Downtown Magnets High School
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| Downtown Magnets High School | |
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| 1081 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 |
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| Principal | Dr. Annick S. Draghi |
| Enrollment |
Approx. 1,000 |
| Type | Alternative |
| Mascot | The Suns |
| Color(s) | Green & Yellow |
| Established | 1981 |
| Alumni | [1] |
| Homepage | DMHS Official Website |
Downtown Magnets High School (also known as Downtown Business Magnet) is an alternative magnet high school located in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The school offers three major magnets: Business, Fashion (FCC), and Electronic Information(EIM). The three magnets combined hold a total student population of approximately 1,049 students, an almost unheard of, small population size compared to other high schools in overcrowded LAUSD.[citation needed] Since opening in the fall of 1981, close student-faculty bonds have often formed, playing an important factor in the school's very high graduation and college-attendance rates.
The school is located less than a ten-minute walk away from the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, which holds: The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, The Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Los Angeles Central Library, and many other educational landmarks. Also beneficiary to the students are the vast internship opportunities available in the Downtown area. Students, specifically in the Business Magnet, are able to take full advantage of them.
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[edit] History
The school started in 1981 when a visionary established a school that focused on academic excellence with a specialization in business training. The school was named Downtown Business Magnet High School. The school's first class consisted of 55 sophomores from different neighborhoods around LAUSD. By 1992, FCC & EIM had already formed, and the school's currently undergoing a vote to change the name from Dowtown Business Magnet into the more commonly used, but still unofficial, Downtown Magnets High School.
[edit] Business Magnet (DBM)
The first magnet, it is also the largest, with approximately 45% of the school's population. This magnet emphasizes everything business, from entrepreneurship and established careers, to international relations and the use of technology in business. For those who would like to further delve into the business world, the Academy of Finance(AF)is an excellent way to explore careers through summer internships with the world's top accounting firms, including Deloitte & Touche and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, as well as take college accounting, economics, and numerous other classes with academy teachers. Business students as well as those in the other magnets are encouraged to apply to the Academy in the 10th grade, and the two-year program begins in the 11th grade. Here, students are taught proper business etiquette, how to do well in job interviews, and are frequently taken to business luncheons with partner accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, where the students learn how to network.
[edit] Fashion Careers Center (FCC)
Generally composed of females, this magnet began in 1986 to teach students the design and fabrication of general clothing apparel. The students' journey begins with sewing class freshman year and culminates with the annual Fashion Show, where the graduating class presents their collections at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College Grand Auditorium; their models are DMHS students irrespective of grade or magnet. At the end of their four-year tenure in FCC, students graduate as young designers that are experts in their field. The Class of 2007's fashion show showcased the collections, made from scratch, of over 20 of the student designers. Each of them were responsible for coordinating every aspect of their presentation: from choosing their runway song and choreographing the catwalk, to making the final adjustments to a student model's outfit.
[edit] Electronic Information Magnet (EIM)
The most recent addition to DMHS in 1992, EIM began in collaboration with several local business leaders, LAUSD Board Members, and the Los Angeles Central Library. The magnet has the second largest student population out of the three and is composed of students who generally wish to expand their abilities in Computer Science, Computer Programming, Web Design, or to basically grasp the concepts in computer-based technology. Recent additions to EIM include the new Academy of Information Technology(AOIT),(similar to Business' Academy of Finance), also a part of the National Academy Organization.
[edit] Advanced Placement Courses
DMHS offers a selection of AP Courses. For the 2008-2009 school year they will include:
- Art History
- Biology
- Calculus AB/BC
- Environmental Science
- English Literature & Composition
- English Language & Composition
- Physics B
- Spanish Language
- Statistics
- Studio art
- U.S. Government & Politics
- U.S. History
- World History
[edit] Alumni
Several students who have graduated from Downtown Magnets have gone on to attend prestigious universities, including: UC Los Angeles, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, Grinnell College, Amherst College, Claremont McKenna College, MIT, Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, Princeton University, and Johnson & Wales University, among many others.
[edit] Other Notes
Our school score 690 (API) on the CST test of the year 2006-2007. Currently, we rank #14 in LAUSD and #2 in our district 4.
- DMHS is so small that they don't have an auditorium.
- There are no windows in any of the classrooms
- DMHS shares their campus with LAUSD's broadcasting channel KLCS TV
- Instead of having a Homecoming Dance in the fall semester (due to the fact that they possess no football team) they have a MORP dance (PROM spelled backwards)
- DMHS has no athletic facilities
- Senior Prom 2008 was held on the legendary ship, the RMS Queen Mary
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