Louisville Male High School

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.

Louisville Male High School
Male High School in 2007
Address
4409 Preston Highway

Louisville
,
Kentucky

United States
Coordinates38.185°N 85.721°W / 38.185; -85.721
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1856
School districtJefferson County Public Schools
PrincipalWillie Foster
Teaching staff95.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,951 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.41[1]
Color(s)          Purple & Gold
MascotBulldogs
RivalDuPont Manual
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools,
since 1913[2]
YearbookBulldog
WebsiteLouisville Male HS

History

Ninth and Chestnut (1856–1897)

Founded 164 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, the school was named Louisville Male High School. The "H" was kept as the school's letter for tradition and to honor the origins of the school.

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, 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 (38.2404°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 second winningest program in Kentucky behind Highlands High School (Ft Thomas, KY).[10]

Male also has a rivalry with Trinity High School in football. The school offers football, basketball, baseball, softball, bowling, tennis, soccer, field hockey, wrestling, swimming, track and field and lacrosse.

Venues

Maxwell Field, formerly called High School Park, was the football stadium located behind Male's former location on Brook Street.[11] This is now the site of the Dawson Orman Education Center.[12]

Sports championships
State Championships
Sport Sex Years won
Baseball Men[13] 1944
Basketball Men[14] 1945, 1970, 1971, 1975
Football Men[15] 1924, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2015, 2018 (unofficial prior to 1960)
Golf Men[16] 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948
Soccer Men[17] 1983
Women[18] 1993, 1994
Track and field Men[19] 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
Women[20] 1966, 1968, 1972, 2016, 2017, 2018
Softball Women[21] 2019

Notable alumni
NameClassNotability
General James R. Allen1943Commander-in-Chief of the Military Airlift Command[22]
Chris Barclay2002professional football player[23]
Ralph Beard1945professional basketball player[24]
Winston Bennett1983professional basketball player[25]
Porter Bibbthe first publisher of Rolling Stone[26]
Rick Bolus1968Nations Top Prep Basketball Analyst
Emery Bopp1942artist
Louis Brandeis1870U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Michael Bush2003professional football player[27]
Valerie Coleman1989Classical Flutist and Composer. Founder of the 2005 nominated ensemble Imani Winds
Tony Driver1996professional football player for Notre Dame and the Buffalo Bills[28]
Trent Findleyprofessional football player
Abraham Flexnerreformed medical education in the United States
Charles Grawemeyer1929.5industrialist, entrepreneur and investor, created the Grawemeyer Award
Marcus Green2001professional football player[29]
Sean GreenMajor League Baseball Pitcher[30]
Darrell Griffith1976professional basketball player[31]
John R. Harperengineer, inventor, politician
William B. Harrisonformer mayor of Louisville
D.J. Johnson1984Professional football player[32]
Kenny Kuhn1955professional baseball player[33]
Neville Miller1912former mayor of Louisville
William Burke MillerPulitzer Prize winner
Warren Oates1945noted film actor
Larry O'Bannonbasketball player who plays for Hapoel Eilat B.C. in Israel
Joseph T. O'Nealformer mayor of Louisville
Chris Redman1995professional football player[34]
Lee Roberson1923notable Baptist pastor, and founder, president and chancellor of Tennessee Temple University and Temple Baptist Seminary
Drane Scrivener1968professional football player[35]
Edliff Slaughter1920LMHS's first All-American football player
George Weissinger Smith1883former mayor of Louisville
Hunter S. Thompson1955gonzo journalist, writer, novelist, political commentator (Did not participate in graduation ceremonies with his classmates because he was in jail for buying liquor underage)https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hunter-s-thompson-growing-up-gonzo-69115/
Wilson Wyattformer mayor of Louisville

See also
  • Public schools in Louisville, Kentucky

References
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