Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School
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Established | 1955 |
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Type | Public |
Principal | Patricia Boykin |
Students | 850 (2005-6) |
Grades | 6-8 |
Location | 1000 E. Roosevelt Rd. 72206, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
District | Little Rock School District |
Colors | |
Mascot | Bearcats |
Website | Official site |
Horace Mann Arts and Sciences Magnet Middle School is a magnet middle school located in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. It is part of the Little Rock School District. The school was named for Horace Mann, Congressman and reformer.
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[edit] History
The school was formerly known as the Horace Mann High School and the Horace Mann Junior High School. It was opened as an all-Negro high school in 1955. In 1958 the United States district court declared it to be equal to the school designed for white high school children.[1]
Interior Design Associates won a gold award for design excellence for its renovation of the school that was completed in 2004.[2]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Chelsea Clinton[3]
- Jefferson Thomas, activist[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "From birth to the bench: a quiet but persuasive leader.(New York Court of Appeals judge George Bundy-Smith)", Albany Law Review, March 22, 2005
- ^ "Interior Design Associates (IDeA) of Little Rock won two gold awards for design excellence at a competition held recently at Natchez, Miss.(Business Briefs)(from American Society of Interior Designers)", Arkansas Business, November 1, 2004
- ^ " Chelsea Clinton", hillary-rodham-clinton.org, accessed December 13, 2007
- ^ Jefferson A. Thomas. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture (2006-11-16).