Overbrook High School (Philadelphia) Totally Explained

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ť This article pertains to the Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. For the Southern New Jersey high school, please see Overbrook High School (Pine Hill, New Jersey).

Overbrook High School is a public, four-year secondary school located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. An inner-city school, it's perhaps most well-known because of its famous alumni (listed below).
Overbrook High School is officially designated by the School District of Philadelphia as Location #402, in the West Region. As of 2005, the school principal of Overbrook is Ethelyn Payne Young.
Although the school's population fluctuates, enrollment for 2004-2005 was 2,075 students (grades 9-12). Although some students are White, Asian, or Latino, 99% of the student population is African American (External Link

School uniforms

Overbrook requires students to wear school uniforms (External Link

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Shirts may be white or black. Bottoms may be khaki or black.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Overbrook High School include:

Len Barry, lead singer/songwriter, The Dovells
John Blake, jazz violinist
Jerry Blavat, disc jockey
Guion S. Bluford, Jr., space-shuttle astronaut; first African-American in space
Solomon Burke, soul music legend
Bill Cash, Negro League star, Baseball Hall of Famer
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain, NBA legend*
Richard M. Cooper, former chief counsel, Food and Drug Administration
Joan Daniels, attorney, family and child abuse law expert
Ira Davis, track & field Olympian
Chaka Fattah, U.S. Congressman (D-PA)
Mike Gale, NBA/ABA basketball player
Jamal “The Last Emperor” Gray, rapper
Walt Hazzard (Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad), former NBA guard; UCLA All-American player and coach
Rosetta Hightower, lead singer, The Orlons
Calvin Jackson, Hollywood composer, jazz musician
Wali Jones, former NBA player; Miami Heat executive
Sol Kaplan, Hollywood composer
Jacob Landau, nationally recognized artist,teacher
Acel Moore, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Philadelphia Inquirer
Frank Piasecki, helicopter inventor; National Medal of Technology winner
Malik Rose, NBA player
Arthur W. Rovine, international law expert
Dee Dee Sharp, singer
Jerome J. Shestack, former President, American Bar Assn.
Will Smith, Oscar-nominated actor, singer; owner Overbrook Entertainment
Kendall "KAT" Turner, rapper
Stanley Tuttleman, class of 1936, philanthropist
Willie L. Williams, former police commissioner, Phila. and Los Angeles
Herman Wrice, renowned social worker/community organizer, Mantua Against Drugs (MAD)
*Other Overbrook grads who played in NBA: Tony Costner, Wayne Hightower, Rich Laurel, Hal Lear, Lewis Lloyd, Andre McCarter, Jackie Moore

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