Alton C. Crews Middle School

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Alton C. Crews Middle School is a middle school in the Brookwood Cluster of Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Founded in 1996, Alton C. Crews has long held a history of excellence, their tagline being "Building a Tradition of Excellence". Their mascot is the bronco, matching Brookwood High School and Brookwood Elementary School's mascot.

With student population rising every year, the addition of trailers has been constant. The school is due for an additional construction is 2006, of more classrooms. As of 2005 the school had more than 1000 students.

A fact that few people know is that hidden links exist over the entire website, including links to a county wallpaper, and to a login dialog for teachers to access their e-mail. Few teachers seem to know of these links but careful examination of so called, blank spots can reveal links and sentences may also contain links.

1 Connections
2 6th Grade
3 7th Grade
4 8th Grade
5 Probe
6 Musical Theatre
7 Crews News Segments
8 Related Links

[edit] Connections

At Crews, there are connections (sometimes called Specials in other schools) which are extra classes which still make up your academic grade. Such connections are:

Art - Mrs. Gilpin
Band - Mr. Folds
Chorus - Mrs. Pence
Computer Science - Mr. Hames
Health - Ms. Gholston, Coach Strickland, Mrs. Hughes, Mr. Dennis
Orchestra - Mrs. Schmeelk, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Mellard
Physical Education - Ms. Gholston, Coach Strickland, Mrs. Hughes
Tech Ed - Mr. Beard
Spanish - Mrs. Githiora
Music - Mrs. Busbee

Three connections are electives, and they are all musical connections which are Band (taught by Mr. Folds), Orchestra (taught by Mrs. Schmeel, Mrs. Phillips, and Mrs. Mellard), and the more recently added Chorus (taught by Mrs. Pence).

[edit] 6th Grade

6th Grade is the first year of education at Crews. The 6th grade teachers are listed by pods.

POD 1

Keevan (Language Arts)
Brown (Math)
Crumptons (Science)
Phillips (Social Studies)

POD 2

White (Language Arts)
Whitten (Math)
Burson (Science)
Rainwater (Social Studies)

POD 3

McDaniel (Language Arts)
Tharpe (Math)
Freidenstein (Science)
Cragin (Social Studies)

POD 4

Reavis (Language Arts)
Swetnam (Math)
Rhee (Science)
Shaffer (Social Studies)

[edit] 7th Grade

7th Grade is the second year of education at Crews. The 7th grade teachers are listed by pods.

POD 1

Hollingshead (Language Arts)
Eldridge (Math)
Callahan (Science)
Geiler (Social Studies)

POD 2

Askew (Language Arts)
T. Frantz (Math)
Memar (Science)
Ollinger (Social Studies)

POD 3

A. Frantz (Language Arts)
McClam (Math)
Stringfellow (Science)
Retter (Social Studies)

POD 4

Day (Language Arts)
Flood (Language Arts)
Dunn (Math)
Waters (Science)
Parker (Social Studies)

[edit] 8th Grade

8th Grade is the third and final year of education at Crews. The 8th grade teachers are listed by pods.

POD 1

Januzelli (Language Arts)
Brantley (Math)
McClendon (Science)
Patrick (Social Studies)

POD 2

Elder (Language Arts)
Steinhauer (Math)
Robertson (Science)
Weikel (Social Studies)

POD 3

Frost (Language Arts)
LaViola (Math)
Paes (Science)
McLane (Social Studies)

POD 4

Harris (Language Arts)
Castleberry (Math)
DeCarvahlo (Science)
Avis (Social Studies)

[edit] Probe

At Crews, and many other schools in America, Probe classes are advanced classes in certain subjects. The Probe teachers are as follows.

Bohannon (Science)
Britt (Language Arts)
Owen (Math)
Whitten (Math)
Williams (Math)
Lewis (Social Studies)
Steinhauer (Math)
Marschke (Math)
Burson (Science)
Bloch (Language Arts)
Ridley (Social Studies)
Elder (Language Arts)
Waters (Science)
McClam (Math)
Askew (Language Arts)
Freidenstein (Science)
DeCarvalho (Science)
Reavis (Language Arts)

[edit] Musical Theatre

Musical theatre is done every year at Crews, usually around March to May. Out the plays on this list, which is from 2004 to 2007, the first two were directed by Ms. Sechelski (now Mrs. Stebbins) and the other two were directed by Mrs. Pence, the chorus teacher.

2004 - "The Music Man, jr."
2005 - "Once On This Island, jr."
2006 - "Schoolhouse Rock Live!"
2007 - "Into the Woods"

2004's "The Music Man, jr." was unique among others because a fourth grader who didn't go to Crews played Winthrop, the little boy with a lisp.

[edit] Crews News Segments

Since 2005, Crews Middle School's announcements are made on air rather than on intercom. The Crews News is the news show for Crews shown every morning. It is also home to four unique segments. They are listed.