Oh my Alma Mater! Class of 98
Re designing local Los Angeles High School’s Identity (Manual Arts High School) Third oldest in Los Angeles and it’s were I got my graphic on for the very first time (Elias Tercero) I am giving back by re designing everything I can get my hands on, take a look I what we did.
Manual Arts High School was established in 1910 in the middle of bean fields, one-half mile from the nearest bus stop. It was the third school in Los Angeles, California after Los Angeles High School and L.A. Polytechnic High School, and is the oldest high school still on its original site in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
After three semesters in an abandoned grammar school building, Manual Arts High School was opened on Vermont Avenue, a school whose name embodied her ideal of head, heart, and hand, combining to offer a creative atmosphere for the full life.
After the 1933 earthquake the entire campus was rebuilt, constituting the present Manual Arts High School campus.
In 1995 “The Arts” became a Pacific Bell Education First Demonstration Site joining thirteen other demonstration sites in California, and in 1996 the school was named a California Distinguished School. In 1998 Manual Arts was officially granted Digital High School status.
