Hume-Fogg High School
Hume-Fogg High School | |
| Location | 700 Broadway Nashville, Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Architect | William B. Ittner; Robert Sharp |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001909 |
| Added to NRHP | October 16, 1974 |
Hume-Fogg Academic High School is a public high school located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It includes grades 9-12. Student's must enter the lottery in order to get in to Hume-Fogg
History
Hume-Fogg's original incarnation, Hume High School, which opened in 1855, was the first public school in Nashville.
In 1875, Fogg High School became the second public school in Nashville. In 1912, the two merged into Hume-Fogg at the present site at 700 Broadway in Nashville, a Tudor Revival building. The Building consist of several floors, most interesting is the basement which has several tunnels leading to various places around downtown Nashville, however they are currently boarded off and unable to be used.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. In that year, Hume-Fogg was again recast as an academic magnet school for Nashville's gifted and talented secondary students. In the 2004-2005 school year, Hume-Fogg celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary.
School Mascot
The current school mascot is the Blue Knight. The Mascot's name is Knightro.
Distinctions
Hume-Fogg is respected academically: in 2004-2005, the College Board certified Hume-Fogg's Advanced Placement Microeconomics course, taught by Mrs. Robinson, as the strongest in the world. Nearly 100% of graduates each year go on to 4-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. Hume-Fogg also has a high rate of students involved in sports. In 1964, it was the first public high school in Nashville to desegregate its sports teams.
In 2006, Hume-Fogg was ranked 43 in Newsweek's Top Public High School; 58 in 2007[1]
In 2006-2007, the school received the National Siemens Award for one of the best scientific and math-based academic programs in the country.
Notable alumni
- Tennessee poet Randall Jarrell attended Hume-Fogg, where he wrote some of his first essays; there is now a historical marker on the site.
- Actress Dinah Shore also graduated from Hume-Fogg.
- Pinup queen and Playboy Playmate Bettie Page was salutatorian in the 1940s.
- Transsexual author, actress and activist Calpernia Addams who was thrust into the spotlight in 1999 following the tragic murder of her Army boyfriend, Barry Winchell.
- NBC's Grease: You're the One that I Want's 3rd Place "Sandy" Allie Schulz
- Academy Award winning director Delbert Mann graduated from Hume-Fogg.
Notes
- ^ Newsweek, 2007.
References
- "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. schools". Newsweek. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-18.