Stanton College Preparatory School

Stanton College Preparatory School is a public preparatory high school in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Stanton College Preparatory School is a highly selective school that offers Advanced Placement tests and the International Baccalaureate.

The school was established in the 1860s as the Florida Institute, the first school in the state of Florida for Black students, an elementary school under the segregated education system.

Today, it serves secondary students (grades 9–12) in the Duval County Public Schools of Duval County, Florida. The school offers special curricula including Honors courses, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate courses. Most Stanton students attend some form of college after graduation.^[2]

In 2005, the College Board recognized Stanton College Preparatory School as the best large high school for Advanced Placement in the world.^[3] Stanton was called "one of the premier IB and AP public schools in the country" by Jay Mathews in his 2005 book Supertest: How the International Baccalaureate Can Strengthen Our Schools. In 2014, the Washington Post ranked the school as the 4th-most-challenging high school in the Southern United States.^[4]

بعد فترة وجيزة من الحرب الأهلية ، أسست مجموعة من الأمريكيين الأفارقة من جاكسونفيل جمعية التعليم ، وفي عام ١٨٦٨، اشتروا الأرض التي بُنيت عليها مدرسة ستانتون القديمة. وكان هدفهم بناء مدرسة تُسمى معهد فلوريدا. إلا أن المشاكل المالية أخرت التقدم في البناء حتى ديسمبر من ذلك العام، حين تم بناء المدرسة وتسجيلها رسميًا بمساعدة مكتب شؤون المحررين . سُمي هذا المبنى الخشبي تكريمًا لإدوين ماكماسترز ستانتون ، وزير الحرب الثاني في عهد الرئيس أبراهام لينكولن . كان ستانتون مناصرًا متحمسًا لحقوق الإنسان ومدافعًا عن التعليم المجاني للأولاد والبنات السود. وكانت هذه المدرسة الثانية للأطفال السود في ولاية فلوريدا (الأولى، التي تأسست عام ١٨٦٦، كانت سلفًا لكلية إدوارد ووترز ).

أدار مكتب شؤون المحررين المدرسة. وتم توظيف معلمين بيض من الشمال إلى أن استأجرت المقاطعة العقار لغرض افتتاح مدرسة عامة. دُمر المبنى الأول جراء حريق عام 1882. كما دُمر مبنى آخر شُيّد في العام نفسه جراء حريق اندلع في 3 مايو 1901، وهو الحريق الذي دمر جزءًا كبيرًا من جاكسونفيل. شُيّد مبنى جديد عام 1902 وظل يعمل حتى عام 1917.

كان شعار المدرسة في الأصل هو " الشيطان الأزرق ". بعد احتراق المدرسة وإعادة بنائها مرتين، تم اعتماد "طائر الفينيق الذي ينهض من الرماد" كشعار ثانٍ. واليوم، يُستخدم كلا الشعارين، حيث يُستخدم "الشيطان الأزرق" كشعار للرياضة والأنشطة الأخرى، بينما يُستخدم "طائر الفينيق" كرمز للمدرسة نفسها، إلى جانب الشعار الحالي، وهو رمز "S" الأزرق الملكي لسوبرمان.

في 23 مايو 1914، عيّنت محكمة مقاطعة دوفال تسعة أمناء لإدارة المدرسة وممتلكاتها. وهم: روبرت ب. أرشيبالد، إس. إتش. هارت، إيه. إل. لويس، جيه. دبليو. فلويد، دبليو. إل. جيراردو، آي. إل. بورسيل، بي. سي. فاندرهورست، جيه. إي. سبيرينغ، و دبليو. إتش. إتش. ستايلز. استقال أرشيبالد وهارت، وحلّ محلهما جيه. إم. بيكر و إل. إتش. مايرز.

دفعت حالة مبنى المدرسة المتهالكة وغير الآمنة، والتي شُيّدت بشكل رديء، مجلس التعليم العام، وأمناء مدرسة ستانتون، وعددًا من سكان جاكسونفيل المهتمين، إلى الاتفاق على استبدال الهيكل الخشبي بمبنى مقاوم للحريق. وفي عام ١٩١٧، اكتمل بناء المبنى الذي لا يزال قائمًا حتى اليوم عند تقاطع شوارع آشلي وبرود وبيفر وكلاي. وأصبحت ستانتون مركزًا رئيسيًا لتعليم الأطفال السود في مقاطعة دوفال والمناطق المحيطة بها. أُضيفت مدرسة إدوين إم. ستانتون إلى السجل الوطني للأماكن التاريخية عام ١٩٨٣. ^{[ ٥ ]}

An equally impressive record of academic expansion has accomplished the physical growth of Stanton. Beginning as an elementary school with six grades, under the administration of J. C. Waters as the first principal and D. W. Gulp who followed as principal, Stanton gradually became known throughout the state for the high educational standards which it still maintains today. The eighth grade was added under the leadership of Principal W. M. Artrell. Principal James Weldon Johnson, an alumnus, started the move toward a high school department.

The addition of the twelfth grade made Stanton a comprehensive school. Stanton continued as a school for all grades through the administrations of I. A. Blocker, G. M. Sampson, and J. N. Wilson. In 1938, with F. J. Anderson as principal, Stanton became a senior high school exclusively. J. L. Terry served as the last principal of Stanton Senior High School.

In 1953, the Stanton Senior School name was transferred to a new facility on 13th Street and was renamed New Stanton Senior High School. Charles D. Brooks was the first principal of the new school. Under his leadership, Stanton continued to foster the same traditionally high standards which befit its rich heritage, and flourished as the oldest and most important high school for blacks in Jacksonville.

Beginning in 1953, the Broad and Ashley Street facility became known as the "Old" Stanton. The building was used as a junior high school in 1953–1954. In August 1954, it was converted into the Stanton Vocational High School and functioned as a vocational training center, adjusting its curriculum to train and graduate African-American students in technical skills. At night, it became a center for the Adult and Veterans Education Program.

From 1969 to 1971, the focus of New Stanton Senior High School began to change from academic to vocational under the leadership of Principal Ben Durham, the former principal of Stanton Vocational High School. In 1971, the Old Stanton High School building was again placed under control of the trustees of Stanton and the student body was transferred to New Stanton Senior High School where the revised curriculum now provided for both the academic and the vocational interests of the students

In 1981, Stanton College Preparatory School became the Duval County School System's first magnet school. Beginning with grades 7–10, and adding one grade level each succeeding year, the first senior class of 54 students graduated in 1984. Stanton College Preparatory School now serves secondary students living within the 841 square miles (2,180 km²) of the Duval County school district and leads the Duval County Public Schools in academic achievement.^[6]

In March 2017, the school received international criticism for verbiage on flyers hung around campus presenting both acceptable and unacceptable attire for the school prom. Students found the use of "good girl" to praise those with attire deemed appropriate to be demeaning, and took to social media with the hashtag #scpgoodgirl. The principal quickly issued an apology.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

From 2000 to 2003, Stanton College Prep was ranked first in Newsweek magazine's list of the top 1,000 public schools in the United States, and is the only school in the nation to have been in the top 5 every year from 2000 to 2011.^{[19][20][21][22][23]}U.S. News & World Report ranked Stanton at ninth place on its 2008 list of America's Best High Schools.^[24] It has frequently ranked first in the US in the number of International Baccalaureate diplomas awarded. Stanton perennially leads the Jacksonville metropolitan area in the number of National Merit Scholarship recipients, and consistently ranks in the top three in the state. The school has been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.^[25] As of August 2014, Stanton is rated number 12 of the top high schools in the nation by US News^[26] and number 10 by Newsweek.^[27]

• Selwyn Carrol, one-term member of the Alaska House of Representatives
• J. Dash, rapper and record producer
• Diana Eng, fashion designer and contestant on Season 2 of Project Runway
• Ned Fulmer, former YouTuber and member of the Try Guys
• Edward Gourdin, athlete and the first African-American Superior Court judge in New England (attended Stanton, but completed high school in Massachusetts)
• J. Rosamond Johnson, composer and singer, known for composing "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
• James Weldon Johnson, principal of Stanton, civil rights activist, and diplomat
• Sallye Mathis, teacher and Jacksonville city council member
• Angie Nixon, community activist and Democratic nominee for the Florida House of Representatives
• Tyler Ross, an American actor best known for playing Kyle Stansbury in season four of the television series The Killing.^[28]
• Emily Swallow, actress in the television shows including "The Mandalorian," "The Mentalist, and "Supernatural"
• Netta Walker, American actress
• Mike Waltz, former national security advisor, former U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district ^[29]
• Kendal Williams, sprinter

• جويل ديفيس ، لاعب بيسبول سابق في دوري البيسبول الرئيسي ؛ لعب بشكل احترافي لفريق شيكاغو وايت سوكس ؛ مدرب بيسبول في مدرسة ستانتون كوليدج الإعدادية ^{[ 30 ]}

• الوسائط المتعلقة بمدرسة أولد ستانتون الثانوية على ويكيميديا ​​كومنز
• موقع مدرسة ستانتون كوليدج الإعدادية

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