Louisville Male High School

Louisville Male Traditional High School is a public co-ed[3] 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
Coordinates	38.185°N 85.721°W
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	1856
School district	Jefferson County Public Schools
Principal	Willie Foster
Teaching staff	95.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,951 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.41[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

History

Ninth and Chestnut (1856–1897)

Founded 165 years ago in 1856, Louisville Male High School became one of the first high schools west of the Allegheny Mountains.[4] 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.

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.[4]

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.[5][6] The FBI was called in to investigate.[7][8][9]

This location (38.2404°N 85.7523°W) 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,[10] 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 duPont Manual High School, 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 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

Name	Class	Notability
General James R. Allen	1943	Commander-in-Chief of the Military Airlift Command[22]
Chris Barclay	2002	professional football player[23]
Ralph Beard	1945	professional basketball player[24]
Winston Bennett	1983	professional basketball player[25]
Porter Bibb		the first publisher of Rolling Stone[26]
Rick Bolus	1968	Nations Top Prep Basketball Analyst
Emery Bopp	1942	artist
Louis Brandeis	1870	U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Michael Bush	2003	professional football player[27]
Valerie Coleman	1989	Classical Flutist and Composer. Founder of the 2005 nominated ensemble Imani Winds
Tony Driver	1996	professional football player for Notre Dame and the Buffalo Bills[28]
Trent Findley		professional football player
Abraham Flexner		reformed medical education in the United States
Charles Grawemeyer	1929.5	industrialist, entrepreneur and investor, created the Grawemeyer Award
Marcus Green	2001	professional football player[29]
Sean Green		Major League Baseball Pitcher[30]
Darrell Griffith	1976	professional basketball player[31]
John R. Harper		engineer, inventor, politician
William B. Harrison		former mayor of Louisville
D.J. Johnson	1984	Professional football player[32]
Kenny Kuhn	1955	professional baseball player[33]
Neville Miller	1912	former mayor of Louisville
William Burke Miller		Pulitzer Prize winner
Warren Oates	1945	noted film actor
Larry O'Bannon		basketball player who plays for Hapoel Eilat B.C. in Israel
Joseph T. O'Neal		former mayor of Louisville
Chris Redman	1995	professional football player[34]
Lee Roberson	1923	notable Baptist pastor, and founder, president and chancellor of Tennessee Temple University and Temple Baptist Seminary
Drane Scrivener	1968	professional football player[35]
Edliff Slaughter	1920	LMHS's first All-American football player
George Weissinger Smith	1883	former mayor of Louisville
Hunter S. Thompson	1955	gonzo journalist, writer, novelist, political commentator (Did not participate in graduation ceremonies with his classmates because he was in jail for buying liquor underage)
Wilson Wyatt		former mayor of Louisville

See also

• Public schools in Louisville, Kentucky

References

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6. "40 years after de-segregation, a look back at busing in Louisville". WAVE. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
7. "FBI probes school bomb". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 7, 1976. p. 1.
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12. "Dawson Orman Ed. Ctr". Jefferson County Public Schools. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
13. "Baseball All-time Titles by School" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
14. "KHSAA BOYS' SWEET 16® ALL-TIME WINNERS" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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21. "Softball All-Time Titles by School" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
22. "James R. Allen". USAF. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
23. "Chris Barclay". NFL Enterpriss LLC. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
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25. "Winston Bennett". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
26. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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33. "Kenny Kuhn". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
34. "Chris Redman". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
35. "Drane Scrivener". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved May 27, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Max Preps – Louisville Male Bulldogs