Michele Clark Academic Preparatory Magnet High School, a Chicago public school, is located on Chicago's West Side in the heart of the South Austin Community. Michele Clark opened in 1972, as Austin Middle School. In 1974, Austin Middle School was renamed Michele Clark Middle School to honor the Chicago based journalist, who was killed in a plane crash in December 1972. In 2002, Clark became a high school with the addition of the first 9th grade class, and now serves students in grades 6 - 12.