Dunbar Magnet Middle School

Dunbar Gifted/Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School
Dunbar Magnet Middle School
Address
1100 Wright Ave. Little Rock, Arkansas United States
Coordinates	34°43′57″N 92°17′11″W / 34.7324°N 92.2863°W / 34.7324; -92.2863
Information
Type	Public
Established	1929
School district	Little Rock School District
Principal	Eunice Thrasher
Grades	6-8
Enrollment	936 (2006-7); 811 (2007-8)
Color(s)
Mascot	Bobcats
Website	Dunbar Magnet Middle School


Dunbar Junior and Senior High School and Junior College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Area	less than one acre
Built	August 17, 1929 (1929-08-17)
Architect	George H. Wittenberg, Lawson L. Delony
Architectural style	Art Deco
Part of	Paul Laurence Dunbar School Neighborhood Historic District (#13000789)
NRHP Reference #	80000782^[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	1980
Designated CP	September 27, 2013

Dunbar Gifted & Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School is a magnet middle school for students in grades 6 through 8 located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Dunbar Magnet Middle School is administered by the Little Rock School District. It is named for the nationally known African-American poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar.

With construction supported by the Rosenwald Fund and a matching program, the school was built in 1929. For nearly three decades it provided comprehensive education for black students in Little Rock, under a segregated system. Its curriculum covered junior and senior high school classes, as well as some junior college. After 1955 the junior college was discontinued and, with construction of a new high school, this building was devoted to junior high school. Later it was adapted as a magnet middle school in the public school system.

History

Dunbar Junior and Senior High School and Junior College

Sign indicating the school's past

Dunbar Junior and Senior High School and Junior College, is located at the corner of Wright Avenue and Ringo Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Named for Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was the first African American to gain national eminence as a poet. The institution has become significant in four distinct areas: African-American history, education history, legal history, and architecture/engineering achievement. Between 1929 and 1955, Dunbar provided comprehensive education for black students in Little Rock, under a state-segregated system. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Dunbar is located near the historically famous Little Rock Central High School and is a principal feeder into that school. Little Rock Central is also on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

Since its construction in 1929, partially supported as a Rosenwald School, Dunbar was the site of the Negro School of Industrial Arts, the Paul Laurence Dunbar Junior and Senior High School (the city's "black school", as opposed to Little Rock Central, which was for white students in the segregated system), and Dunbar Junior College. Architecturally, Dunbar is a scaled miniature of Central High. Between 1929 and 1955, the school served as a junior and senior high school, with some classes developed for a junior college. In May 1955, the junior college program was abruptly terminated by the public school system, following the US Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ruling that segregated education was unconstitutional. In the fall 1955, this school became used fully as a junior high school. High school students attended the recently opened Horace Mann High School.

Curriculum

In the early 21st century, most students take a foreign language class, and 6th graders are required to take nine weeks of Spanish, German, or French, plus Latin. Many go on to first and second-year courses in these languages. Central High maintains a foreign language program that culminates with Spanish VI, German VI, French VI, and Latin IV classes.^[3] Dunbar is the local anchor for an extensive Gifted and Talented program.

Feeder schools

Elementary schools

Dunbar Magnet Middle School receives students from:

King Elementary
Stephens Elementary
Washington Elementary
Other students from the Little Rock School District can also attend if they don't live in the attendance zone.

High schools

Dunbar Magnet Middle School prepares students for:

Central International Studies High School
McClellan Magnet High School (some areas are zoned to McClellan)

References

↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Paul Laurence Dunbar High School". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved Sep 15, 2012.
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External links

Little Rock School District

High schools:	Central^† Fair^† Hall McClellan^† Parkview^†

Middle schools:	Cloverdale^# Dunbar^† Forest Heights Henderson^† Mabelvale^† Mann^† Pulaski Heights

Elementary schools:	Bale Baseline Booker^† Brady Carver^† Chicot Dodd Fair Park Forest Park Franklin Fulbright Geyer Springs Gibbs^† Jefferson King^† Mabelvale McDermott Meadowcliff Otter Creek Pulaski Heights Rockefeller^† Romine^♦ Stephens Terry Wakefield Washington^† Watson Western Hills Williams^† Wilson Woodruff

Non-Traditional schools	Accelerated Learning Center Adult Education Center Felder Academy Hamilton Academy Metropolitan Career-Technical Center

Former schools	High schools Paul Laurence Dunbar Horace Mann Middle schools Southwest Elementary schools Badgett Cloverdale Garland Mitchell Rightsell

^† denotes magnet schools ^# denotes charter schools ^♦ denotes speciality schools

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