Gender-Specific Magnet for Boys: W.E.B. DuBois High Academy is an innovative school serving grades six through twelve that opened in 2018. Open to all male students, our innovative learning environment offers an Afrocentric, multicultural curriculum that is both rigorous and engaging. Our mission is to engage, eliminate barriers, and empower each young man to achieve excellence. We guarantee that each student will demonstrate growth, becoming more adept mathematicians, readers, writers, and speakers, while also becoming better role models, listeners, and leaders in their homes and communities.
School Highlights
- Districtwide magnet school
- Uses evidence-based research and culturally responsive teaching methods
- Core tenets: literacy, numeracy, social sciences, technology usage, speaking a foreign language
- Focus on leadership attributes, including perseverance, resilience, initiative, discipline, and empathy
- Dual-credit opportunities via a partnership with Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC), which could lead to scholars earning an associate’s degree upon graduation
- Early College opportunities for students who have completed and passed Career and Technical Education (CTE) coursework by the end of their sophomore year
- Business CTE Pathways: Marketing and Hospitality, Travel, Tourism, and Recreation pathways offered; Opportunities to learn how to dominate the marketing and hospitality fields upon completing our state-of-the-art CTE coursework
- New Build Alert: Opportunity to join our school now and be a part of history as we continue the design process for our new facility
Middle School
W.E.B. DuBois Academy is an Afrocentric middle school that opened during the 2018-19 school year. Our staff empowers each young man to achieve excellence by eliminating barriers to learning. At DuBois, it’s a guarantee that each student will demonstrate growth, becoming more adept mathematicians, readers, writers, and speakers, while also becoming better role models, listeners, and leaders in their homes and communities.
School Highlights
- Gender-Specific Magnet for Boys: rigorous and engaging Afrocentric, multicultural curriculum that is open to all male students
- Core curriculum taught from Afrocentric point of view, making every month Black History Month at DuBois
- Explore Pathways that mirror the Academies of Louisville offered at DuBois High Academy
- A focus on leadership attributes, such as Perseverance, Resilience, Initiative, Discipline, and Empathy (P.R.I.D.E.)
- Teachers highly trained in both JCPS curriculum and resources as well as DuBois-specific instructional strategies and content that actively engage students as they grow as learners and self-aware young men
- Core tenets: literacy, numeracy, social sciences, technology usage, and speaking a foreign language
Explore Pathways
- Business & Communication
- Consumer Science
- Engineering & Design
