Bailey Magnet High School
| Bailey APAC Middle School | |
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1900 North State Street Jackson, Mississippi USA |
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| Established | 1938 |
| School district | Jackson Public School District |
| Grades | grades 6-8 |
| Color(s) | Black & Silver |
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Bailey Magnet High School, originally known as Bailey Junior High School & now Bailey APAC Middle School, is currently a middle school in Jackson, Mississippi. The mascot of Bailey Magnet Middle School is the Mighty Knights.
Built in 1938, Bailey Magnet's art-deco building has been marveled as an architectural wonder. It was recently voted as a top architectural site by the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects. According to the Washington Post, its Architect, A. Hays Town, while employed at N.W. Overstreet designed the building & it was rumored to have made the cover of a 1938 Life magazine for the school's forward look and his revolutionary technique of formed-in-place concrete, but there was an article written about it in Life. It article mentioned the marvel lying "in the details" which include "carved stone reliefs of Andrew Jackson, the namesake of the city of Jackson with his troops and Chief Pushmataha with his braves, allies in the Indian wars," at the front footsteps of the building. The halls are terrazzoed and the great auditorium has "ornate columns and a stylized horse-and-rider sculpture."
Bailey Magnet High School is now Bailey APAC Middle School due to Jackson Public Schools district wide rezoning in 2012 serving children in grades 6-8 for the Academic & Performing Arts Complex (APAC). The district rezoning was for a number of reasons such as turning Northwest Middle School into an all IB(International Baccluareate)school and moving all Montessori students into McWillie elementary. The rezoning affected 3,900 students. APAC, which was served at Chastain, Peeples and Powell middle schools, moved into Bailey and the high school students moved to Callaway High School, Lanier High School and Murrah High School. Bailey Magnet formerly had a Health-Related Professions program that is currently at Murrah High.
Academic & Performing Arts Complex (APAC) is open to students who are strong academic achievers and/or who show aptitude for one or more visual or performing arts. There is an application process held each year for entrance into the following school year.
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