Hume-Fogg High School Explained

Hume-Fogg High School
Streetaddress:700 Broadway
City:Nashville
State:Tennessee
County:(Davidson County)
Zipcode:37203
Country:USA
Principal:Kellie Hargis
Staff:45.65 (FTE)
Ratio:19.67
Type:Public high school
Enrollment:898[1]
Enrollment As Of:2022-23
Campus:(Urban/Country)-->
Colors:Royal blue and white
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Mascot:Knightro the Knight
Nickname:Blue Knights
Website:https://humefogg.mnps.org/
Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School
Location:700 Broadway
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Architect:William B. Ittner
Robert Sharp
Added:October 16, 1974
Refnum:74001909

Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School is a public magnet high school serving grades 9–12 and located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[3]

History

Hume School, serving the first through 12th grades, opened in 1855 on Eighth Avenue (Spruce Street) just north of Broad and was the first public school in Nashville.[4]

In 1875 Fogg High School was built adjacent to Hume School at the corner of Broad and Eighth and absorbed its high school students. Around 1910 both schools were razed and replaced by Hume-Fogg High School, a Gothic Revival building, which opened in 1912.[5] 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 1972 court-supervised desegregation of Nashville's public school system, decades after the US Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.[6] In that year Hume-Fogg was redeveloped 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.

Academics

Hume-Fogg is an academic magnet school and offers 31 advanced-placement (AP) courses.[7] All academic courses—with the exception of PE and art courses—are taught at the honors or AP level.[8]

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 Semifinalists and four National Achievement Semifinalists, as well as four semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search Competition and three semifinalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology.[9] [10]

In the 2006–2007 academic year Hume-Fogg received the National Siemens Award for one of the best science- and math-based academic programs in the country.[11] In addition, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report have consistently ranked Hume-Fogg among the top public high schools in America:

2019...20132012201120102009200820072006
Newsweek71 (2)[12] 36 (1)[13] 33 (1)[14] 32 (1)[15] 26 (1)24 (2)58 (2)43 (2)
U.S. News & World Report60 (2)[16] 37 (1)[17] 49 (1)[18] 26 (1)[19] 26 (1)[20] 30 (1)[21]
(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.[22]

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.[23]

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 Beginning Strings, Philharmonic Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra. The Chamber Orchestra has played at the Nashville Downtown Partnership and the Governor's Literacy Alliance Dinner for several years. 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.[22]

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:[24]

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

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.[25]

Notable alumni

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hume-Fogg High School. National Center for Education Statistics. March 21, 2024.
  2. Web site: Hume-Fogg High School. 2024-03-21. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. en-US.
  3. Web site: Inside Our School . August 6, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130713010818/http://www.mnps.org/Page471.aspx . July 13, 2013 .
  4. Web site: History & Philosophy . August 6, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071105153537/http://mnps.org/Page504.aspx . November 5, 2007 .
  5. Web site: Hume-Fogg History Off the Shelf. nashvillepubliclibrary.org. March 25, 2020.
  6. News: Article clipped from the Tennessean . The Tennessean . August 20, 1972 . 2 .
  7. http://www.humefogghs.mnps.org/Page2741.aspx Typical Course Sequencing at Hume-Fogg
  8. Web site: Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School. Metro Nashville Public Schools. en-US. March 25, 2020.
  9. http://www.scienceoutreach.org/news/post/2013/01/09/seven-ssmv-students-are-intel-science-talent-search-semifinalists
  10. Web site: NameBright - Coming Soon.
  11. Web site: Local news briefs Nashville City Paper. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235921/http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/local-news-briefs-158 . March 3, 2016 .
  12. Web site: America's Best High Schools - Newsweek and the Daily Beast . . August 6, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130508145653/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html . May 8, 2013 . dead .
  13. Web site: America's Best High Schools 2012 - the Daily Beast . . April 15, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120521045950/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/20/america-s-best-high-schools.html . May 21, 2012 . dead .
  14. Web site: America's Best High Schools - Newsweek . www.newsweek.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623022306/http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2011/americas-best-high-schools.html . June 23, 2011.
  15. Web site: Top Public High Schools 2010 - Newsweek. Newsweek.
  16. Web site: Hume Fogg Magnet High School in Nashville, TN - US News Best High Schools. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191102021038/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/tennessee/districts/metro-nashville-public-schools/hume-fogg-magnet-high-school-18154. November 2, 2019.
  17. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130423/WILLIAMSON01/130423035/2023/WILLIAMSON Williamson
  18. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings/page+2 National rankings
  19. http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-high-schools/rankings/gold-medal-list Gold medal list
  20. Web site: America's Best High Schools: Gold Medal List - U.S. News & World Report. December 13, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091213114207/http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2009/12/09/americas-best-high-schools-gold-medal-list.html. December 13, 2009.
  21. https://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2008/12/04/best-high-schools-top-magnet-schools.html Top Magnet Schools 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
  22. Web site: Arts & Music . August 6, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140117212357/http://www.humefogghs.mnps.org/Page2489.aspx . January 17, 2014 .
  23. Web site: Past Productions - Hume-Fogg Theatre Department . January 5, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140105073940/http://www.hfatheatre.com/past.html . January 5, 2014 .
  24. Web site: Athletics . August 6, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130109022010/http://www.humefogghs.mnps.org/Page1426.aspx . January 9, 2013 .
  25. Web site: Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. TSSAA. March 25, 2020.
  26. Web site: Read Mark 947 Online by Calpernia Addams | Books. www.scribd.com.
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  33. http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/patton_ricardo00.html Ricardo Patton bio
  34. Web site: Alex Renfroe Signs Professional Contract - Belmont Bruins. www.belmontbruins.com.
  35. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bocwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4dwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3262,2275672&dq=delbert-mann+hume-fogg&hl=en "They Warbled Their Way to the Top"
  36. Web site: Inductees: Beasley Smith. Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 1983. August 14, 2024.
  37. Web site: Awards Nominations & Winners. April 30, 2017. GRAMMY.com.
  38. Web site: Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance - Grammys 2014 - CBS.com . www.cbs.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116204323/http://www.cbs.com/shows/grammys/nominees/best-gospel-contemporary-christian-music-performance . January 16, 2014.

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