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Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School is a senior high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District with a focus on serving students who plan to major in the healthcare field. It is located at 1200 Cornwell Street, Los Angeles, California 90033, in proximity to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. The current (as of September 2007) principal is Mrs. Maria Torres-Flores. The Los Angeles Unified School District (the LAUSD) is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center (also known as County USC) is an 800-bed teaching hospital located in East Los Angeles in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. ...

Awards and recognition

During the 2006-07 school year, Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education^[1]^[2], the highest award an American school can receive.^[3]^[4] Insignia that designates a Blue Ribbon School The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools. ... 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...

Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School is one of the top high schools in the state of California and in the country, placing number 192 in the Nation, according to Newsweek magazine's List of Top U.S. High Schools. Additionally, the school is known for its 2005-06 National No Child Left Behind Title I Distinguished Schools Recognition Award. The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... Signing ceremony at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio. ... Title I (spoken title one) is a set of programs set up by the US Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with a high percentage of students from low-income families. ...

History

Originally, a magnet center was established at nearby Lincoln High School before moving to Wilson High School from 1985 until 1989. Groundbreaking on Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School started in 1987 and construction was completed in 1990. Dr. Rosa Maria Hernández, who was instrumental in the school's construction, served as principal from the school's opening until 2003 when she became the District F Coordinator. She was then succeeded by Maria Torres-Flores. Woodrow Wilson High School Woodrow Wilson High School is one of 50 public secondary high schools in the LAUSD. Wilson High was first established in 1937 and was located at what is now El Sereno Jr. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The school has agreements with USC Medical Center as well as California State University, Los Angeles in promoting health-related activities and projects. Such as a student to student program that pairs a Bravo student with a USC student in mentoring activities. California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or CSLA) is a public university, part of the California State University system. ...

Academics

Advanced Placement Program

Students are accepted into the Advanced Placement Program and individual advanced placement classes based on faculty and counselor recommendations. A student may be admitted into an AP class given that the AP instructor has approved the request. The student may also have to submit an application for the class before hand and will be reviewed by the supervising instructor. The Advanced Placement Program is a program that offers college level courses at high schools across the United States and Canada. ...

Performance

References

^ Boghossian, Naush. "LEMAY LAURELS MOSTLY LATINO VALLEY SCHOOL EARNS U.S. EDUCATION HONOR.", Los Angeles Daily News, September 23, 2006. Accessed November 20, 2007.
^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."

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External links

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