On December 15, 2020, the Board officially announced the name change to Midtown High School effective June 1, 2021. In July 2020, the Atlanta Board of Education formed a committee to consider a new name. In February 2016, the school newspaper argued that Henry Grady's name should be removed from the school as well. Grady Middle School in Houston was renamed. Grady's advocacy of white supremacy has resulted in his name being removed from a number of institutions. In 2016–17, it was used during the production of the 2017 Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Homecoming, which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In 2015, Grady High School course offerings expanded to include the following pathways: Advanced Academic, World Languages, Fine Arts, Instrumental Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE). From 2011 to 2015, Grady was home to four small learning communities: Communications and Journalism, Public Policy and Justice, Business and Entrepreneurship, and Biomedical Science and Engineering. Grady served as the communication magnet in the Atlanta Public Schools system from 1991 until 2011, when the school closed the magnet following a system-wide grant from the Gates Foundation to open small learning communities. Tech High and Boys High merged in 1947 under the name Henry Woodfin Grady High School. Between 19, Tech High also moved to the campus' current location. The 1924 structure (the wing of the campus facing Charles Allen Dr.) still stands, and has been renovated three times (1950, 1987, and 2004). Grady Senior High School for Boys' moved to the current campus site in 1924. Initially known as Boys High School, it had a Technical Department which expanded in 1909 to become a separate school: Tech High. History Dedicatory plaque in the 1924 wing David T Howard Middle School also feeds into Midtown. Įlementary schools feeding into Midtown High are: Centennial Place, Mary Lin, Hope-Hill, Morningside, and Springdale Park. In addition to Midtown Atlanta, the school serves Inman Park, Virginia-Highland, Poncey–Highland, Lake Claire, Candler Park, Old Fourth Ward, Morningside-Lenox Park, Home Park, Atlantic Station, Ansley Park, 10th and Home, the designated family housing unit of Georgia Tech, and parts of Downtown Atlanta. Midtown is located adjacent to Piedmont Park at 929 Charles Allen Drive, between 8th and 10th Streets, in Midtown Atlanta. In December 2020, the Atlanta Board of Education announced the new name of Midtown which took effect June 1, 2021. Grady, a journalist, orator in the Reconstruction Era. In 1947, the school was named after Henry W. It began as Boys High School and was one of the first two high schools established by Atlanta Public Schools in 1872. Grady High School, is a public high school located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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