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Manual Arts
High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. It is preceded by primary education. High school is also the name used to describe the institution in which the final stage of compulsory education takes place. In the United States, high schools generally consist of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, although the inclusion of grade 9 varies by school district.
Manual Arts High School is a secondary school in Los Angeles, California. Manual Arts, which spans grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Manual Arts falls into Local District 7 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is located at 4131 South Vermont Avenue, between 41st Street and 42nd Street. The school's mascot is the Toiler and the school newspaper is called the Toiler Times. When it was founded, manual arts was a vocational high school. As of 2006, it teaches a traditional curriculum.
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. 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.
After the 1933 earthquake the entire campus was rebuilt, constituting the present Manual Arts High School campus. 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. The 2005-2006 school year opened with wall-to-wall small learning communities, three on each track totaling nine SLCs.
Manual Arts is a reflection of the changes in the city of Los Angeles and has felt the pain and the joy of all that has happened over the past eighty-nine years. It reflect the current immigration trends and the fact that Los Angeles is the center of immigration in the United States. It is a thoughtful, reflective, exciting, and engaging place. Their mission is to provide quality career education to students who wish to pursue respectable careers.
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