Louisville Male High School
| Louisville Male High School | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Male High School in 2007 | |
| Address | |
4409 Preston Highway Louisville , Kentucky United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°11′06″N 85°43′16″W / 38.185°N 85.721°W / 38.185; -85.721Coordinates: 38°11′06″N 85°43′16″W / 38.185°N 85.721°W / 38.185; -85.721 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1856 |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| Principal | Jim Jury |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,776 (2014-15)[1] |
| Color(s) | Purple & Gold |
| Mascot | Bulldogs |
| Rival | DuPont Manual |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, since 1913[2] |
| Yearbook | Bulldog |
| Website | Louisville Male HS |
Louisville Male Traditional High School is a public secondary school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in the southside of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is part of the Jefferson County Public School District.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Ninth and Chestnut (1856–1897)
1.2 First Street near Chestnut (1898–1915)
1.3 Corner of Brook Street and Breckinridge Street (1915–1991)
1.4 4409 Preston Highway (1991–present)
2 Academics
3 Athletics
3.1 Venues
3.2 Sports championships
4 Clubs and organizations
5 Notable alumni
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
History
Ninth and Chestnut (1856–1897)
Founded 163 years ago in 1856, Louisville Male High School became the first high school west of the Allegheny Mountains.[3] Therefore, Male was known originally as "High School." In 1861, Male was designated The University of Public Schools of Louisville and awarded bachelor's degrees until 1921. After other high schools were established in the years following,[when?] the school was named Louisville Male High School.[why?] The "H" was kept as the school's letter for tradition and to honor the origins of the school.[citation needed]
First Street near Chestnut (1898–1915)
Corner of Brook Street and Breckinridge Street (1915–1991)
In the 1970s, Male was chosen as the Traditional High School,[clarification needed] becoming the first magnet program in the school district.[3]
Third site (1915–1991) in 2012
In 1976, an early-morning bomb explosion on Labor Day caused damage to the school's gymnasium; it occurred during several days of anti-busing protests in the Louisville area.[4][5] The FBI was called in to investigate.[6][7][8]
This location (38°14′25″N 85°45′08″W / 38.2404°N 85.7523°W / 38.2404; -85.7523) is now owned by Salvation Army and is a historic landmark in Louisville.
4409 Preston Highway (1991–present)
In August 1991, Male moved to its current campus at 4409 Preston Highway, an educational facility that doubled the instructional, laboratory, library and campus space. Since it has moved to this location, the school has won two U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon awards. The site was previously Sallie P. Durrett High School, which became the Durrett Education Center in the early 1980s and was used by Jefferson County Public Schools Library Media Services until 1991. The adjoining Gheens Academy, which opened in 1983, was previously Prestonia Elementary School.
Academics
The school runs a unique curriculum that is different from the other public high schools in the city. All students participate in the College Preparatory Program so as to aid in a smooth the transition to higher education.
Students have an opportunity to graduate with a Commonwealth Diploma,[9] which demands more than the required units for graduating high school in JCPS. One of the stipulations is the successful completion (i.e., receiving a grade of "C" or its equivalent) in 6 AP courses in the areas of English, science/mathematics, foreign language, and elective.
Athletics
On Saturday, November 18, 1893, the annual Male-Manual football rivalry, the longest running, continuously played, high school football series in Kentucky, began. Their football team is a perennial state power, and in addition to its long-running rivalry with Manual, Male is also a close rival with St. Xavier High School, with the annual contest usually determining the fate of the district champion; however, due to the state's realignment of high school football into a six-class system starting in 2007–08, Male is the third winningest football program in the United States and the winningest program in Kentucky.[10]
Male also has a rivalry with Trinity High School in football.
The school offers football (State Championships: 15)(State Runners-up:3),[11][not in citation given]basketball (State Championships: 4)(State Runners-up: 5),[12]baseball (State Championship: 1944), softball (State Runner-up: 2015), bowling, tennis, soccer, field hockey, wrestling, swimming, track and field (5-Peat State Championship Winners: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and lacrosse.
Venues
Maxwell Field, formerly called High School Park, was the football stadium located behind Male's former location on Brook Street.[13] This is now the site of the Dawson Orman Education Center.[14]
Sports championships
| Sport | Sex | Championship | Years won | Individuals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball[15] | Men | District Champion | 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018 | |
| Region Champion | 1944, 1954, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2010 | |||
| State Final Four | 1944, 1954, 2003, 2010 | |||
| State Runner-Up | 1954, 2003 | |||
| State Champion | 1944 | |||
| Basketball[16] | Men | Region Champion | 1932, 1933, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1971 1973, 1974, 1975, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002 | |
| State Runner-Up | 1932, 1966, 1973, 1974, 2001 | |||
| State Champion | 1945, 1970, 1971, 1975 | |||
| Football[11][17] | Men | Region Runner-up | 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009 | |
| Region Champion | 1993, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018 | |||
| State Runner-Up | 2001, 2002, 2010 | |||
| State Champion | 1924, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2015, 2018 | |||
| Golf[18] | Men | State Champion | 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 | regional placed /2017 |
| Soccer[19] | Men | State Champion | 1983 | |
| Track and field[20] | Men | State Champion | 1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947 1948, 1949, 1952, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017 | |
| Basketball[21] | Women | Region Champion | 1987, 1994, 1996, 2015 | |
| State Final Four | 1994, 2015 | |||
| Soccer[22] | Women | State Champion | 1993, 1994 | |
| Softball | Women | Region Champion | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |
| State Runner-Up | 2015, 2017 | |||
| Track and field[23] | Women | State Champion | 1966, 1968, 1972, 2016, 2017 | |
| Wrestling | Men | State Runner-Up | 2015, 2016 | Zane Brown |
| State Champion | 2016 | Garrett Chandler |
Clubs and organizations
Students participate in many clubs and organizations: Art Club, Band (Marching, Concert, Symphonic), Beta Club, Brook 'n' Breck Newspaper, Chorus (Boys, Girls), Drama Club, FBLA, FCA, FCA, Governor's Scholars, French Honor Society, JROTC (Drill Team, Color Guard, Rifle Team, Raider Team), Lacrosse, Latin Club, Latin Honor Society, Literary Magazine, Marine Biology, Math Team, Men of Quality, MTRP, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, Orchestra, Peer Mediation, Quick Recall (Varsity, JV), Recycling Squad, Red Cross, SAM (serving at male), Show Choir (Boys, Girls), Spanish Honor Society, Speech & Debate, Student Senate, Student Technology Leadership Program, Women of Quality, Writing Team,
Yearbook, and YMCA Club.[24]
Notable alumni
| Name | Class | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Barclay | 2002 | professional football player[25] |
| Ralph Beard | 1945 | professional basketball player[26] |
| Winston Bennett | 1983 | professional basketball player[27] |
| Porter Bibb | the first publisher of Rolling Stone[28] | |
| Rick Bolus | 1968 | Nations Top Prep Basketball Analyst[citation needed] |
| Emery Bopp | 1942 | artist[citation needed] |
| Louis Brandeis | 1870 | U.S. Supreme Court Justice[citation needed] |
| Michael Bush | 2003 | professional football player[29] |
| Valerie Coleman | 1989 | Classical Flutist and Composer. Founder of the 2005 nominated ensemble Imani Winds[citation needed] |
| Tony Driver | 1996 | professional football player for Notre Dame and the Buffalo Bills[30] |
| Trent Findley | professional football player[citation needed] | |
| Abraham Flexner | reformed medical education in the United States[citation needed] | |
| Charles Grawemeyer | 1929.5 | industrialist, entrepreneur and investor, created the Grawemeyer Award[citation needed] |
| Marcus Green | 2001 | professional football player[31] |
| Sean Green | Major League Baseball Pitcher[32] | |
| Darrell Griffith | 1976 | professional basketball player[33] |
| John R. Harper | engineer, inventor, politician[citation needed] | |
| William B. Harrison | former mayor of Louisville[citation needed] | |
| D.J. Johnson | Professional football player[34] | |
| Kenny Kuhn | 1955 | professional baseball player[35] |
| Neville Miller | 1912 | former mayor of Louisville[citation needed] |
| William Burke Miller | Pulitzer Prize winner[citation needed] | |
| Warren Oates | 1945 | noted film actor |
| Larry O'Bannon | basketball player who plays for Hapoel Eilat B.C. in Israel[citation needed] | |
| Joseph T. O'Neal | former mayor of Louisville[citation needed] | |
| Chris Redman | 1995 | professional football player[36] |
| Lee Roberson | 1923 | notable Baptist pastor, and founder, president and chancellor of Tennessee Temple University and Temple Baptist Seminary[citation needed] |
| Edliff Slaughter | 1920 | LMHS's first All-American football player[citation needed] |
| George Weissinger Smith | 1883 | former mayor of Louisville[citation needed] |
| Hunter S. Thompson | 1955 | gonzo journalist, writer, novelist, political commentator[citation needed] |
| Wilson Wyatt | former mayor of Louisville[citation needed] |
See also
- Public schools in Louisville, Kentucky
References
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External links
- Official website
Max Preps – Louisville Male Bulldogs
