Metro Academic and Classical High School

Metro Academic and Classical High School
Location
4015 McPherson Avenue St. Louis, MO 63108 United States
Information
Type	Magnet high school
Established	1972
Opened	1996
School district	St. Louis Public Schools
Superintendent	Kelvin Adams
Principal	Wilfred Doug Moore
Grades	9–12
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Black and White
Mascot	Panthers
Information	[phone]
Website	School website

Metro Academic and Classical High School is a public high school in St. Louis, Missouri that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools.

History

Metro opened in 1972 in a five-room building at 2135 Chouteau Avenue as one of the first magnet schools in the St. Louis Public Schools.^[1] In the 1970s, the school moved to the Temple Israel building at 5017 Washington Boulevard, and in 1996, it moved to its current location in a purpose-built school building.^[1] In 1997, the school's founder and principal, Betty Wheeler, retired.^[2] Her replacement, Pamela Randall, served until 2003, when she entered district administration and later served as superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools.^[3] Randall's replacement, Wilfred Doug Moore, remains the current principal of Metro High School.^[4]

All Metro students are required to perform 300 hours of community service per year.^[5]

Metro has been ranked among the top public high schools by Newsweek and has won national and state-level awards for quality. For the 2003–2004 school year, Metro was named a Missouri Gold Star school and a national Blue Ribbon school.^[6] It was again named a Missouri Gold Star school and Blue Ribbon school in 2007–2008.^[6] In 2012, Newsweek ranked the school as 125 out of the top 1,000 public high schools in the United States.^[7]

Notable alumni

• 1987: Sam Dotson, Police Commissioner in St. Louis, MO, 2012-present
• 2006: Yale Stewart, artist (Gifted, JL8, Little Justice League)^{[8][9][10][11]}
• 2012: Jecoliah Wang, violinist^[12][13]

References

1. Samuel Autman (22 October 1996). "Gym Dandy at Metro High–Students, Teachers Give New Building an A". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
2. Robert Patrick (23 May 2011). "Betty Wheeler–Founded Innovative 'School Without Walls' Here". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
3. Trisha L. Howard (17 November 2004). "City Schools Chief Takes Leave". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
4. Jake Wagman (5 September 2003). "4 New Principals Named". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
5. Boyer, Ernest L. (1983). "High School". New York: Harper & Row.
6. Mary Ann Burns (2009). Gold Star and Blue Ribbon Schools Recognition Programs (PDF) (Report). Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. pp. 17–18, 20. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
7. "America's Best High Schools 2012". Newsweek. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
8. Yale Stewart
9. http://www.blastr.com/2016-4-29/11-reasons-why-theres-never-been-better-time-read-comics
10. http://yalestewart.tumblr.com/
11. JL8
12. Jecoliah Wang
13. Jecoliah Wang, violinist

Coordinates: 38°38′27″N 90°14′36″W / 38.6409°N 90.2432°W