Malcolm Shabazz City High School

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Malcolm Shabazz City High School
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Location
Malcolm Shabazz City High School
1601 N Sherman Avenue

Madison
,
Wisconsin
53704

United States
Coordinates 43°07′04″N89°21′47″W / 43.117756°N 89.362965°W / 43.117756; -89.362965
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1971
School district Madison Metropolitan School District
PrincipalNathan O'Shaughnessy
Faculty12
Grades9–12
Number of students114 (2023-2024) [1]
Website shabazz.madison.k12.wi.us

Malcolm Shabazz City High School is a public high school in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1971 as Malcolm Shabazz High School, changing its name in 1979 after merging with City High School which was founded 1972. [2] Shabazz is one of six secondary schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District. It was named in honor of the activist Malcolm X, also known as Malcolm Shabazz. [3]

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Shabazz is known for its informal atmosphere (students refer to teachers and the principal by their first names [3] ) and emphasis on individuality and social and political activism. [2] According to former a social studies teacher, Gene Delcourt, "Shabazz was designed to be an alternative school for the sake of it being an alternative school, rather than it being a last chance for diploma completion or the last chance for kids who were falling through the cracks. When the school was founded, it was originally founded by students who were motivated to learn something other than what mainstream schools were teaching. Teachers responded to that by teaching their passion." [2]

Admission

Students must apply for admission to Shabazz, with new students being accepted at the beginning of each semester. [4]

Academics

Shabazz operates on a semester schedule. It offers a varied selection of courses, including The First Amendment (social studies), science of global warming, rap as poetry (English), and American Sign Language. [5] All new students are required to take an anti-discrimination social studies course called Mirrors. [3] [5]

Students at Shabazz have dual enrollment with their "home school" (neighborhood school within the Madison Metropolitan School District) and are eligible to take courses at both schools. [4]

Service-learning

Shabazz is a National Demonstration Site for Service Learning [6] and is considered a "leader school" in the service-learning movement. [7] Service-learning projects are incorporated into courses such as Road to Indian Country, a social studies class on contemporary Native Americans that involves a week-long service trip to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, [8] or the Project Green Teen series of classes "centered around the themes of understanding freshwater ecosystems and environmental restoration". [9]

Notable Alumni

Logan Severson, lead singer of the band Disq, attended Shabazz City High School.

Internet personalities Demigloom, Squeebo and Felonious Ferris all attended Malcolm Shabazz City High School and started the podcast "Turning Point GSA" as classmates.

References

  1. ↑ "Shabazz-City High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Emechebe, Ogechi (October 21, 2015). "Charting their own path: Shabazz lets students take control of how they learn". The Capital Times. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Rickert, Chris (January 6, 2019). "Shabazz strives for 'unschooled' safe space for students". The Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Admissions: Experience Shabazz". Malcolm Shabazz City High School. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Course Descriptions". Malcolm Shabazz City High School. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Blue (November 16, 2016). "Malcolm Shabazz City High School offers an alternative to Madison students". Northside News. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ Gabriel, Mary Ellen (April 3, 2009). "Madison's schools are ahead of the curve with green and community programs". The Isthmus. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  8. ↑ Emechebe, Ogechi (October 31, 2015). "Hard living conditions of Pine Ridge Reservation are eye-opening to Shabazz students". The Capital Times. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ Goettl, Grant; Counselman, Brian (January 25, 2024). "Shabazz High School learning in the community". Northside News. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
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