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The first principal of Crenshaw High School was Robert Case, who opened the high school in January 1968. Former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Sidney A. Thompson was the school's second principal. Jewell Boutte was principal in 1988 when she was awarded the prestigious Milken Educator Award for innovations she brought to the ...
The school was named after Susan Miller Dorsey, the first female superintendent of the Los Angeles public school system.Dorsey was born in 1857 in Penn Yan, New York.She graduated from Vassar College in 1877 and spent a year teaching at Wilson College in Pennsylvania, returning to Vassar to teach Greek and Latin.
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She teaches piano, choir, music theory, and practical application of music, at Crenshaw High School, a predominantly African-American public high school in Los Angeles. [3] [4] She has taken the school's choir to perform on multiple national television specials. [3]
Crenshaw, or the Crenshaw District, is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California. [2] [3] In the post–World War II era, a Japanese American community was established in Crenshaw. African Americans started migrating to the district in the mid 1960s, and by the early 1970s were the majority. [4]
The $100-million, 1.3-mile public art corridor known as Destination Crenshaw — with fundraising led by Issa Rae and DeMar DeRozan — will debut its first phase, Sankofa Park, this fall.
In the summer, head coach Robert Garrett called Crenshaw “half-empty,” a legendary landmark of Los Angeles culture now with just 500 students. For the last few years, he and coaches have ...
All music students receive training in theory, sight reading, technical studies, history, and performance. The curriculum is anchored in the California Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards, and is augmented by extended partnerships with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Opera; adjudicated festivals; and master classes with renowned ...