Hume-Fogg High School

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Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School
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Location700 Broadway
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
ArchitectWilliam B. Ittner; Robert Sharp
NRHP reference No.74001909
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 1974

Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School is a grades 9–12 public magnet high school located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1]

History[]

Hume-Fogg's original incarnation, Hume High School, opened in 1855 on Eighth Avenue (Spruce Street) and Broad, and was the first public school in Nashville.[2]

In 1875, Fogg High School became the second public school in Nashville. It was built on the same property as Hume High School, facing Broad Street. In 1912, the two merged into Hume-Fogg at the present site at 700 Broadway, a Gothic Revival building.[3] The building consists of five floors including a basement, which has several tunnels leading to various locations in downtown Nashville. However, they are currently boarded off and inaccessible. In 1942, Hume-Fogg was recast as a Technical and Vocational School.

It continued in this capacity until the 1982 court-supervised desegregation of Nashville's public school system, decades after the US Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. In that year, Hume-Fogg was redeveloped as an academic magnet school for Nashville's gifted and talented secondary students.[2]

In the 2004–2005 school year, Hume-Fogg celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary. In 2010, it was in immediate danger of flooding waters. Being a school that is over 100 years old, it has had roof and leaking issues for several years. The flood waters stopped and receded only a few blocks away from the school, and the rain waters did not cause any notable damage to the school. The graduation ceremony was in question, as the building used for the event, Bridgestone Arena, had a flooded basement, but the graduation was held on schedule.

Academics[]

Hume-Fogg is an academic magnet school and offers 31 Advanced Placement (AP) courses.[4] All academic courses—with the exception of P.E./Art courses—are taught at the Honors or AP level.[5]

Nearly 100 percent of graduates each year go on to four-year colleges, many earning prestigious academic scholarships in the process. Each year, the Hume-Fogg senior class is granted over ten million dollars in cumulative scholarship and grant money from various universities across the United States.

In 2012, Hume-Fogg had twelve National Merit Semi-Finalists and four National Achievement Semi-Finalists, as well as four semi-finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search Competition and three semi-finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology.[6][7]

In the 2006–2007 academic year, Hume-Fogg received the National Siemens Award for one of the best scientific and math-based academic programs in the country.[8] In addition, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report have consistently ranked Hume-Fogg among the top public high schools in America:

2019 ... 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Newsweek 71 (2)[9] 36 (1)[10] 33 (1)[11] 32 (1)[12] 26 (1) 24 (2) 58 (2) 43 (2)
U.S. News & World Report 60 (2)[13] 37 (1)[14] 49 (1)[15] 26 (1)[16] 26 (1)[17] 30 (1)[18]

(Parentheses have school's rank within Tennessee)

Arts at Hume-Fogg[]

Hume-Fogg's Arts Department consists of Fine Arts, Band, Orchestra, Choir, and Theater programs.[19]

Every year, Hume-Fogg's theater department collaborates with the choral and orchestral programs on the production of a fall musical. Recent productions include Hairspray, West Side Story, Les Misérables, and Beauty and the Beast.[20]

The Band program consists of Beginning Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and two Jazz Bands, and jazz combos. The jazz band has competed in the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival in New York City on several occasions. The Orchestra program consists of a String ensemble, which also serves as part of the Pit Orchestra in the fall musicals. The Hume-Fogg String Orchestra has collaborated with the string ensembles of Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School at the MTSBOA Concert Festivals. The Choral program consists of a Mixed Chorus and a Show Choir. Several students perform in musical groups outside of school such as the Curb Youth Symphony, Music City Youth Orchestra, and the Blair Chorus programs.[19]

Athletics[]

Hume-Fogg has the highest percentage of students in sports in Davidson County. In 1964, it was the first public high school in Nashville to desegregate its sports teams.

Varsity sports:[21]

  • Boys'/girls' basketball
  • Boys' lacrosse
  • Boys'/girls' tennis
  • Baseball
  • Bowling
  • Boys'/girls' golf
  • Cross country
  • Boys'/girls' track
  • Ice hockey
  • Boys'/girls' soccer
  • Wrestling
  • Softball
  • Volleyball
  • Co-op football with Hillwood

Club sports (sports that require student organization and self-funding):

  • Boys'/girls' swimming
  • Ultimate
  • Ping pong
  • Shooting

School mascot[]

The current school mascot, which was voted on by the student body in 2008, is Knightro, the Blue Knight. The school colors are blue and white.[22]

Rivals[]

Hume-Fogg's sports and academic rival is Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School, located less than two miles from the school.

Notable alumni[]

Notes[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2013-08-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Hume-Fogg History | Off the Shelf". nashvillepubliclibrary.org. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  4. ^ http://www.humefogghs.mnps.org/Page2741.aspx Archived 2014-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School". Metro Nashville Public Schools. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  6. ^ http://www.scienceoutreach.org/news/post/2013/01/09/seven-ssmv-students-are-intel-science-talent-search-semifinalists
  7. ^ http://mnpschildrenfirst.com/2013/07/15/15-national-merit-scholar-finalists-in-metro-schools/
  8. ^ http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/local-news-briefs-158
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-08-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2013-04-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  12. ^ "Top Public High Schools 2010 - Newsweek".
  13. ^ "Hume Fogg Magnet High School in Nashville, TN - US News Best High Schools". Archived from the original on 2019-11-02.
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  17. ^ "America's Best High Schools: Gold Medal List - US News and World Report". December 13, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-12-13.
  18. ^ Top Magnet Schools 2008 - US News and World Report
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2013-08-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-08-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. ^ "Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association". TSSAA. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  23. ^ "Read Mark 947 Online by Calpernia Addams | Books" – via www.scribd.com.
  24. ^ "Kimbro, others accepted into School Sports Hall of Fame", Tennessee Tribune, April 27, 2005.
  25. ^ "Radiography". The Los Angeles Times. 20 September 1936. p. 62. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  26. ^ Jump up to: a b "They Warbled Their Way to the Top", Dick Kleiner, Ottawa Citizen, March 12, 1955 (Google News Archive).
  27. ^ The Real Bettie Page: The Truth about the Queen of the Pinups, Richard Foster, Citadel Press, 1997.
  28. ^ "Sampling The High-minded Goo Of Nashville", Thomas Swick, Sun Sentinel, October 30, 2005.
  29. ^ Ricardo Patton bio at Northern Illinois Huskies website niuhuskies.com
  30. ^ "Alex Renfroe Signs Professional Contract - Belmont Bruins". www.belmontbruins.com.
  31. ^ "Awards Nominations & Winners". GRAMMY.com. April 30, 2017.
  32. ^ http://www.cbs.com/shows/grammys/nominees/best-gospel-contemporary-christian-music-performance/

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