Marshall Metropolitan High School

John Marshall Metropolitan High School (commonly known as simply Marshall) is a public 4–year high school located in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.[6] Opened in 1895, Marshall is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. Marshall is named in honor of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall serves the students of the East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, North Lawndale and Humboldt Park neighborhoods.

Marshall Metropolitan High School
Address
3250 W. Adams Street

Chicago
,
Illinois
60624

United States
Coordinates41.8790°N 87.7073°W / 41.8790; -87.7073
Information
School typePublic Secondary
Opened1895
School districtChicago Public Schools
CEEB code141020[1]
PrincipalFalilat O. Shokunbi
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment354 (2016–17)[2]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Maroon
  Gold[3]
Athletics conferenceChicago Public League[3]
Team nameCommandos[3]
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
YearbookThe Review[5]
Websitemarshallmetro.cps.k12.il.us

Background

The student body is approximately 98% African American.[2] Marshall High school is a Title I high school as determined by U.S. Department of Education standards, meaning that 40% or more of the students come from families that qualify as low income under United States Census definitions. The school is perhaps best known for its association with the sport of basketball. Both its boys' and girls' teams have shown success at the state level. John Marshall has a history of excelling in other sports and academics as well: Baseball, football, fencing, track and field, Liberal Arts Major, Honors Math and Science courses.

Athletics

Marshall competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The school sport teams are stylized as the Commandos. The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament:[7] The boys' track and field placed in 3rd in 1960–61. Marshall has won eight state championships, has finished in the top four in state 18 times, and has made 24 appearances in the state final tournament; all of which are records for the state of Illinois.[8]

Basketball

The boys' basketball team has won the state championship three times (1957–58, 1959–60, 2007–08), has four times placed 3rd (1960–61, 1990–91, 2005–06, 2006–07), and twice finished 4th (1981–82, 1982–83). Courtney Hargrays, the head coach of the 07 championship team, is the only coach to win the Chicago city title and state title in his first year. The school's team figures prominently in the 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams.[9] The Marshall girls' basketball team has been state champions ten times (1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2017–18, 2018–19) and runners-up three times (1979–80, 1985–86, 1993–94) in addition to placing 3rd six times (1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2008–09) and 4th in 1983–84.

Notable alumni

Notable staff
  • Dorothy Gaters – Girls basketball coach at the school since 1975. She has led the team to over 900 victories, and in 2009 became the third girls' basketball coach to receive the Morgan Wooten Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[25][26]

References
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  4. "Institution Summary for Marshall Metropolitan High School". North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  5. (tm), e-yearbook.com. "Marshall High School - Review Yearbook (Chicago, IL), Class of 1956, Pages 18 - 28". Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  6. The Chicago High Schools Report Card: A Guide to Finding the Right School - Marshall HS
  7. "IHSA Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  8. "Table of Titles - Girls Basketball". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  9. Roger Ebert, Review of Hoop Dreams. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
  10. Smith, Darius (26 March 2009), "Marshall's Darius Smith reviews 'Hoop Reality'", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 21 January 2010, Follow-up to "Hoop Dreams, the documentary that won the Sundance Audience Award in 1994 with its depiction of Marshall star Arthur Agee and St. Joseph's William Gates attempting to better their lives through basketball.
  11. Ebert, Roger (8 July 2001), "Basketball documentary is the stuff dreams are made of", The Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX, USA), pp. 2D, retrieved 21 January 2010, Arthur cannot graduate from Marshall, his Chicago high school, without transfer credits from St. Joseph's in suburban Westchester ...
  12. "John Marshall Metropolitan High School". Honor Roll of Alumni. CPSalumni.org. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  13. "Stuart Kaminsky", Daily Telegraph (London, UK), 2 December 2009, retrieved 21 January 2010, Stuart Melvin Kaminsky was born on September 29, 1934 in Chicago and grew up on the city's west side. After graduating from Marshall High School, he was awarded a bachelor's degree by the University of Illinois.
  14. Jensen, Trevor (13 October 2009), "Stuart M. Kaminsky, 1934-2009: Chicago author wrote detective series set around the globe - His characters lived in city, LA, Moscow, Florida", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 21 January 2010, Mr. Kaminsky graduated from Marshall High School and got a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois, starting at the downstate campus and finishing in Chicago, his son said.
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  16. http://www1.tiaa-cref.org/public/about/governance/corporate/board-composition/tiaa-overseers/cleve_l_killingsworth.html
  17. "7 west district high schools to give diplomas". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. 27 January 1946. p. 148.
  18. Nicholson, Andrew (13 April 2006). "Rutgers coach Stringer: Pondexter is a champion". PhoenixMercury.com. Retrieved 21 January 2010. When Pondexter was recruited out of John Marshall High School in Chicago, she could basically choose whatever college she wanted to go to. She choose [sic] Rutgers ...
  19. Hedgpeth, Joel W. (1978). "The Outer Shores", part 1. Mad River Press, Eureka CA.
  20. de Vries, Lloyd (5 April 2007). "Paralyzed NFL Player Darryl Stingley Dies: Cause Of Death Not Known; His Neck Was Broken In 1978 By Hard Hit During Exhibition Game". CBS News. Retrieved 21 January 2010. Stingley was born and raised in Chicago. He was a star running back at John Marshall High School. He attended Purdue on a football scholarship.
  21. Pierson, Don (11 April 2007), "Stingley 'family hero'.", Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 2 November 2012, retrieved 21 January 2010, Administrators at Stingley's alma mater, Marshall High School, announced that the school's grounds will be named the "Darryl Stingley Campus" in honor of the 1969 graduate who played at Purdue before becoming a first-round draft choice of the Patriots in 1973.
  22. http://winnetkahistory.org/gazette/carleton-washburne/
  23. Bach, John (January 2009). "George Wilson helps USA basketball stay perfect in '64". UC Magazine. Cincinnati, OH, USA: University of Cincinnati. Retrieved 21 January 2010. That's about the same year that Jif, the player, first leaped onto the basketball scene to lead Marshall High School, an all-black team from Chicago, to the first of two Illinois state championships. Recruited by many colleges, Big George chose UC because of his admiration for his hero, Oscar Robertson.
  24. "George Wilson". statistics & biographic information. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  25. "Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 2009. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  26. JET Magazine - Coach Dorothy Gaters Builds Winning Tradition At Chicago's John Marshall High School - April 26, 1999
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