this school is decent. Its my second year here and my experience have been great. The best advice would be to joing the magnet program or come into manual throught the NAI program,( an excellent program).Manual's academy of finance is amazing as well. If you want to learn about chemistry and biology
... Read more i would suggest you take Mr. Channel's class; he makes his class college-level. He also coaches the academic decathlon team which so far is doing alright. Overall you decide whether your experience here is at a desirable level. Read less
Posted by a student on 02/15/09
I attended Manual Arts from 2003 till 2007. I did end up going to a college, a UC, but once I got to college and saw my competition, I knew right away that I was in trouble. There are some good programs within the school, like Academy of Finance, Magnet Program, AP courses, and a couple more programs.
... Read more The problem with the school is the lack of effort that many teachers have when it comes to teaching. Out of the four years that I was there I had only three classes that challenged me, they weren't rigorous, but they did make me work for what I earned. All I have to say this is an decent choice for a school, but there are better schools students can attend. The staff didn't really respect us, they treated us all like children, even making the average student feel dumber than they actually were. Read less
Posted by a student on 08/07/08
I am a senior at Manual Arts H.S. Magnet program. In the fall I will be attending USC. All through my 4 years in this school i felt cheated... teachers are fairly easy and academics are a joke. There are some good programs that some schools do not have. If you attend, make sure that you enroll in the
... Read more magnet, be part of as many extr. curriculum activities as possible. You will not receive a quality education so it is better if your prepare yourself. Read less
Posted by a student on 05/12/08
im a freshman at manual arts H.S. im in the Magnet program, let me tell u i've gotten in trouble and they take it seriously.My advice to you magnet program peoples out their is to actually prepare for college because its very important. the teachers there care. they worry about my grade sure a couple
... Read more are screwed but we have to go through those experiences to prepare for college. Read less
Posted by a student on 04/29/08
This school is great it has so much school spirt as well... And pretty good academic...
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Posted by a parent on 07/18/07
I was in the magnet program at this school and everyone seemed to care alot as for the other students, no one seemed to pay attention to them
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Posted by a former student on 02/18/07
I was a student at Manual Arts, right now I'm in UC Berkeley. To be sincere Manual just has like 15 good teachers in the whole school. There are many Extrac. Activ. But they don't let the students know about them, if you care you have to look for them. Academic programs? AP classes, out of all the AP
... Read more classes I took, just 3 of them made me work, the rest of them were another break for me. It's just crazy! and parents? It is really hard to see somebody who cares! Read less
Posted by a former student on 11/16/06
When I attended manual it was a great school and teachers were very involved with students. Plus it was a clifornia distinguish school
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Posted by a former student on 04/27/06
This school had a few sport teams, and after-school programs. But for P.E. classes they were always about exercise or running around the track. They did not have special programs in place for P.E. ie. ballet, dancing, etc. They did have afterschool programs, and there was good security in the school.
... Read more The science classes were normal classes, they did not seem to be advanced classes. They did have a program were they would prepare the students for college. Read less
Posted by a former student on 08/26/05
The teachers do not show much participation in making sure that the students receive the education that they deserve and the safety is non existent with many students getting into fights or pressured to do things that they would not normaly do. I haven't heard much from the principal regarding securing
... Read more the safety of the students or assuring that they receive the best possible education, this just seems like the dumping ground for those kids with no goals and there are no motivation from the school staff to get these kids to become goal oriented. Read less
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Los Angeles schools — Manual Arts Senior High School is located at 4131 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles CA 90037. 4131 S Vermont Ave is in the Vermont Harbor neighborhood and 90037 ZIP code in Los Angeles, CA The school district for Manual Arts Senior High School is the Los Angeles Unified School District. Manual Arts Senior High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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