Southwind High School

Southwind High School is a public high school located adjacent in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States and is a part of Shelby County Schools.

Located northern within the gated community of Southwind in Southeast Memphis and is bordered northeast of the Memphis annexation reserve. Southwind High was under construction in 1988 and opened in 1989 as a freshman school by the Shelby County School Board of Education.[1]

In 2010, its student body was 94% black, while Collierville High School, 10 miles away, had a student body that was 82% white.[2]

Notes

Principal- Christopher Hardiman

2012-2013 TSSAA Basketball State Champions

Notable alumni

Jarnell Stokes, former basketball player for the University of Tennessee and the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies who now plays for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Chris Travis, rap musician and producer.

References

"AS WORKMEN SIZZLE: THE NEWEST COUNTY'S HIGH SCHOOL OPENS". Memphis Flyer. August 16, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
Dillon, Sam. "Merger of Memphis and County School Districts Revives Race and Class Challenges." The New York Times. November 5, 2011. Retrieved on June 3, 2013.

External links

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[1] "AS WORKMEN SIZZLE: THE NEWEST COUNTY'S HIGH SCHOOL OPENS". Memphis Flyer. August 16, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

[2] Dillon, Sam. "Merger of Memphis and County School Districts Revives Race and Class Challenges." The New York Times. November 5, 2011. Retrieved on June 3, 2013.