Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School

Horace Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School
Address
1000 E. Roosevelt Rd. 72206
Little Rock, Arkansas
USA
Coordinates 34°43′29″N 92°15′39″W / 34.72472°N 92.26083°W / 34.72472; -92.26083Coordinates: 34°43′29″N 92°15′39″W / 34.72472°N 92.26083°W / 34.72472; -92.26083
Information
Type Public
Established 1955
School district Little Rock School District
Principal Keith McGee
Grades 6-8
Enrollment 850 (2012-2013)
Color(s)          
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 after Congressman Horace Mann.

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]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "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
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ " Chelsea Clinton", hillary-rodham-clinton.org, accessed December 13, 2007
  4. ↑ "Jefferson A. Thomas". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. 2006-11-16.


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