McKinley Senior High School

McKinley Senior High School
Location
800 East McKinley St.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802
USA
Coordinates 30°25′25″N 91°10′27″W / 30.423513°N 91.174164°W / 30.423513; -91.174164
Information
Type Free public
Established 1907
School district East Baton Rouge Parish
Principal Herman R. Brister
Grades 9 - 12
Campus type Urban
Color(s) Blue and White          
Mascot Panthers
Website McKinley High

McKinley Senior High School, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on 800 E. McKinley St., is home to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board's first gifted and talented high school programs. The school mascot is a Panther and the school colors are royal blue and white.

History

The original McKinley Senior High School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Some of the history that enabled this structure to be listed on the register is as follows: The forerunner of McKinley Senior High, was named the Hickory Street School, which was located several blocks East of the present site, in 1907-1908. The school outgrew the building, so the school was renamed The Baton Rouge Colored High School and moved to a new location. The Baton Rouge Colored High School was located on Perkins Rd. at Bynum St. in 1913. This facility was later struck by lightning and destroyed. McKinley is the oldest high school established for African Americans in East Baton Rouge Parish. McKinley’s first graduating class was in 1916. The four students became the first African American high school graduates in Louisiana. The original McKinley Senior High School building was erected in 1926-1927, and named in honor of the 25th President of the United States. The school opened September 19, 1927 on Texas Street, currently name Thomas H. Delpit Dr. The High School was moved in 1950 to a new facility at the corner of Louise Street and McCalop Street, next to the present day I-10. The Thomas H. Delpit Dr. facility became McKinley Junior High School. In 1962, the third and present day McKinley Senior High School was built on East McKinley Street, the Junior High School was moved to the I-10 site, and the Thomas H. Delpit Dr. site became McKinley Elementary. The original McKinley Senior High School facility on Thomas H. Delpit Dr. was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1981. The original structure was purchased by the Alumni Association from the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on February 5, 1992. The original McKinley High School building was destroyed by fire on July 3, 1998. SOURCE: McKinley High School Alumni Association Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Program, April 9, 2006. On January 14, 2016, President Barack Obama hosted a town hall at Mckinley High. This was the first time a sitting president hosted a town hall at a secondary school in Louisiana.[1]

Campus

The current campus sits in Old South Baton Rouge just to the northwest of the Louisiana State University campus, and is bordered by Lake Crest, one of the LSU lakes to the East. Facilities include five main buildings, many out buildings, football and baseball fields, tennis courts, track and field facilities, and a new black box theater which was built by students in 2006.

Academics

McKinley offers 23 Advanced Placement courses, and is one of Baton Rouge's two high schools with a Gifted and Talented program.

As of 2007 McKinley's high academics standards, it ranked among the best in the state.[2] The students ranked 18th of all schools in Louisiana for the statewide average ACT score and 3rd in the state when comparing their Gifted and Talented program.[2]

Extra curricular

Marching band

McKinley High's marching band is known as the "Big Blue Machine" and is a 50+ member band with a dance auxiliary line known as the "Pantherettes."[3]

Clubs

McKinley students can choose from over 20 student clubs.[4] The following is an abbreviated list:

Athletics

McKinley competes in the Louisiana High School Athletics Association (LHSAA) District 5 Class 5A. Their biggest rival is Scotlandville Magnet High School. They compete in the following sports:[5]

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://theadvocate.com/news/14541868-171/president-obama-to-speak-a-mckinley-high-on-tursday-event-open-to-the-public
  2. 1 2 McKinley High. 08 Nov. 2007. McKinley Senior High School. 18 Apr. 2008. (PDF) http://web.archive.org/web/20110718152428/http://mckinleyhigh.ebrschools.org/eduWEB2/1000090/docs/advocate_2007.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ http://cheerdancemck.weebly.com/pantherettes.html
  4. ↑ Clubs. Unknown Publication Date. McKinley Senior High School. 18 Apr. 2008. http://mckinleyhigh.ebrschools.org/explore.cfm/schoolclubs/.
  5. ↑ Sports. Unknown Publication Date. McKinley Senior High School. 18 Apr. 2008. http://mckinleyhigh.ebrschools.org/explore.cfm/sports/
  6. ↑ Donnie Ray Albert, M.M., Bass/Baritone. Unknown Publication Date. East Baton Rouge Parish Library - Our African American Legacy. 18 Apr. 2008. http://www.ebr.lib.la.us/reference/ourafamlegacy/oaal_peopleandplaces/people/DonnieRayAlbert.htm.
  7. ↑ Tommy Green. Unknown Publication Date. basketball-reference.com 18 Apr. 2008 http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greento01.html
  8. ↑ Green is new head basketball coach at Southern Univ. 23 Sep. 1996. Bnet. 18 Apr. 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_/ai_18709828
  9. ↑ Hon. John Michael Guidry. Unknown Publication Date. East Baton Rouge Parish Library - Our African American Legacy. 18 Apr. 2008. http://www.ebr.lib.la.us/reference/ourafamlegacy/oaal_peopleandplaces/people/John_Michael_Guidry.htm.
  10. ↑ "Edward C. "Ted" James, II". house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  11. ↑ Calvin Nicholas at databaseFootball.com
  12. ↑ "Jewel Joseph Newman". Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

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