Issued in July , the obverse front of the coin features a view of the feet of the students, escorted by a United States soldier, walking toward school below a row of nine symbolic stars. The reverse of the coin features a rendition of Little Rock Central High School as it appeared in Gatson Bates Drive in a converted gas station restored to its s appearance, and the Central High Commemorative Garden was dedicated in In the National Park Service and the Little Rock School District restored the reflecting pool that originally was in front of the school.
Some additions to Central include: Quigley Stadium in LRSD purchased Civitan Park in from the City of Little Rock for this purpose , the field house in , dressing rooms in , the library building in and the choral room in Quigley Stadium is named for Earl Quigley, a coach for the Tigers from to When it was constructed in , it was the largest stadium in the state and one of the largest in the South.
Many college and university football teams, including the Arkansas Razorbacks, played there until Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium was dedicated in It was not unusual for the Tigers to draw larger crowds to Quigley Stadium than the Razorbacks. In it moved to the former U. Rose Elementary building at 13th and State streets on the present-day Philander Smith College campus , then it moved again during the school year to an acre tract of land on Hayes Street now University Avenue.
The school district divested itself of the junior college in to a private board of trustees. Little Rock Junior College expanded its curriculum and changed its name to Little Rock University the same year, becoming a four-year institution.
Central offers students an international studies magnet program and an extensive curriculum including more than 30 Advanced Placement AP courses.
Central received academic accreditation in its first year and holds the oldest charter of the Cum Laude Society--a national academic achievement organization--west of the Mississippi River. School History.
About Us. Hall of Fame. School Song. School Crest. Celebrating 50 Years on First Ave. There is a tradition that the combination was suggested by Helen Click, teacher at the school from to , because they were the colors of her sorority Meyer, Central High School, It's First Hundred Years "The Rouser" originated in Ada Bicking, music supervisor, suggested the tune of the University of Minnesota rouser, and a girl of the class of wrote the words. Meyer The announcement of the opening of the school,which is now Central High School, is found in the Evansville Journal for August 15, The opening date of the free public high school, which in now Central, was September 4, Kahn If you have a question, please e-mail David at archivist centralhighalumni.
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The school year brought less earth-shattering, but nevertheless enduring changes to campus. For the first time female students and faculty were allowed to wear slacks to school as an alternative to dresses or skirts. The next year, the school district, in order to comply with a federal desegregation order, submitted a plan to convert Central into a junior high school.
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