Horace Mann Arts and Sciences Magnet Middle School is a magnet middle school located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Little Rock School District. The school was named after educational reformer and Congressman Horace Mann.
| Horace Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School | |
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| Location | |
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1000 E. Roosevelt Rd. 72206 United States | |
| 34°43′29″N 92°15′39″W / 34.72472°N 92.26083°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Connected Classrooms, Infinite Possibilities |
| Established | 1955 |
School district | Little Rock School District |
Principal | Dr. Tony Howard |
Teaching staff | 62.09 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 6-8 |
| Enrollment | 759 (2018-19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 12.22[1] |
| Color | |
| Mascot | Bearcat |
| Website | www |
History
editThe 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.[2]
Interior Design Associates won a gold award for design excellence for its renovation of the school that was completed in 2004.[3]
Notable alumni
edit- Chelsea Clinton[4]
- Richard Mays, politician and judge[5]
- Frank Scott Jr., politician[6]
- Jefferson Thomas, activist[7]
- Melba Pattillo Beals, activist[2]
References
edit- 1 2 3 "MANN MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- 1 2 "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
- ↑ Dumas, Ernest (September 3, 2020). "Richard Leon Mays (1943–)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ↑ Hall, Rebekah. "Frank Scott Jr.: the unifier | Cover Stories | Arkansas news, politics, opinion, restaurants, music, movies and art". Arktimes.com. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Jefferson A. Thomas". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. November 16, 2006.
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