Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School is a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is one of the two premiere vocational-technical high schools of the city, the other being rival Carver Vocational-Technical High School, on Presstman Street, on the other side of the city in West Baltimore.Mervo was opened in 1953, established as a vocational-technical school that is named after printer Ottmar Mergenthaler, the inventor of the linotype machine which revolutionized the printing and newspaper industries.The school, according to its website, uses its curriculum to "educate students to function in an industrial and challenging technological society." All students must apply and meet certain standards of entrance criteria for acceptance to the school.In 2008, "Mervo" had been named by the U.S. News and World Report magazine, as a "Bronze Medal" school. In 2012, The Mervo Mustangs Alumni Association was established. The association has united classmates from the 1970s to the present. Mervo also has accelerated curriculum which has both Advanced Placement courses and Honors Classes in all areas of education.Mervo has 22 state-approved trades courses for students to enter into, including: Accounting and Finance, Allied Health, Auto Body and Repair, Automotive Technology, Business Management, CADD, Carpentry, ChildCare, CISCO Networking Academy, Commercial Baking, Cosmetology, Electrical Construction, Food Services, Graphic Arts and Printing, Law and Leadership, Masonry, Plumbing, Project Led The Way, Teacher Academy and Welding.