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Dunbar Gifted/Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School
Address
1100 Wright Ave. Little Rock, Arkansas, 72206 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1929
School district	Little Rock School District
Principal	Eunice Thrasher
Grades	6-8
Number of students	936 (2006-7); 811 (2007-8)
Color(s)
Mascot	Bobcats
Website	Dunbar Magnet Middle School

Dunbar Gifted & Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School is a magnet middle school for students in grades 6 through 8 located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Dunbar Magnet Middle School is administered by the Little Rock School District.

History

Dunbar Junior and Senior High School and Junior College

Dunbar Junior and Senior High School and Junior College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front entrance to this historic educational facility
Location	1100 Wright Ave., Little Rock, Arkansas
Area	less than one acre
Built	August 17, 1929 (1929-08-17)
Architect	Wittenberg, George H.; Delony, Lawson L.
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	80000782
Added to NRHP	1980

Dunbar Junior and Senior High School and Junior College, is located at the corner of Wright Avenue and Ringo Street in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Named for Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was the first African-American to gain national attention as a poet. The institution has become significant in four distinct areas: African-American history, education history, legal history, and architecture/engineering achievement. Between 1929 and 1955, Dunbar provider comprehensive education for black students in Little Rock. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 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 as a Rosenwald School 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. Between 1929 and 1955, the school served as a junior and senior high school and junior college. In May 1955, the junior college program was abruptly terminated. In the fall 1955, the school became a junior high school with high school students now attending the recently opened Horace Mann High School.

Curriculum

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. Dunbar is also the local anchor for an extensive Gifted and Talented program.

Feeder schools

Elementary schools

Dunbar Magnet Middle School receives students from:

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

High schools

Dunbar Magnet Middle School provides students to:

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Paul Laurence Dunbar High School". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved Sep 15 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
3. http://www.lrsd.org/curriculum/hscatalog.pdf

External links

• Dunbar Magnet Middle School
• Little Rock School District
• 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

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• Little Rock Central High School
• Education in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Educational institutions established in 1929
• Schools in the Little Rock School District
• Public middle schools in Arkansas
• Magnet schools in Arkansas
• Rosenwald schools
• Historically segregated African American schools in the United States
• Schools on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
• Art Deco architecture in Arkansas