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Manual Arts High School
Location
Map
4131 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90037
United States
Coordinates34°00′30″N 118°17′32″W / 34.0083°N 118.29217°W / 34.0083; -118.29217
Information
TypePublic
Motto"It Can Be Done"
Established1910
School districtLos Angeles Unified School District
PrincipalAlejandro Macias
Staff66.84 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,046 (2023–24)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.03[1]
Color(s)   Royal Purple and Gray
Athletics conferenceExposition League
CIF Los Angeles City Section
MascotTommy Toiler
Team nameToilers
Websitewww.manualartshs.org

Manual Arts High School is a secondary public school in Los Angeles, California, United States.

History

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Manual Arts High School was founded in 1910 in the middle of bean fields, one-half mile from the nearest bus stop. It was the third high school in Los Angeles, California after Los Angeles High School and L.A. Polytechnic High School, and is the oldest high school still on its original site in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school that would eventually become Lincoln High had been founded decades earlier but was still an elementary school at this time.

One of the school's first teachers was Ethel Percy Andrus (1911 - 1915). In 1916 Dr. Andrus became California's first female high school principal at Lincoln High School in East Los Angeles. She later founded AARP.

After three semesters in an abandoned grammar school building, Manual Arts High School was opened on Vermont Avenue. After the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, the entire campus was rebuilt, constituting the present Manual Arts High School campus adjacent to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and USC.

It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.[2]

In 1995, "The Arts" became a Pacific Bell Education First Demonstration Site joining thirteen other demonstration sites in California, and in 1996 the school was named a California Distinguished School. In 1998, Manual Arts was officially granted Digital High School status.

The 2005–2006 school year opened with small learning communities (SLCs), three on each track totaling nine SLCs. Manual Arts was relieved by the opening of Santee Education Complex in 2005.[3]

West Adams High School

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The school was relieved in 2007 when West Adams Preparatory High School opened. During the same year, a section of the Manual Arts attendance zone was transferred to Belmont High School.[4]

In July 2008, the school became part of MLA Partner Schools through LAUSD's newly created iDesign Schools Division. MLA Partner Schools, in collaboration with West Ed, will operate Manual Arts on a 5-year performance contract approved by the LAUSD School Board.

The school was expected be relieved by Central Region High School 16 (which became Dr. Maya Angelou High School (Los Angeles, California)) when that school opened in 2011,[5] and by Augustus Hawkins High School when that school opens in 2012.[6]

In the 2011–2012 school year, Manual Arts will return to a traditional school calendar schedule.[7] As a result, several of the school's small learning communities will be restructured and the number of security on campus will be reduced.[8] The 'Blewett Football Field is named in honor of James Blewett who was a standout Manual Arts football player and longtime Head coach with 9 Los Angeles City titles and 225 wins.

In summer of 2022, Manual Arts High School selected its first Latino principal. During Alejandro Macias’ tenure, he helped the school meet or exceed all metrics measured by LAUSD’s Data Dig program, which aims to drive continuous improvement.

Student body

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The racial makeup of the school is mostly Latinos and African Americans, and the neighborhood surrounding the school reflects the same makeup.

During the 2004–2005 school year, MAHS had 3,766 students,[9] including:

As of 2010, the school's dropout rate was 68%.[10] More than 90% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District.[11]

Notable alumni

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Gus Arriola
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Manual Arts Senior High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles City School District". Los Angeles Unified School District. Archived from the original on 1998-02-07. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  3. ^ "Project Details". Laschools.org. 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  4. ^ "Project Details". Laschools.org. 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  5. ^ "Project Details". Laschools.org. 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  6. ^ "Project Details". Laschools.org. 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  7. ^ "Manual Arts Senior High School". Mahs.org. 2011-03-11. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  8. ^ "Sandy Banks: At Manual Arts High, same goals but different methods". Los Angeles Times. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  9. ^ "School Profile (9-12)". Search.lausd.k12.ca.us. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  10. ^ "UCLA IDEA Educational Opportunity Report". Idea.gseis.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  11. ^ "2010 Adequate Yearly Progress Chart". Data1.cde.ca.gov. 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  12. ^ "Artisan Summer 1935 "Gustavo Arriola" (Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1935. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  13. ^ Dennis McLellan,Roy L. Ash dies at 93; former Litton president, budget director, Los Angeles Times, January 12, 2012
  14. ^ "Paul Blair Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  15. ^ "W '50 Artisan "Yvonne Watson" (Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1950. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  16. ^ Oliver, Myrna (November 16, 1993). "Obituaries: Lynton R. Kistler; Modern Artists' Lithographer". Los Angeles Times.
  17. ^ Stebner, Eleanor J. (1998). "The Education of Stanley Howard Knowles". Manitoba History (36). Winnipeg: Manitoba Historical Society: 43. ISSN 0226-5036. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  18. ^ [1] Archived April 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Ankerich, Michael G. (2010). Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen. BearMano. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-59393-605-1.
  20. ^ [2] Archived November 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ "Rachel Robinson's Homecoming : She Recalls a Legend and Her Days in L.A." Los Angeles Times. 2 September 1987.
  22. ^ Leovy, Jill (7 May 2016). "One of L.A.'s First Black Principals". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via newspapers.com. James B. Taylor, one of Los Angeles Unified School District's first black principals -- and a deputy superintendent during an era of integration controversies who lamented the inclusion of politics into education -- died of congestive heart failure April 26 at his L.A. home. He was 89.
  23. ^ Uchima, Ansho Mas and Shinmoto, Minoru. Seinan – Southwest Los Angeles: Stories and Experiences From Residents of Japanese Ancestry. (Glendale: J & L Press, Inc., 2010). p. 195.
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