AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School ( Armenian: Ալեք Մանուկյան վարժարան) is a charter K-12 Armenian school in Southfield, Michigan in Metro Detroit. It is affiliated with Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU).
Central Michigan University is the charter overseer. [1] [2]
In 1969 it was established in as a private school. [3] Its initial student body was 20, and it had two teachers. [4] It was named for Alex and Marie Manoogian. [5]
It included a high school program, [3] with the first graduating class in 1978, [6] but suspended its high school in 1991 due to an enrollment decline. [3] In 1995 it became a charter school; [4] that year it had 170 students. [7] At the time Nadya Sarafian was the principal. [5]
The Southfield Observer & Eccentric stated that the school re-established its high school after receiving "overwhelming demand" to do so, with the first new high school class graduating in 2000. [6]
In 1995 and 2001, [4] the Governor of Michigan awarded the school the Golden Apple Award for Academic Excellence. [8] As of 2004 [update] Manoogian had 370 students. [7]
Louise Manoogian Simone and Richard Manoogian, the children of Alex and Marie Manoogian, [5] donated funds for an expansion and renovation in 2004 and later donated additional funds when the project found additional expenses. [4] A new high school facility opened in 2009. As of 2009 [update] it had about 55 employees and more than 400 students. [9]
In 2009 principal Hosep Torossian stated that the school had a budget, almost entirely sourced from funds from the State of Michigan, of fewer than $3,000,000. [1]
42°27′15.4″N 83°13′03.7″W / 42.454278°N 83.217694°W
AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School ( Armenian: Ալեք Մանուկյան վարժարան) is a charter K-12 Armenian school in Southfield, Michigan in Metro Detroit. It is affiliated with Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU).
Central Michigan University is the charter overseer. [1] [2]
In 1969 it was established in as a private school. [3] Its initial student body was 20, and it had two teachers. [4] It was named for Alex and Marie Manoogian. [5]
It included a high school program, [3] with the first graduating class in 1978, [6] but suspended its high school in 1991 due to an enrollment decline. [3] In 1995 it became a charter school; [4] that year it had 170 students. [7] At the time Nadya Sarafian was the principal. [5]
The Southfield Observer & Eccentric stated that the school re-established its high school after receiving "overwhelming demand" to do so, with the first new high school class graduating in 2000. [6]
In 1995 and 2001, [4] the Governor of Michigan awarded the school the Golden Apple Award for Academic Excellence. [8] As of 2004 [update] Manoogian had 370 students. [7]
Louise Manoogian Simone and Richard Manoogian, the children of Alex and Marie Manoogian, [5] donated funds for an expansion and renovation in 2004 and later donated additional funds when the project found additional expenses. [4] A new high school facility opened in 2009. As of 2009 [update] it had about 55 employees and more than 400 students. [9]
In 2009 principal Hosep Torossian stated that the school had a budget, almost entirely sourced from funds from the State of Michigan, of fewer than $3,000,000. [1]
42°27′15.4″N 83°13′03.7″W / 42.454278°N 83.217694°W