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Coordinates: 34°00′32″N 118°17′34″W 34.008763, -118.292869

Manual Arts High School

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    • 4131 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, California, United States of America 90037
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • (323) 846-7300
    • (323) 232-0837 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
• History & Memorable Moments

Manual Arts High School was established in 1910 in the middle of bean fields, one-half mile from the nearest bus stop. It was the third 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. After three semesters in an abandoned grammar school building, Manual Arts High School was opened on Vermont Avenue, a school whose name embodied her ideal of head, heart, and hand, combining to offer a creative atmosphere for the full life. ^[1]

After the 1933 earthquake the entire campus was rebuilt, constituting the present Manual Arts High School campus. Pictured below is the main building, recently renamed Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke Hall. Behind left is the current Science Building. 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 wall-to-wall small learning communities (SLCs), three on each track totaling nine SLCs. Manual Arts was relieved by the opening of Santee Education Complex in 2005. ^[1]

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. The school will be relieved by Central Region High School 16 when that school opens in 2011. The school will be relieved by South Los Angeles High School 3 when that school opens in 2012. ^[1]

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