Metro Academic and Classical High School

Metro Academic and Classical High School
Location
4015 McPherson Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
United States
Information
Type Magnet high school
Established 1972
Opened 1996
School district St. Louis Public Schools
Superintendent Kelvin Adams
Principal Wilfred Doug Moore
Grades 9–12
Campus type Urban
Color(s)          Black and white
Mascot Panthers
Information (314) 534-3894
Website School web site

Metro Academic and Classical High School is a public high school in St. Louis, Missouri that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools. Metro is currently the top-ranking public high school in Missouri.

History

Metro opened in 1972 in a five-room building at 2135 Chouteau Avenue as one of the first magnet schools in the St. Louis Public Schools.[1] In the 1970s, the school moved to the Temple Israel building at 5017 Washington Boulevard, and in 1996, it moved to its current location in a purpose-built school building.[1] In 1997, the school's founder and principal, Betty Wheeler, retired.[2] Her replacement, Pamela Randall, served until 2003, when she entered district administration and later served as superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools.[3] Randall's replacement, Wilfred Doug Moore, remains the current principal of Metro High School.[4]

During the 2004–05 school year, Metro Academic and Classical High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[5][6] the highest award an American school can receive.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b GYM DANDY AT METRO HIGH - STUDENTS, TEACHERS GIVE NEW BUILDING AN `A' St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Tuesday, October 22, 1996 Author: By Samuel Autman
  2. ^ Betty Wheeler - Founded innovative 'school without walls' here St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - Monday, May 23, 2011 Author: ROBERT PATRICK
  3. ^ City schools chief takes leave St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 Author: TRISHA L. HOWARD Of the Post-Dispatch Carolyn Bower of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.
  4. ^ 4 NEW PRINCIPALS FACE CHALLENGES St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - Friday, September 5, 2003 Author: Jake Wagman
  5. ^ Six Public Schools Honored as Blue Ribbon Schools, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education press release dated September 29, 2004. Accessed October 29, 2007.
  6. ^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  7. ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  8. ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."

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