King/Drew: The Virtual Tour

 

This Magnet began in 1982 as a result of a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for curriculum development. A group of community activists, concerned parents, physicians, and administrators from Charles R. Drew University and King/Drew Medical Center spearheaded the concept of King/Drew Magnet High School. Their goal was to address the under-representation of minorities in the health care professions. Charles R. Drew University, King/Drew Medical Center (also affiliated with UCLA), and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Office of Integration collaborated to develop a plan to build a school that would provide students of the Watts community with hands-on experience in careers in the health care professions. The late Los Angeles Supervisor, Kenneth Hahn, set aside a 3.8-acre property located across the street from the Augustus Hawkins Mental Health Facility of the King/Drew Medical Center and adjacent to Charles R. Drew University of Medicine for the express purpose of building the school envisioned by the Watts community. Visit www.kingdrew.net for more information.