Hume-Fogg High School

Hume-Fogg High School
Address
Map
700 Broadway

Nashville
,
(Davidson County)
,
Tennessee
37203

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
PrincipalKellie Hargis
Staff45.65 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment898[1] (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio19.67[1]
Color(s)Royal blue and white
    [2]
MascotKnightro the Knight
NicknameBlue Knights[2]
Website[1]
Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School
Location700 Broadway
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
ArchitectWilliam B. Ittner; Robert Sharp
Websitehumefogg.mnps.org
NRHP reference No.74001909
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 1974

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

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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.[4] In the 2004–2005 school year Hume-Fogg celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary.

Academics

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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 ... 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Newsweek 71 (2)[12] 36 (1)[13] 33 (1)[14] 32 (1)[15] 26 (1) 24 (2) 58 (2) 43 (2)
U.S. News & World Report 60 (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

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Hume-Fogg School in 2022

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

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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]

  • Boys'/girls' basketball
  • Boys' lacrosse
  • Boys'/girls' tennis
  • Baseball
  • Bowling
  • Boys'/girls' golf
  • Cross country
  • Boys'/girls' track
  • Ice hockey
  • Boys'/girls' soccer
  • Wrestling
  • Softball
  • Volleyball
  • Co-op football with Hillwood

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

  • Boys'/girls' swimming
  • Ultimate
  • Ping pong
  • Shooting

School mascot

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Hume-Fogg High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Hume-Fogg High School". Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Inside Our School". Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "History & Philosophy". Archived from the original on November 5, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "Hume-Fogg History | Off the Shelf". nashvillepubliclibrary.org. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "Article clipped from the Tennessean". The Tennessean. August 20, 1972. p. 2.
  7. ^ Typical Course Sequencing at Hume-Fogg Archived October 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School". Metro Nashville Public Schools. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  9. ^ http://www.scienceoutreach.org/news/post/2013/01/09/seven-ssmv-students-are-intel-science-talent-search-semifinalists [dead link]
  10. ^ "NameBright - Coming Soon".
  11. ^ "Local news briefs | Nashville City Paper". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  12. ^ "America's Best High Schools - Newsweek and the Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  13. ^ "America's Best High Schools 2012 - the Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  14. ^ "America's Best High Schools - Newsweek". www.newsweek.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011.
  15. ^ "Top Public High Schools 2010 - Newsweek". Newsweek.
  16. ^ "Hume Fogg Magnet High School in Nashville, TN - US News Best High Schools". Archived from the original on November 2, 2019.
  17. ^ Williamson tennessean.com April 23, 2013 [dead link]
  18. ^ National rankingsusnews.com Archived April 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Gold medal listusnews.rankingsandreviews.com Archived November 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "America's Best High Schools: Gold Medal List - U.S. News & World Report". December 13, 2009. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009.
  21. ^ Top Magnet Schools 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
  22. ^ a b "Arts & Music". Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  23. ^ "Past Productions - Hume-Fogg Theatre Department". Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  24. ^ "Athletics". Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  25. ^ "Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association". TSSAA. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  26. ^ "Read Mark 947 Online by Calpernia Addams | Books" – via www.scribd.com.
  27. ^ "Kimbro, others accepted into School Sports Hall of Fame", Tennessee Tribune, April 27, 2005.
  28. ^ Cannon, Nick. "Fyütch uses music to teach and inspire". Nick Cannon Show. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  29. ^ "Radiography". The Los Angeles Times. September 20, 1936. p. 62. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  30. ^ "Sampling The High-minded Goo Of Nashville", Thomas Swick, Sun Sentinel, October 30, 2005.
  31. ^ Doubler, Michael D. (August 14, 2018). Dixie Dewdrop: The Uncle Dave Macon Story. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-05069-5.
  32. ^ a b "They Warbled Their Way to the Top", Dick Kleiner, Ottawa Citizen, March 12, 1955 (Google News Archive).
  33. ^ The Real Bettie Page: The Truth about the Queen of the Pinups, Richard Foster, Citadel Press, 1997.
  34. ^ Ricardo Patton bio at Northern Illinois Huskies website niuhuskies.com
  35. ^ "Alex Renfroe Signs Professional Contract - Belmont Bruins". www.belmontbruins.com.
  36. ^ "Inductees: Beasley Smith". Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 1983. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  37. ^ "Awards Nominations & Winners". GRAMMY.com. April 30, 2017.
  38. ^ "Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance - Grammys 2014 - CBS.com". www.cbs.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014.
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