UMS-Wright Preparatory School

Infobox School
name=UMS-Wright Preparatory School
motto=Timor Jehovae Initium Sapientiae [The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom] (Psalms 111:10)
established=October 2, 1893
type=Private / Coeducational / Secondary
affiliation=
grades=K-12
president=
principal= Lower School: Ginger Thompson
Middle School: Doug Barber
Upper School: Ed Lathan
headmaster=Dr. Tony Havard
dean=
faculty=
students= There is an average of 98 students per grade until 11th grade
athletics=Bulldogs
conference=
colors=Crimson and Grey
mascot= Bully the Bulldog
location=65 N. Mobile Street Mobile, Alabama 36607
information=251.479.6551
website=http://www.ums-wright.org/UMS-Wright is an independent, non-religious, co-educational preparatory school in Mobile, Alabama.

History

On October 2, 1893, Julius Tutwiler Wright opened the University Military School – an all-boys school - on 559 Conti Street in Mobile, Alabama. The school’s 25 students were taught by 1 teacher and paid 8 dollars per month tuition. Six years later, the school’s enrollment quadrupled to roughly 100 students. In 1923, Dr. Wright established the Julius T Wright School for Girls on 1315 Dauphin Street in Mobile, Alabama. In 1931, Dr. Wright died of pneumonia. With his death, the girl’s school closed. University Military School (UMS) remained open under the leadership of William Pape until his death in 1943 and then under the leadership of the Pape family. In 1946, the Pape family turned over operation of the school to the UMS Alumni and Parents Association Inc.In 1956, UMS moved to its current location at North Mobile Street and the Julius T. Wright School for Girls (JTW) reopened at its former location. Enrollment at UMS was over 500 students. In 1972, JTW moved to a University Boulevard campus. In 1988, the board of trustees of both school decided to merge the two schools to create the present UMS-Wright. The Honor Council, a jury for students accused of wrongdoing, has been around since before the schools merged.

Mission statement

Athletics

Notable Alumni

Mark Gottfried ('82) - head coach of the University of Alabama's men's basketball team.

Winston Groom - author who penned, most notably, "Forrest Gump"

Charles Graddick ('63) - Circuit Judge on the 13th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, former Attorney General of Alabama.

George Robinson Swift - United States Senator, member of the Alabama State House of Representatives, Alabama State Senator, and Alabama State Highway Director.

Joseph S. Johnston (judge) ('77) - Circuit Judge on the 13th Judicial Circuit of Alabama.

Claude Silbert Hudson - American chemist who is best known for his work in the area of carbohydrate chemistry and for the so-called Hudson's rules, concerning the optical rotation of sugars. ["Small, Lyndon F. and Melville L. Wolfrom. "Claude Silbert Hudson 1881-1952: A Biographical Memoir." National Academy of Sciences: Washington, DC 1958. p. 182. http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/chudson.pdf]

References

String Music: Inside the Rise of SEC Basketball By Chris Dortch

External links

* [http://www.ums-wright.org/ UMS-Wright Home Page]
* [http://www.eschoolsearch.com/index.cfm?action=showdetail&id=81]

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