A. Philip Randolph Academies of Technology School, Jacksonville
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A. Philip Randolph Academies of Technology |
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| Established | 1979 |
| Type | Magnet High School |
| Principal | Lorenda Tiscornia |
| Staff | 62 |
| Students | 800 |
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Nickname | Randolph or APR |
| Mascot | Jaguars |
| Website | [1] |
A. Philip Randolph Academies of Technology is located on the northside of Jacksonville, Florida. APR is formely known as the Northside Skills Center. It is the first of three skills centers that were built, the others being Southside Skills Center and Westside Skills Center (Frank H. Peterson). Southside Skills Center is known as present day Southside Middle School.
APR is named after A. P. Randolph was an African-American labor movement and civil rights leader. He was the first president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, founded in 1925 and the first African-American labor union to sign a collective bargaining agreement with a major U.S. corporation. He first proposed a March on Washington in 1941 which led to President Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 8802 banning discrimination in the federal government and defense industries. Twenty-two years later, Randolph again played an important role in organizing the 1963 March on Washington at which Martin Luther King, Jr. made his "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Following the march, Randolph, Dr. King and other civil rights movement leaders met with President Kennedy. Within a year, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed.
Like Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology School, APR offers its students similar programs including: 1. Information Technology 2. Construction 3. Cosmetology 4. Health Care 5. Law Enorcement
In the 2007-2008 school year A. Philip Randolph plans on establishing another academy known as child care.
