In 1951, the first two classes of students came to the Morningside Park area of Inglewood to attend the new Morningside High School. Incoming 9th graders came from the surrounding junior high schools, and a class of 10th graders transferred to Morningside from
Inglewood High School. Some of Inglewood High School's faculty transferred as well, including A. John Waldmann, the first principal of Morningside High School.
Chris Gaines was a fictional MHS student and alternative rock musician, developed by
Garth Brooks in 1999 for a proposed movie.[4]
Notable alumni
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Lisa Leslie: basketball player for
USC and
WNBA; actress,
Wilhelmina supermodel;[13] 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist, 2-time WNBA champion, 3-time MVP and 8-time All-Star, 2015 inductee in
Basketball Hall of Fame
Curren Price: Los Angeles City Councilman beginning in 2013, Price previously served as the Assemblyman for the 51st district of the
California State Assembly from 2006 to 2009 before serving in the
California State Senate from 2009 to 2013; previously Inglewood City Councilman; ran unsuccessfully for Inglewood mayor (1997)[20]
In 1951, the first two classes of students came to the Morningside Park area of Inglewood to attend the new Morningside High School. Incoming 9th graders came from the surrounding junior high schools, and a class of 10th graders transferred to Morningside from
Inglewood High School. Some of Inglewood High School's faculty transferred as well, including A. John Waldmann, the first principal of Morningside High School.
Chris Gaines was a fictional MHS student and alternative rock musician, developed by
Garth Brooks in 1999 for a proposed movie.[4]
Notable alumni
This 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.(May 2019)
Lisa Leslie: basketball player for
USC and
WNBA; actress,
Wilhelmina supermodel;[13] 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist, 2-time WNBA champion, 3-time MVP and 8-time All-Star, 2015 inductee in
Basketball Hall of Fame
Curren Price: Los Angeles City Councilman beginning in 2013, Price previously served as the Assemblyman for the 51st district of the
California State Assembly from 2006 to 2009 before serving in the
California State Senate from 2009 to 2013; previously Inglewood City Councilman; ran unsuccessfully for Inglewood mayor (1997)[20]