sites.

Athletics

The school competes in the

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. At the 2003 National Chess Education Association tournament in

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, the Emery Chess Club secured first place in the 8th, 11th and 12th grade categories.

Notable alumni

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, retired professional

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player; while at Emery High, he was the leading scorer in California men's high school basketball history.

Notable faculty

* Edyth May Sliffe, 1901–1986, namesake of an annual award by the

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,

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, January/February 1989.

References

External links

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Emery Unified School District
{{authority control Schools in Alameda County, California Emeryville, California Public preparatory schools in California