Castlemont High School was founded in 1929 in a medieval-style building. The architecture inspires many of the school traditions, such as the sports teams being named "Knights" and "Crusaders" and the school newspaper Ye Castle Crier. The motto is "Build on and make thy castles high and fair, rising upward to the skies."
Its Basketball teams in, 1969, 1976, & 1979 were winners of the Tournament of Champions (T.O.C.), formerly the northern California championships, and its track team in 1975 Maurice Glass held high school indoor sprint record. In 1983, Derrick Adams took first place in the 130 lbs wrestling California State Championship, the only Oakland Section person to ever place first in his weight class.
Former School Choir, "The Castleers", whose members in the 1970s toured the world performing a variety of songs that included R&B and gospel.
For an eight-year period, from 2004 to 2012, the large school housed three separate smaller schools called the Castlemont Community of Small Schools. The smaller schools were known by the names:
Castlemont Leadership Preparatory High (10-12)
Castlemont Business and Information Technology School (10-12) (CBITIS)
The school opened back under the reunified name "Castlemont High School" in the fall of 2012.[3]
Alumni
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Notable alumni of Castlemont Senior High School include:
San Francisco Chronicle news article regarding small schools
March 11, 2023
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Coordinates 37 45 35 N 122 9 47 W 37 75972 N 122 16306 W 37 75972 122 16306 Castlemont High School is a public high school in Oakland California United States originally known as East Oakland High School It is part of the Oakland Unified School District The Castlemont name was selected by a vote of the students 1 Castlemont High School was founded in 1929 in a medieval style building The architecture inspires many of the school traditions such as the sports teams being named Knights and Crusaders and the school newspaper Ye Castle Crier The motto is Build on and make thy castles high and fair rising upward to the skies Its Basketball teams in 1969 1976 amp 1979 were winners of the Tournament of Champions T O C formerly the northern California championships and its track team in 1975 Maurice Glass held high school indoor sprint record In 1983 Derrick Adams took first place in the 130 lbs wrestling California State Championship the only Oakland Section person to ever place first in his weight class Former School Choir The Castleers whose members in the 1970s toured the world performing a variety of songs that included R amp B and gospel Contents 1 Castlemont Community of Small Schools 2 Alumni 3 References 4 External linksCastlemont Community of Small Schools EditFor an eight year period from 2004 to 2012 the large school housed three separate smaller schools called the Castlemont Community of Small Schools The smaller schools were known by the names Castlemont Leadership Preparatory High 10 12 Castlemont Business and Information Technology School 10 12 CBITIS East Oakland School of the Arts 10 12 Freshman Prep Academy FPA A similar smaller school experiment was going on at the Fremont Federation of High Schools 2 The school opened back under the reunified name Castlemont High School in the fall of 2012 3 Alumni EditThis article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations October 2021 Notable alumni of Castlemont Senior High School include Carole Ward Allen former BART director and Oakland port commissioner Charlie Brown b 1948 former NFL wide receiver for the Detroit Lions 4 Kali Muscle American actor author bodybuilder and entertainer Randy Sparks The Christie Minstrels Larry Graham former bass player with Sly and the Family Stone Steve Howard former MLB player Fred Korematsu Japanese Internment protester Leroy Reams Major League Baseball player for Philadelphia Phillies Joe Morgan 1943 2020 baseball Hall of Famer class of 1962 5 Clifford T Robinson Class of 1977 NBA Small forward Fred Silva b 1927 NFL official from 1968 to 1988 referee for Super Bowl XIV 6 Steve Reeves 1926 2000 class of 1944 Most famous for his movie role of Hercules famous bodybuilder and actor Gary Pettis b 1958 Major League Baseball player current first base coach of the Houston Astros June Pointer 1953 2006 American Pop R amp B singer The Pointer Sisters Raphael Saadiq b 1966 American R amp B singer 7 Betty Reid Soskin oldest National Park Ranger serving the United States 8 References Edit Castlemont Another Beginning 44 The 50 s 6 April 2017 http www ousd k12 ca us cms lib07 CA01001176 Centricity Domain 4 2011 2012 Course Catalog pdf bare URL PDF Castlemont High School Overview Archived from the original on 2014 02 20 Retrieved 2014 02 14 Charlie Brown Stats Height Weight Position Draft College pro football reference com Joe Morgan Archived from the original on 2008 05 15 Retrieved 2014 07 05 http www evergreentimes com 121704 sports htm Tony Toni Tone Celebrates Three Decades in Music 4 July 2018 Betty Reid Soskin Groundbreaking Park Ranger to Have East Bay Middle School Renamed in Her Honor KQED Retrieved 2021 06 24 External links Edit San Francisco Bay Area portal Schools portalOfficial Castlemont Community of Small Schools website Castlemont High School Alumni Association San Francisco Chronicle news article regarding small schools Castlemont High School What s Next for Castlemont Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Castlemont High School amp oldid 1135805747, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
