Dunbar Magnet Middle School

Dunbar Gifted/Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School
Established	1929
Type	Public
Principal	Eunice Thrasher
Students	936 (2006-7); 811 (2007-8)
Grades	6-8
Location	1100 Wright Ave. 72206, Little Rock, Arkansas,, USA
District	Little Rock School District
Colors
Mascot	Bobcats
Website	Dunbar Magnet Middle School [1]
Dunbar Magnet Middle School

Dunbar Gifted & Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School is a magnet middle school in Little Rock, Arkansas and administered by the Little Rock School District.

Dunbar is located near the historically famous Little Rock Central High School and is a principal feeder into that school. Both schools are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Since its construction in 1929 and before the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, 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), and Dunbar Junior College. Architecturally, Dunbar is a scaled miniature of Central High.

Most students take a foreign language class, and 6th graders are required to take nine weeks of Spanish, German, French, and Latin. Many go on to first and second year courses in these languages, allowing Central High to maintain a foreign language program that culminates with Spanish VI, German VI, French VI, and Latin IV classes.^[1] Dunbar is also the local anchor for an extensive Gifted and Talented program.

Feeder Schools

Elementary

• King

• Stephens

• Washington

• other students from the Little Rock School District can also attend if they don't live in the attendance zone.

High schools

• Central High School

• McClellan Magnet High School (some areas are zoned to McClellan)

References

1. ^ http://www.lrsd.org/curriculum/hscatalog.pdf

• LRSD archives
• National Dunbar Alumni Association
• American Institute of Architects website, Dunbar High School historical page
• "University President Speaks at Dunbar Opening." The Arkansas News, Old State House website
• The University of Dayton's Paul Laurence Dunbar webpage
• "African-Americans, Early 20th Century." People and Their Stories page, Department of Arkansas Heritage website
• Sanborn fire insurance maps of Little Rock, Arkansas, showing location of original Gibbs High School and Gibbs Elementary School
• Closed College Index, Arkansas

External links

• Dunbar Magnet Middle School
• Little Rock School District