List of Fairfax County Public Schools middle schools

This list of Fairfax County Public Schools middle schools encompasses public middle schools operated by the Fairfax County Public Schools school district of Virginia, United States.

One middle school, Lanier Middle School, is located in the city of Fairfax. The others are located in incorporated and unincorporated areas in Fairfax County.

Rachel Carson Middle School

Rachel Carson Middle School (Cluster: 8; Grades: 7-8) is a middle school southwest of Herndon, and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Its principal is August Frattali. Opened in the 1998-1999 school year, it is named after the ecologist Rachel Carson and has been a School To Watch in Virginia since 2004. [cite web
url=http://www.schoolstowatch.org/state/list.htm#virginia
title=Schools to Watch
accessdate=2007-12-10
publisher=National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform]

James Fenimore Cooper Middle School

James Fenimore Cooper Middle School (Cluster: 1; Grades: 7-8, [http://www.fcps.edu/CooperMS website] ), in McLean, is a public school named after the author James Fenimore Cooper. It opened in the 1962 school year. Students attend Langley High School or perhaps Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria (must qualify).

Students from Great Falls, Forestville, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, Churchill Road, and other elementary schools come to Cooper for middle school.

School begins at 7:30 AM and ends at 2:20 PM. Cooper Middle's principal is Arlene Randall. Books-A-Million has a business partnership with the school, having given its books for the school's book fair.

The school offers a partial-Japanese language immersion program for those who have taken the language in elementary school. Another program at Cooper is Mobile Team Challenge, an experiential team-building low ropes course designed to support the learning and emotional environment for the students.

Eighth graders have access to such electives as Journalism, Technology Education, Foreign Language, Music, Art, Drama, Tech Tools, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Special Education.

Seventh graders have access to some of the above and are required to take the Wheel program which lets students explore four classes, one for each quarter, out of five possible classes.

Teams are organized by grade like high school sub-schools. The school has three eighth grade teams (Avalanche, Team Fusion, Tornadoes) and three seventh grade teams (Lightning, Tidal Waves and The Eclipse).

53.38% of the 966 students are male and 46.62% female; 77.48% were non-Hispanic Caucasians, 13.42% were Asian/Pacific Islander, 2.75% were Hispanic, 2.10% were African-Americans, and 4.44% were other.

Franklin Middle School

Franklin Middle School (Cluster: 7; Grades: 7-8, [http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/FranklinMS/ website] ) is a public school in Chantilly. It was founded in 1984, is named after Benjamin Franklin and was originally called Franklin Intermediate School. In the early 1990's the name was changed to the current Franklin Middle School.

The school feeds into Chantilly High School, Oakton High School, and Westfield High School. It has 1053 students.

A total of 48% of teachers have a bachelor's degree, 52% have a master's degree, 0% have a doctorate degree. There are 14 students per teacher. There is a 97% attendance rate.

There are eight teams at Franklin. Four are 7th grade teams, and four are 8th grade teams. The school mascot is a falcon.

Robert Frost Middle School

Francis Scott Key Middle School (Cluster: 5; Grades: 7-8, [http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KeyMS/ website] ) is a public school in Springfield that feeds into Robert E. Lee High School.

Key's student body of 1010 is 31% White, 25% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 17% Black, 4% Unspecified, and less than 1% Native American.

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. There is a 96% attendance rate.

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.

Joyce Kilmer Middle School

Joyce Kilmer Middle School (Cluster: 2; Grades: 7-8, [http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KilmerMS/ website] ) is a public school named after the journalist and poet Joyce Kilmer.

The school feeds into James Madison High School, Oakton High School, George C. Marshall High School, Langley High School and McLean High School.

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

The school offers many electives for both 7th and 8th graders. Some include Family And Consumer Sciences (Home EC), Drama, Tech Tools, Inventions and Innovations, Technological Systems, and Advanced Technology Tools. Kilmer is also known for its outstanding Band program. Under the direction of conductor Christopher Weise, the Kilmer Symphonic band has been recognized as one of the best middle school bands in the state. [cite web
url=http://www.kilmerband.com/directors.html
title=Kilmer Middle School Band
accessdate=2008-01-19] In addition to its band program it also has a chorus and string orchestra. The strings program offers violin, viola, cello, and bass.

48% of the teachers have a Bachelor degrees, 52% have Masters degrees. There are 19.5 students per teacher. There is a 97% attendance rate.

Kilmer's student body of 961 is 60% White, 21% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% Unspecified, 4% black, and less than 1% Native American.

Lake Braddock Secondary School

Lake Braddock Secondary School is a combined junior-high and high school in Burke administered by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). It is one of four secondary schools in Fairfax County, the other three being Hayfield Secondary School, Robinson Secondary School and South County Secondary School. Opened in 1973, Lake Braddock has recently completed an extensive renovation project. Its mascot is the Bruin Bear, and its school colors are purple and gold.

idney Lanier Middle School

Sidney Lanier Middle School (Cluster: 7; Grades: 7-8) is located in Fairfax.

Liberty Middle School

Liberty Middle School (Cluster: 7; Grades: 7-8) is one of the feeder middle schools for Centreville High School. They are both located on the same road less than two miles apart. The school requires four core classes (Math, Science, History, and English) and P.E. for each student. Also, students can choose three electives (one in seventh grade, two in eighth). However, some electives are only for a semester or quarter instead of a full year, in which case a student may take more electives.

Of 1100+ students (2006-2007), Liberty Middle School demographics is 77% White, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic

There are eight teams in the school: [cite web
last=Song
first=Bonny
title=Liberty MS Teams
publisher=Fairfax County Public Schools
date=2004-03-08
url=http://www.fcps.edu/LibertyMS/team.htm
accessdate=2007-02-09]

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Middle School

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Middle School (Cluster: 1; Grades: 7-8, [http://www.fcps.edu/LongfellowMS/ website] ), north of Falls Church, is a public school named after the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is a two story building with two gymnasiums, one cafetorium, and a "Little Theater." It also has a 21 room modular building and a two room "mini mod." The principal is Carole Kihm, who became principal on May 19, 2008.

The student body in 2006-2007 was 66% White,19% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 5% Other. [cite web
url=http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:13:4364326863162519074::::P0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID:031
title=Fairfax County public schools: school profiles
accessdate=2007-10-07]

Elementary schools that feed into Longfellow include Chesterbrook, Haycock, Kent Gardens, Franklin Sherman, and Timberlane. Additionally, some students come from from Westgate, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, and Churchill Road Elementary school. Most of Longfellow's 1015 students go to McLean High School, but some go to Langley High School, Marshall High School, or Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, although they must apply and be accepted to the latter as it is a magnet school.

The school has two gymnasiums, two playing fields, four tennis courts, a basketball court, and a quarter mile gravel track. After-school activities at Longfellow include flag football, basketball, and tennis. Once a year the students at Longfellow participate in an annual track meet with Thoreau Middle School and Cooper Middle School. Longfellow's current mile run time record is 5 minutes 11 seconds. The school had won many awards in mathematics and science, and is nationally ranked for its math department. On March 13th, 2008, Margaret Spellings, the United States Secretary of Education, visited the school to publish a review of the math education in the United States and to get rid of "fuzzy math". The school's mascot is the Lancer.

Edgar Allan Poe Middle School

Edgar Allan Poe Middle School (Cluster: 3; Grades: 6-8) is named after the author Edgar Allan Poe. Its mascot is the Raven. Sonya Swansbrough is the principal.

Most students feed into Annandale High School or J.E.B. Stuart High School.A select few also test into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

Poe's 1,101 students during the 2005-2006 school year were 33.06% Hispanic, 28.07% White, 21.04% Asian, 11.17% Black, and 3.54% unspecified. During the same school year,47.68% of the student body received free/reduced-priced meals and 44.69% were classified as having limited English.

James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School

James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School was named after Medal of Honor recipient James William Robinson, Jr.

Robinson opened its doors in September 1971, taking its students from Oakton High School, Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, West Springfield High School and Fairfax High School. Robinson was the second of Fairfax County's large "superschools," or "Secondary Schools" which housed grades 7-12. Robinson's chief rival to the east, Lake Braddock, which opened in 1973, was the third of these schools from this era, the first of which was Hayfield, near Mount Vernon which opened in 1969. The most recent addition to the series of secondary schools is South County in Lorton, which opened in 2005, taking its students from former Hayfield territory.

Rocky Run Middle School

Rocky Run Middle School (Cluster: 7; Grades: 7-8) as of September, 2006, accommodates 819 students. [cite web
url=http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/schoolprofile/profile.cfm?profile_id=251
title=Fairfax County Public Schools > Schools and Centers Directory > School Profiles > Rocky Run MS
accessdate=2008-01-19] Being a GT (FCPS Gifted and talented program) magnet school, it is fed by many elementary schools, including Brookfield, Bull Run, Greenbriar East, Greenbriar West, Poplar Tree, Willow Springs, and Centreville. The school is located on the borders of many suburban neighborhoods and is on Stringfellow Road, a main road soon to be expanded.

Carl Sandburg Middle School

Carl Sandburg Middle School (Cluster: 4; Grades 7-8) is located south of Alexandria. In 1985, Fort Hunt High School was renamed Carl Sandburg Middle School. Carl Sandburg's planetarium has a Spitz A4 planetarium projector, a 30-foot diameter dome, and 76 seats.

outh County Secondary School

South County Secondary School is a secondary school in Lorton, part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system, opened in September 2005. The school mascot is the "Stallions", and school colors are green, blue, and silver.

Ormond Stone Middle School

Ormond Stone Middle School (Cluster: 8; Grades: 7-8) on Stone Road, named after the Ormond Stone, opened in 1991.

Henry David Thoreau Middle School

Henry David Thoreau Middle School (Cluster: 2; Grades: 7-8), is located east of Vienna.

Thoreau is a feeder school for James Madison High School, George C. Marshall High School, and (after the 2008 Fairfax County redristriction) South Lakes High School. Thoreau offers several advanced classes, including French 1, Spanish 1, and Algebra 1. Thoreau students enrolled in Geometry give up an elective to attend Geometry at Kilmer Middle School in the morning. Thoreau's electives include Drama, Inventions and Innovations, Introduction to Foreign Languages, Tech Tools, and Family and Consumer Sciences.

Mark Twain Middle School

Mark Twain Middle School (Cluster: 5; Grades: 7-8) is located south of Alexandria. It is located in cluster 5 and feeds into Thomas A. Edison High School. The school has 837 students. [cite web
url=http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/schoolprofile/profile.cfm?profile_id=191
title=Fairfax County Public Schools > Schools and Centers Directory > School Profiles > Twain MS] . The school is named after the famous writer Mark Twain.

Twain students are assigned to teams of approximately 125 students. Each team is coordinated by the four core teachers (from English, mathematics, science and social studies), a guidance counselor and an administrator. They are the Quasars, Thunderbirds, Superstars, Pathfinders, Mustangs, Patriots and Aces. Mark Twain Middle offers the Gifted and Talented program, Special Education program, and ESOL.

As of June 2005, the school's racial/ethnic breakdown was: 15 percent Asian, 18 percent black, 22 percent Hispanic, 40 percent white, 5 percent other. [cite web
url=http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/va/other/579
title=Twain Middle School
accessdate=2008-01-19]

Walt Whitman Middle School

Walt Whitman Middle School (Cluster: 4; Grades: 7-8) is located in Alexandria.

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