List of Fairfax County Public Schools middle schools

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regularly compete in annual competitions at Busch Gardens Williamsburg Amusement Park and Kings Dominion Amusement Park. At these competitions the musicians play pieces of music while a panel of judges critiques their sound and style. The Longfellow Bands have won several awards in these competitions, and in June 2017 the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and Symphonic Band received 1st-place accolades at the Busch Gardens competition. At the annual District Assessment, the Longfellow Symphonic band has consistently received a rating of I (Superior). Longfellow's orchestra program is also renowned, with Longfellow's Chamber orchestra winning the Middle School Division at the 2012 National Orchestra Festival in Atlanta in addition to the many awards it has received at Busch Gardens Williamsburg Amusement Park. With 250 students enrolled in an orchestra class in 2018, it is one of the most popular electives at the school, offering places in the Cadet Orchestra (Beginning-Intermediate), String Ensemble (Intermediate), Concert Orchestra (Advanced-Intermediate), Symphonic Orchestra (Intermediate-Advanced), and Chamber Orchestra (Most Advanced). Students must audition for places in each of the intermediate and higher orchestras. The Concert, Symphonic, and Chamber orchestras have regularly received I (Superior) ratings at the District Assessments. In 2018, the Longfellow Chamber Orchestra was invited to perform at the

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ranked as one of the top teams in the entire country and has received several first-place awards. The Science Bowl and Quiz Bowl team both took second in 2012 at each respective national tournament, while its History Bowl team won first place. In 2012, Tajin Rogers from Longfellow won the first-ever National History Bee, which was televised. Its 2017 Science Olympiad team finished 6th in the country, the highest placing of any Virginia Science Olympiad team at the national competition. The school has won many awards in mathematics and science. The school is also nationally ranked for its math department.

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School graduates.. The school primarily feeds into Chantilly HS. However, some students also attend Centreville, Fairfax, Westfield and Robinson High Schools due in part to "overcapacity" issues at Chantilly High School. Rocky Run Middle School is on the corner of Poplar Tree Road and Stringfellow Road, the latter of which has been recently widened.

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as one of only three middle schools worldwide attending that year. It also marked the first time in 12 years that an FCPS (K-12) performing group was invited to the Clinic and 30 years since the last time a string orchestra group was selected to perform. The Longfellow Orchestra program is currently

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Longfellow Middle also provides extra classes like Technology Education (referred to as "Shop" by students), where students learn the basics of using power tools to construct different types of objects; Home Education, where students learn basic home skills like cooking, sewing, and ironing laundry;

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Kilmer is also known for its outstanding band and orchestra program. Under the direction of conductor Sharon Bonneau, the Kilmer Symphonic band has been recognized as one of the best middle school bands in the state. The Kilmer Symphonic Orchestra, led by conductor Elizabeth Fogel and previously led

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Frost Middle School was recognized with the Governor's Award of Excellence from 2010 through 2017, and with the Virginia Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award in 2013. In 2013 the school was recognized with the G.O.L.D.E.N. Wellness Award, as well as the Healthier U.S. School Challenge

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Most students feed into Frost from Fairfax Villa Elementary School, Oak View Elementary School, Olde Creek Elementary School, Little Run Elementary School, Canterbury Woods Elementary School, Wakefield Forest Elementary School, Mantua Elementary School, Annandale Terrace Elementary School, Braddock

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The current principal of Cooper Middle School is Lisa Barrow. Before being appointed principal in 2020, Barrow was the Director of Professional Growth and Career Development in the Office of Professional Learning and Family Engagement for Fairfax County Public Schools. She also was the principal of

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Rocky Run is an AAP (FCPS Advanced Academics Program) middle school fed by Greenbriar East elementary school graduates who live in the Greenbriar subdivision, some Brookfield Elementary School students, Greenbriar West AAP students who live in the Greenbriar subdivision, and Poplar Tree Elementary

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The AAP center was an option for certain students zoned for either Jackson or Thoreau had a choice to go to Jackson Middle School or for the AAP center or Thoreau. In 2018, when redistricting occurred, kids zoned for Jackson Middle School as their base school were moved to Thoreau Middle School as

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In early 2009, Longfellow Middle School introduced a new academic activity called "Lancer Time," a 23-minute period at the end of the day, intended to give students time to get help from their teachers without having to stay after school. Students can also work on homework and projects from other

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After-school activities at Longfellow include basketball, Improv, Tennis, Quiz Bowl, Debate, Art/Clay Club, Battle of the Books, Homework Club, Creative Writing Club, Math Counts, Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, and Science Olympiad as of March 2023. The Longfellow Knowledge Masters team has been

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In June 2007, Kilmer Middle School, a school in the FCPS system, attracted national controversy after a 13-year-old student was reprimanded for putting his arm around his girlfriend during a break. The school had a strict policy of "no physical contact", meaning that contact such as high fives or

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Irving is divided into eight teams: four seventh grade (yellow, green, orange, and blue) and four eighth grade (purple, black, white, and red). The team names switch every year. All the members on each team have the same teachers for their core classes: Science, English, Math, and History/Civics.

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Frost has a AAP center (FCPS Advanced Academic Program). There are eight teams at Frost: four in the seventh grade (Cavaliers, Voyagers, Endeavor, Travelers) and four in the eighth grade (Atoms, Explorers, Galaxy, Seekers). Travelers, Cavaliers, Galaxy, and Seekers are in the AAP, while Voyagers,

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Elementary schools that feed into Longfellow include Chesterbrook, Haycock, Kent Gardens, Franklin Sherman, and Timberlane. Additionally, some students come from Lemon Road, Westgate, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, and Churchill Road Elementary schools. Most of Longfellow's students go on to enroll at

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Katherine Johnson Middle School (Region 5, grades 7-8) is a City of Fairfax and Fairfax County Public Schools AAP (FCPS Advanced Academics Program) Center-based middle school serving grades 7-8 in Region 5. The school is owned by the City of Fairfax, but implements Fairfax County Public Schools'

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Twain students are assigned to teams of approximately 125. Each team is coordinated by the four core teachers (from English, mathematics, science and social studies), a school counselor and an administrator. They are the Highlanders, Patriots, Pirates, Cavaliers, Hokies, Spartans, Panthers, and

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The school requires four core classes (Math, Science, History, and English) and P.E. for each student. Students can choose 2–4 electives (2 full year electives or 1 full year and 2 half semester electives or 4 half semester electives). However, some electives are only for a semester or quarter

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In 2018, Fairfax County commenced a $ 47.6 million renovation of Rocky Run, which temporarily closed several classrooms. To accommodate the temporary displacement, FCPS built a set of trailers called Ramsville, placing them on the back blacktop of the school. Ramsville has since been removed.

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Longfellow Middle teaches five award-winning bands, Beginner Band, Cadet Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Band. Beginner is a class for beginning musicians and Symphonic is for musicians with at least two years of experience. The Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and Symphonic Band

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classes. The period is also used one day a week to teach the students about values such as honesty and leadership, as well as introducing better study habits to help students prepare for their exams. Other classes, as well as hall passing time, were shortened to account for the new period.

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In 1995 the Herndon Middle School Band, under the direction of Noreen Liennemann, won the prestigious Sudler Cup, presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation to honor middle school concert bands that have demonstrated high standards of excellence over a period of years.

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Rachel Carson Middle School is an Advanced Academic Placement (AAP) Center. The school has a wide range of electives to choose from and a large fine and performing arts program. Carson Middle School offers Spanish, French, Chinese, and Japanese foreign language classes.

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The current principal of Rachel Carson Middle School is Gordon Stokes. Before being appointed in 2015, Stokes was an assistant principal at South County Middle School and Luther Jackson Middle School and also taught as a History teacher at RCMS in its first few years.

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Longfellow Middle offers classes for the average student, such as Science, Mathematics, and History, and also classes for those students who require higher-level education, such as Math Honors, both levels of Algebra, Geometry, Science Honors, and History Honors.

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Hayfield Secondary School is a secondary school, meaning it serves grades 7 through 12, but the high school and middle school students are generally kept segregated. The middle school has an honors (formally GT) program, and the high school offers both honors and

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Elementary schools that feed into Langston Hughes Middle School are Terraset, Sunrise Valley, Forest Edge, Lake Anne, Dogwood, Hunters Woods, and students transfer from nearby Crossfield, Armstrong, Aldrin, Clearview, Dranesville, Herndon, and Hutchison.

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Holmes Middle School was founded in 1966. In 1991, additional construction was started. In 2004, a new front area of the building was constructed including a new media center, office, and guidance office. That same year, Holmes became a member of the

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As of the 2018–2019 school year, the school uses an odd-even schedule in which students go to even periods one day and odd the next, making each class 90 minutes. Students can choose from a variety of electives to complement their core classes.

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In 1998, a student-run prostitution ring was discovered at the middle school, leading to a police investigation. In March, a 13-year-old boy was convicted for organizing a sex-for-hire ring that involved a half dozen of his female classmates.

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The school has eight teams in total; for 7th grade: Patriots, Captains, Spartans and Hokies; and for 8th Grade: Highlanders, Nighthawks, Panthers, and Cavaliers. Each team is named after a Virginia College mascot. KJMS's mascot is the eagle.

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Franklin Middle School opened in the fall of 1984 as an intermediate school with the theme “We touch the Future Through the Past and Present.” In the 1990s, Franklin Intermediate became Franklin Middle. The school was named for

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Extracurricular activities occur every day, with late buses offered on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Students have the option to stay after school on Fridays, but they must have a ride home. Activities include:

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On January 29, 2008, Glasgow students moved to a new building, built behind the old one. It was originally scheduled to be moved into during winter break, but it was changed until after the second grading quarter ended.

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It is a two-story building with two gymnasiums, a cafeteria, and a lecture hall. It also has a small basement and a two-room "mini mod." The school has completed major renovations, including the addition of a new wing.

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All Fairfax County Public Schools require students, beginning in third grade, to take an end-of-year exam known as the Standards of Learning test, or SOL, that covers the content learned during the school year.

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Ramsville was composed of 7 big trailers with 4 rooms each, 1 smaller trailer with 2 rooms, and a bathroom trailer. This renovation added a two-floor addition and completely revamped the front of the school.

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The school offers many electives for 7th and 8th graders, including Family And Consumer Sciences (Home EC), Drama, Tech Tools, Inventions and Innovations, Technological Systems, and Advanced Technology Tools.

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Longfellow Middle School has been honored with the Governor's Award for Excellence in Education from 2010 through 2018. The school was also awarded the Virginia Board of Education Excellence Award in 2013.

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by Marci Swift, has been recognized as one of the best middle school orchestras in the state. The school also has a chorus and string orchestra. The strings program offers violin, viola, cello, and bass.

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Frost had 1154 students during the 2015–2016 school year. During the same school year, 12.13% of the student body received free/reduced-priced meals, and 5.03% were classified as having limited English.

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Bronze Award. The Virginia Music Educators' Association awarded Frost Middle School their Blue Ribbon from 2009 through 2017. Frost has been frequently ranked among the best middle schools in Virginia.

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In 1958, Fairfax County began creating intermediate schools to create a smooth transition between elementary and high school. In 1959, Intermediate School #2 was officially named after American writer

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In 1958, Fairfax County began creating intermediate schools to create a smooth transition between elementary and high school. In 1959, Intermediate School #2 was officially named after American poet

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The student body in 2018–2019 had 1848 students and was 27% Asian, 51% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino, 3% Black, and 7% other, with a total student body of 1319 (659 7th graders and 660 8th graders).

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school, which is intended to precede South Lakes's IB curriculum, and is also part of the "Model Campus" of South Lakes and Terraset Elementary school. The three schools share the track and fields.

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As of the spring of 2007, the number of exams on which a score of 3 or higher was achieved (on a scale of 1–5) rose to 57% from 46% the previous year, the best results found on record for Hayfield.

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In 1965, when the county was integrated, the school was designated as Luther Jackson Intermediate School, which eventually changed to Luther Jackson Middle School. The school is named after Dr.

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gave a lecture to the Seekers team at Frost. His grandson was a student there at the time. In 2011, Scalia gave another lecture to the Seekers team; his granddaughter was then a student there.

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The school has transitioned into a GT Center school to reduce overcrowding at Joyce Kilmer Middle School and Robert Frost Middle School. The school converted into an AAP center school.

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Franklin Middle School has been a Governor's School of Educational Excellence since 2007. Franklin Middle School offers Spanish, French, Japanese, and Chinese foreign language classes

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address), Weyanoke Elementary School (Alexandria address), Columbia Elementary School, Parklawn Elementary School and Bren Mar Park Elementary (Alexandria address) feed into Holmes.

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From 2005 to June 2012, 7th and 8th grade students were enrolled at South County Secondary School (now South County High School), which housed both middle and high school programs.

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Longfellow is one of the top feeder schools into the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), often with 60 or more representatives in the freshman class.

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Many students opt to stay after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays to participate in extracurricular activities. They participate in various academic teams such as Girls

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There are six teams at Rocky Run, three per grade (7th grade teams consists of Platinum, meteors, and Emerald. 8th grade teams consist of Kryptonite, Sapphire, and Tiger's Eye.).

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James Fenimore Cooper Middle School is an Advanced Academic Placement (AAP) Center. Cooper Middle School offers Chinese, Spanish, French, and Japanese foreign language classes.

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Carole Kihm became principal on May 19, 2008 and was named the 2014 Outstanding Middle School Principal of Virginia by the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals.

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Carson Middle School was first opened on September 8, 1998 with Gail Womble as the first principal. The school's mascot is the panther, which was chosen by the student body.

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The current principal of Whitman Middle School is John Flowers. Before being appointed principal in 2023, Flowers was the principal of the High School Ahead Academy. in the

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The school has eight teams; in 7th grade there are the Patriots, Pride, Navigators, and Explorers; and in 8th grade there are the Rockets, Wizards, Eagles, and Comets.

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The school has two gymnasiums, two playing fields, a basketball court, and a quarter mile gravel track, as well as a library, a lecture hall, and a Black Box theater.

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South County Middle School is located in Lorton. It opened in September 2012 on a 40-acre site as a stand-alone middle school with a capacity of 1,350 students.

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A total of 41% of teachers have a bachelor's degree, 59% have a master's degree, and less than 1% have a doctorate degree. The school has a 96% attendance rate.

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Rocky Run Middle School (Region 5, grades 7–8) accommodates 1316 students as of June 2018. It is named after a creek that runs through the nearby neighborhood.

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James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, the largest school in Virginia, includes a middle school (grades 7–8) and a high school (grades 9–12), was named after

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Longfellow Middle also provides classes for the mentally disabled, and has an entire after-school club devoted to entertaining these students, "Good Buddies".

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The school offers several levels of classes including Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra, French, Spanish, Tech Education ("Shop"), art, and music education.

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their base school and had the option of still attending Jackson if they wanted the AAP center. As a result, Jackson used to have 3 high school feeders,

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Luther Jackson Middle School has a strong and growing drama department led by Stacey Jones, and has a strong music department. The 2013 musical was

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48% of the teachers have a bachelor's degrees, and 52% have master's degrees. There are 19.5 students per teacher. There is a 97% attendance rate.

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program for students who have participated in an elementary school immersion program. Some students place into Glasgow for the immersion programs.

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There are six teams at Key: three in the seventh grade (7A – The Adventurers, 7B – The Bulldogs, 7C – The Champs), and three in the eighth grade.

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released in 2018 with over 500 million views was partially filmed at the Langston Hughes campus, due to Benny Blanco's relations with the school.

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During the same school year, 71.96% of the student body received free/reduced-priced meals and 34.73% were classified as having limited English.

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Kilmer's student body of 1100-1200 as of 2021 is 60% White, 21% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% unspecified, 4% Black, and less than 1% Native American.

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Planning for a new middle school began in 1994 when the Fairfax County School Board when discussions began for land acquisition in western

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Poe's 881 students during the 2014–2015 school year were 49.04% Hispanic, 12.26% White, 24.29% Asian, 12.26% Black, and 2.16% unspecified.

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and Journalism, where students are taught how to create newspaper articles and then publish them in the school's quarterly newspaper, the

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In 2019, Frost started construction on an expansion and renovation of the school. It is expected to be completed in Fall-Winter 2023.

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It was constructed in 1952, and renovations have been made due to the growing population of the community. It includes a historic

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address but is outside of the city limits. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system. It is named after the poet

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Sleepy Hollow Elementary School, and the assistant principal at both Marshall Road Elementary School and Frost Middle School.

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Elementary schools that feed into RCMS include Oak Hill, Floris, Coates, Crossfield, Navy, McNair, Lees Corner, and Fox Mill.

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administered by Fairfax County Public Schools. It is one of three secondary schools in Fairfax County, the other two being

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School (Region 2, grades 6–8), also known as Holmes Middle School, is a public school with an

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Carson Middle School is a magnet school, and feeds into four high schools: Chantilly, Oakton, Westfield, and South Lakes.

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Key's 2014–2015 student body of 887 was 40.92% Hispanic, 24.13% Asian, 17.93% White, 12.85% Black, and 4.17% other.

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for its first year and part of the second. The mascot is the panther, and the school colors are navy blue and grey.

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Holmes' 2014–15 student body of 956 was 20.5% African American, 19% White, 20% Asian, 37% Hispanic, and 2.6% other.

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As of 2024, the school's racial/ethnic breakdown was 13% Asian, 17% black, 32% Hispanic, 30% white, and 8% other.

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Elementary School, and North Springfield Elementary School. Not all students from these schools attend Frost.

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an established historian and educator. The mascot is a tiger and the school colors are red and black/white.

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Elementary schools that feed into Franklin include Brookfield, Greenbriar East, Lees Corner, and Oak Hill

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hugs between friends are not allowed. Despite opposition from some parents and students, and coverage on

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Joyce Kilmer Middle School (Region 2, grades 7–8) is a public school named after the journalist and poet

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Henry David Thoreau Middle School (Region 1, grades 7–8), is located east of Vienna. It opened in 1960.

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Of 1100+ students (2006–2007), 77% were White, 3% were Black, 13% were Asian, and 7% were Hispanic.

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is the school's namesake. Until 2021, the school was named for American poet and Confederate soldier

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Finance Park at Fairfax County. Eighth graders from neighboring schools often take field trips here.

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As of the 2020–21 school year, Franklin Middle School has a total of 899 students. The school is:

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As of the 2020–21 school year, Carson Middle School has a total of 1,473 students. The school is:

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As of the 2023-24 school year, Whitman Middle School has a total of 819 students. The school is:

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program. Walt Whitman Middle School offers French, German, and Spanish foreign language classes.

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As of the 2023-24 school year, Cooper Middle School has a total of 1076 students. The school is:

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Mark Twain Middle offers the Gifted and Talented program, Special Education program, and ESOL.

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Mark Twain Middle School (Region 3, grades 7–8), is located south of Alexandria. It feeds into

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The principal of Stone Middle School is Sonya Williams. She has been in the role since 2022.

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Kilmer has a GT program for students who have been determined to be "Gifted and Talented".

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The middle school also has a known tradition through the students called "sevie-bop day"

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The school mascot is the mustang, and the school colors are green, blue, and burgundy.

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for a middle school site. The school was originally designed to house 1,250 students.

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Liberty Middle School (Region 4, grades 7–8) is one of the feeder middle schools for

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Washington Irving Middle School (Region 4, grades 7–8) is a public school located in

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Frost Middle School (Region 5, grades 7–8) is a public school named after the poet

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On May 14, 1998, the Fairfax County School Board voted to name the school after

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Francis Scott Key Middle School (Region 3, grades 7–8) is a public school in

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Lake Braddock Secondary School is a combined junior high and high school in

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community or Edison High School (Alexandria address). A few students attend

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Edgar Allan Poe Middle School (Region 2, grades 6–8) is named after author

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Middle School (Region 2, grades 7–8), north of

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Luther Jackson Middle School (Region 2, grades 7–8), located southwest of

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Herndon Middle School (Region 1, grades 7–8) is in Herndon. It feeds into

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instead of a full year, in which case a student may take more electives.

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Thoreau offers several advanced classes, including French 1, Spanish 1,

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Carl Sandburg Middle School (Region 3, grades 7–8), named after poet

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Langston Hughes Middle School (Region 1, grades 7–8), named for the

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One middle school, Johnson Middle School, is located in the city of

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external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into

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The school is named after astronomer, mathematician, and educator

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Ormond Stone Middle School (Region 5, grades 7–8) is located in

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This is the current feeding pattern of Whitman Middle School.

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This is the current feeding pattern of Cooper Middle School.

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Robinson opened in September 1971, taking its students from

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Francis Scott Key test scores for the 2005–2006 school year

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Washington Irving test scores for the 2005–2006 school year

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Glasgow Middle School (Region 2, grades 6–8) is part of the

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Thoreau is a feeder school for James Madison High School,

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International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP)

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was also one of the finalists as a name for the school.

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