After three semesters in an abandoned grammar school building , Manual Arts High School was opened on Vermont Avenue . After the 1933 Long Beach earthquake , the entire campus was rebuilt , constituting the present Manual Arts High School campus adjacent to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and USC . In 1995 , " The Arts " became a Pacific Bell Education First Demonstration Site joining thirteen other demonstration sites in California , and in 1996 the school was named a California Distinguished School . In 1998 , Manual Arts was officially granted Digital High School status
1933 Long Beach earthquake
1933 Long Beach earthquake
Manual Arts High School