duPont Manual High School

duPont Manual High School was established in 1892 by Victor du Pont. It currently houses five magnet programs: High School University, Journalism and Communications, Math Science and Technology, Visual Arts, and the Youth Performing Arts School.

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  • Crimson Extravaganza resized 2

    Second Annual Crimsons Extravaganza

    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ ๐š๐ง๐ณ๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ - ๐Ÿ”:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ.
    Standard Ticket $45 and ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ (๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) $37 and may be purchased at this link: EXTRAVAGANZA TICKETS.
    Your ticket includes: Cookout (3:30 โ€“ 5:30 PM) with tea, water and non-alcoholic beverages catered by Kingsley Meats, Live DJ covering every decade from the 1950s through today, Guided Tours of Manual, Alumni trivia competition with prizes, Door prize drawings, Raffle packages available and Manual memorabilia item for each attendee.
    Additional information is available at ticket link above.
    ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘›๐‘– ๐ด๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ โ€“ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™โ€™๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’.

    ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ญ (๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ— ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข@๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐–. ๐‹๐ž๐ž ๐’๐ญ, ๐‹๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐Š๐˜ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–.

    ๐ด๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ, ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘›๐‘– ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘ .

  • Hall of Fame

    Hall of Fame

    The 32th annual Hall of Fame induction was held Sunday April 19th, 2026 at Wildwood Country Club.

    The 2026 inductees were: Corenza Townsend (2005), Lawrence Provette (1968), James Dwight Triplett (1975), Ruth Stewart (1975), Antone Towns (2001), William Porter (1949), Pat Allison (Teacher-YPAS), Joan Stewart (Teacher) and Debra Moore (Coach).

    List of current Hall of Fame Members.



    Hall of Fame Nomination forms can be obtained from the Alumni Office.

    Criteria for selection is with list at link above.

    The Hall of Fame selection committee meets in October and inductees are announced in January.

    The 33rd annual Hall of Fame induction will be in April, 2027.
    Additional information will be provided at a later cate.

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  • luncheon

    Morgan Stanley, duPont Manual Alumni Luncheon

    The next alumni luncheon will be Thursday, September 17th at Hurstbourne Country Club, 9000 Hurstbourne Country Club Ln. (off S. Lyndon Ln. near Shelbyville Rd. & Nottingham Pkwy).

    Guest Speaker: To Be Announced.

    Social hour starts at 11:00 AM and luncheon at noon.

    Tickets are $30.

    A ticket order form will be in the Fall Newsletter.
    You may also obtain reservations from the alumni office
    (502)212-9789.
    Link to purchased online will be provided here as soon as available:
    Luncheon Tickets