Cleveland Junior Naval Academy

Cleveland Junior Naval Academy
Location
4939 Kemper Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63139

United States
Coordinates 38°36′17″N 90°16′16″W / 38.6046°N 90.2710°W / 38.6046; -90.2710Coordinates: 38°36′17″N 90°16′16″W / 38.6046°N 90.2710°W / 38.6046; -90.2710
Information
Type Magnet high school
Established 1915
School district St. Louis Public Schools
Superintendent Kelvin Adams
Principal Susan Viviano
Grades 9–12
Campus type Urban
Color(s)          Blue and gold
Mascot Pegleg Pete
Team name Commanders
Information (314)
Website School web site

Cleveland Junior Naval Academy (also known as Cleveland High School) is a magnet military academy high school in St. Louis, Missouri and is a part of the St. Louis Public Schools. Cleveland High School opened in 1915 as a comprehensive high school, merging with the Junior Naval Academy in 1984. The Junior Naval Academy was a magnet military academy, founded in 1981.[1] In 2006, the school moved from its original location on Louisiana Avenue (38°34′40″N 90°14′34″W / 38.5777°N 90.2429°W / 38.5777; -90.2429) to the Pruitt Military Academy building on North 22nd Street, then, in 2010, it moved from Pruitt to the Southwest High School building at Arsenal and Kingshighway.[2]

Events and celebration

Special activities

As a Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps NJROTC unit, cadets are offered many experiences that are only offered through the NJROTC program.

Activities

For the 20112012 school year, the school offered 17 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheer leading, boys and girls cross country, 11-man football, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, girls volleyball, wrestling, and speech and debate.[3] In addition to its current activities, Cleveland students have won several state championships, including:

The school also has produced two individual wrestling state champions.[4]

Notable people

Alumni

References

  1. Dillon, Dan (2005). So, Where'd You Go to High School? The Baby Boomer Edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Virginia Publishing Company. pp. 4243. ISBN 1-891442-33-3.
  2. Giegerich, Steve (October 8, 2006). "Cleveland High alumni come back when the school needs them most". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. D1.
  3. MSHSAA: Cleveland
  4. MSHSAA: Championship Histories by Sport
  5. "Bennie Anderson". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Bosenbecker, Ray (2004). So, Where'd You Go to High School?. St. Louis, Missouri: Virginia Publishing Company. pp. 8384.
  7. Pennington, Gail (May 10, 2006). "Phyllis went to Cleveland High School ... and now works at Dunder-Mifflin". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. E1.
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