Jemison High School (Huntsville)

Coordinates: 32°57′54.3″N 86°44′54.0″W / 32.965083°N 86.748333°W / 32.965083; -86.748333

Jemison High School
Location
Pulaski Pike
Huntsville, Alabama
United States
Information
Type Public
School district Huntsville City Schools
Grades 9-12
For the high school located in Jemison, Alabama, see Jemison High School.

Jemison High School is a new public high school in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. It is named for Mae Jemison, a native of nearby Decatur, Alabama who was the first African-American female astronaut.[1]

The school is built on the same campus as McNair Junior High School, which is named for the late Ronald McNair, the second African-American astronaut in space, who was killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

The school replaces J.O. Johnson High School, which will close its doors at at the end of the 2015-16 school year.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bonvillian, Crystal (2015-01-27). "Jemison High School, McNair Junior High construction soon to be underway". al.com/The Huntsville Times.
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