duPont Manual High School is a secondary school located at 120 West Lee Street in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Jefferson County Public School district. It is directly across the street from the main campus of the University of Louisville, and qualifying students may attend classes at the college if they wish. Image File history File links Manual_crest. ... Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ... In the U.S. system of education, a magnet school is a public school which offers innovative courses, specialized training, etc. ... A principal is generally the chief administrator in an elementary school, middle school, or high school. ... “Louisville” redirects here. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is a school system located in Jefferson County, Kentucky, which is contiguous with present-day Louisville. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... The term, secondary school, refers to an institution where the third stage of schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... Old Louisville is well known for its elaborate late-19th century Victorian homes Old Louisville is a historic preservation district and neighborhood in central Louisville, Kentucky, USA . ... “Louisville” redirects here. ... Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is a school system located in Jefferson County, Kentucky, which is contiguous with present-day Louisville. ... The University of Louisville (also known as U of L) is a public, state-supported university located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. ...

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History

duPont Manual traces its roots through the University of Louisville back to the Jefferson Seminary (1798). After several changes, the Jefferson Seminary was divided into the University of Louisville and the Louisville Male High School (1856). Soon, the Louisville Girls High School became operational (1856). In 1892, a generous grant of $150,000 from Alfred Victor du Pont became the foundation for the duPont Manual Training High School. The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public, state-supported university located in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... A seminary or theological college is a specialized and often live-in higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students (seminarians) in philosophy, theology, spirituality and the religious life, usually in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ... Established in 1856, Louisville Male High School in Louisville, Kentucky is the oldest public high school west of the Alleghenies. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Du Pont de Nemours family is a wealthy American family. ...

Manual High School as seen from Lee Street

The endowment allowed for the purchase of a property at the corner of Brooke and Oak and construction of buildings there, completed and dedicated in May 1893. By 1923, there were over 1,700 students and a faculty of 56. At this time the facilities were expanded and Manual Stadium, now with a capacity of nearly 11,500,^[1] was built a year later in 1924. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 318 KB) Summary Dupont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): DuPont Manual Magnet High School Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 318 KB) Summary Dupont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): DuPont Manual Magnet High School Metadata This file contains... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Although originally designed to teach young men industrial ("manual") skills that would fit them for their duties in life, in 1950, the nationwide trend of coeducation led to the joining of the duPont Manual Training High School and the Louisville Girls High School, which had long been counterparts. This fusion of institutions resulted in the birth of the modern duPont Manual High School in Reuben Post Halleck Hall, former home of the Louisville Girls High School, at 120 West Lee. The huge, signature Gothic architecture inspired structure was built in 1933 and remains in use, although two major additions have since been made. Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women at the same school facilities. ... Interior of Cologne Cathedral Gothic architecture is a style of architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, which flourished in Europe during the high and late medieval period. ...

In 1984 the school became known as duPont Manual Magnet High School. Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...

Today

Today, Manual combines traditional education with modern novelties. It offers five distinct magnet programs:

• High School University (HSU)
• Math/Science/Technology (MST)
• Visual Arts (VA)
• Communications/Media Arts (CMA)
• Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS)

Among these, the Math/Science/Technology program and the Youth Performing Arts School have achieved national recognition on multiple occasions. Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) is a performing arts school in Louisville, Kentucky that concentrates on various music, theatre and dance disciplines for high school students. ...

Manual holds Kentucky's state record from 2000 of 52 National Merit Semifinalists, ranking third in the United States for that year behind only the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and Stuyvesant High School. In the past few years it has won both National Science Bowl (2000) and National Academic League championships, and performed exceptionally in Quiz Bowl tournaments throughout the eastern half of the nation, even achieving 7th place at the NAQT's High School National Championships. Manual has been mentioned several times in Redbook Magazine's "America's Best Schools", based on its innovative programs and commitment to excellence. It has also been featured in the United States Department of Education as a National School of Excellence. In 2002, Manual became its own region for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The YPAS chorus was the only chorus to perform at the inauguration of President George W. Bush. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A National Merit Scholarship is a college scholarship awarded by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). ... Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST, TJ, Jefferson) is a public secondary magnet school in Alexandria, Virginia. ... Stuyvesant High School, commonly referred to as Stuy, is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. ... Science Bowl is a high school academic competition, similar to Quiz Bowl, held in the United States. ... The National Academic League (NAL) is a popular sport in junior high schools (middle schools) around the United States. ... Quizbowl (or Quiz-bowl or quiz bowl) is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge, commonly played in high school and college. ... National Academic Quiz Tournaments (LLC) is a question-writing and quizbowl organizing company founded by former players in 1996. ... The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building[1]) , ED headquarters in Washington, DC A construction project to repair and update the building facade at the Department of Education Headquarters building in 2002 resulted in the installation of structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from... The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college scientific event in the world. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

Many interior shots of the 1999 film The Insider were shot at Manual. Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, the subject of the film, taught science and Japanese at Manual after he was fired by tobacco company Brown & Williamson in 1993. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... The Insider is a 1999 film which tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand. ... Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (born December 17, 1942, New York City) was vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson in Louisville, Kentucky and currently resides in Mt. ... This article is about the product manufactured from Tobacco plants (Nicotiana spp. ... Brown & Williamson is an American tobacco company, which produces cigarette brands. ...

Notable alumni

• Mitch McConnell, United States senator
• Gene Snyder, former member of the House of Representatives
• Dr. James Gilbert Baker astronomer and optician
• Pee Wee Reese, baseball player
• John Jacob Niles, "Dean of American Balladeers". ^[2]
• Travis Prentice, college and professional football player
• Nicole Scherzinger (1996), lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls.
• Sara Gettelfinger (1995), Broadway performer.
• Paige Davis (1987) theater performer, host of Trading Spaces on TLC from 2001 to 2005.
• James S. Coleman, sociologist ^[3]
• Bruce Hoblitzell, former Mayor of Louisville
• Joseph D. Scholtz, former Mayor of Louisville
• Bud Bruner, boxing trainer and manager
• Nathaniel Cartmell, Olympic gold medalist
• Bremer Ehrler, Jefferson County Judge-Executive and sheriff
• Michelle Banzer, 2007 Miss Kentucky USA
• Keenan Burton, University of Kentucky football player
• Kira Reed, actress and reporter for Sexcetera ^[4]

Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell Jr. ... Marion M. Gene Snyder (b. ... Dr. James Gilbert Baker (November 11, 1914–June 29, 2005) was an American astronomer and optician. ... Harold Henry Pee Wee Reese (July 23, 1918 - August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. ... John Jacob Niles (Louisville, Kentucky, April 28, 1892 -- Lexington, Kentucky, March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. ... “Touchdown” Travis Prentice was born on December 8, 1976. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sara Gettelfinger is an American actress, singer, and dancer who has made a name for herself on Broadway. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Mindy Paige Davis (born October 15, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and theater arts performer living in Manhattan. ... James S. Coleman, born May 12, 1926 in Bedford, Indiana, died March 25, 1995 in Chicago, was an American sociologist. ... Bruce Hoblitzell (June 25, 1887 - August 11, 1970) was mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1957 to 1961. ... The Mayor of Louisville was the chief executive of the old city of Louisville, Kentucky. ... Joseph D. Scholtz was Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1937 to 1941. ... Bud Bruner was a boxing trainer and manager. ... Nathaniel John Nate Cartmell (January 13, 1883 - August 23, 1967) was an American athlete. ... Bremer Ehrler (July 10, 1914 - ), a Democrat, served as county judge-executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky, was elected to three terms as county clerk for Jefferson County, served as postmaster of Louisville, Kentucky, and was elected to a term as Kentucky Secretary of State (1988-1992) and served as appointed... Michelle Stephanie Banzer (born December 2, 1982) also known as Michelle Zen is a model and beauty queen from Louisville, Kentucky who compete in the Miss USA pageant in 2007. ... The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. ... Keenan Burton (born Louisville, Kentucky) is an American football wide receiver and kick returner for the University of Kentucky football team. ... The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ... Sexcetera is an American Playboy TV factual series about human sexuality. ...

Sports

Football

duPont Manual Magnet High School is home to the duPont Manual Crimsons, one of the oldest high school football teams in Louisville, Kentucky. Their rivalry with the Male Bulldogs, dubbed the Old Rivalry, dates directly to 1892 and claims to be the oldest high school rivalry in Kentucky. The rivalry item is The Barrel. Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Conference Class 4A Division Region 3-District 4 Founded 1892 Home Field Maxwell Feild City Louisville, Kentucky Colors Purple and gold Head Coach Bob Redman All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 333-177-6 The Male Bulldogs are a high school football team based in...

Other

The school also offers baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country running, dance team, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track, bowling, stepping, and other sports teams. A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Minnesota State High school Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to movement used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... The Dive Shot. Lacrosse is a team sport that is played with ten players (mens field), six players (mens box), or twelve players (womens field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a hard rubber ball with the aim... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... A bowler releases the ball. ... Stepping may refer to different things: Computer Science Stepping (version numbers) - in computer science, stepping is an aspect of microprocessor version designation Stepping (debugging) - also in computer science, stepping refers to a method of debugging Walking Stepping (walking) - walking involves the process of stepping This is a disambiguation page, a...

The girls' swim team won the state title in 2005, 2006, and 2007. In addition, they were the Combined Boys and Girls Champions in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. The Boys' and Girls' Swim Teams are coached by Gary Webb.

The Dazzler dance team placed first at the NDA national championship in the Large Varsity Jazz division in 2004.

As one of the most successful teams at the school, the varsity cheerleaders have won the NCA national Championship in the Large Varsity Division four years in a row, starting in 2002.

Varsity Boys' Soccer was second at state in 2005 and third in 2004.

Varsity Boys' Golf had its first individual golfer to qualify for state in years, when Jim Hanauer (captain of the team) won a playoff against North Oldham's Andrew Phelps in 2005 qualifying as the 3rd and final individual.

In 2006, the Manual Girls' Cross Country team finally won the school's first team title after narrowly placing second in 2004 and 2005. The 2006 win was the first championship for a Jefferson County, Kentucky Class AAA Public School since 1980. Additionally, Manual's combined 2006 Cross Country Boys' and Girls' Team was the combined AAA State Cross Country Champion. The Boys' and Girls' Cross Country Teams are coached by Debra Moore.

The boys' tennis team achieved their best finish at the KHSAA State Tennis Tournament in the year 2006 by tying rival St. Xavier High School for second place. Seniors Victor Wong and Stewart Koch won the state doubles title which was the first state title in Ram Tennis history on the boy's side. Ben Newstadt, sophomore, won a round as well. The 2005-2006 season continued a trend of Regional Runner-Up status for the team; their fifth consecutive. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) has been the governing body of Kentuckys high school athletics since 1917. ... St. ...

Manual's Dreamer Step Team was undefeated during the 2006-2007 school year, winning a total of 4 competitions.

Campus life

There is no uniform policy in place at the school, though students' attire must comply with a basic dress code. During lunch, students may eat outside in the rear courtyard, weather permitting. Clothing has various sociological functions, including: conspicuous consumption stating or claiming identity establishing, maintaining and defying sociological group norms Thus wearing specific types of clothing or the manner of wearing clothing can convey messages about class, income, belief and attitude. ... A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. ...

Manual is reputed to be one of the most diverse high schools in the region, enrolling students from various countries and of multiple ethnicities, backgrounds, religions and financial circumstances. Due to this great diversity, along with its focus in liberal arts programs, it is perceived to be a primarily liberal institution. In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of...

The staff and administrators at Manual are all highly qualified in their respective fields, a few of them holding a Doctoral degree (PhD) or equivalent. Many of the school's athletic coaches are also academic teachers, a symbolic reflection of Manual's balanced emphasis on academics as well as athletics, both areas in which the school has obtained considerable acknowledgement. A doctorate is an academic degree of the highest level. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

The Youth Performing Arts School, also of national recognition, is located nearby. YPAS is considered one of Manual's magnet programs because YPAS students take their academic classes at Manual, but YPAS itself remains semi-autonomous; it has its own assistant principals, counselor, administrative staff, and parents' organization. Many Manual students take classes at YPAS, even if it is not their academic major. Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) is a performing arts school in Louisville, Kentucky that concentrates on various music, theatre and dance disciplines for high school students. ... In the U.S. system of education, a magnet school is a public school which offers innovative courses, specialized training, etc. ... An academic major, major concentration, concentration, or simply major is a mainly U.S. and Canadian term for a college or university students main field of specialization during his or her undergraduate studies. ...

References

1. ^ DuPont Manual High School KHSAA Directory Entry. Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved on February 16, 2007.
2. ^ http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/john_jacob_niles.htm
3. ^ Annual Review of Sociology.
4. ^ http://www.kirareedstudios.com/resume/resume.html

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) has been the governing body of Kentuckys high school athletics since 1917. ...

External links

• Brook & Oak Alumni Website
• duPont Manual Fan Site
• duPont Manual High School Website
• duPont Manual Alumni Website
• Greatschools.net's Manual Statistics Webpage
• 2003-2004 School Report Card, Kentucky's Department of Education
• ManualWiki - Site Created by Manual students regarding coursework