Hollis/Brookline Middle School

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Hollis/Brookline Middle School, formerly known as Hollis/Brookline Junior High School until 2001, is a public two-year middle school covering grades seven and eight located in Hollis, New Hampshire, serving both Hollis and Brookline, New Hampshire. It is one of the only co-operative middle high schools in the country and is administered by New Hampshire School Administration Unit (SAU) 41, which encompasses both Hollis and Brookline.

[edit] History

Hollis/Brookline Middle School was known as Hollis/Brookline Junior High School until 2001. Until the creation of the new Hollis/Brookline High School in 1997, the middle school served as the high school for both towns, with grades seven and eight occupying the current Hollis Upper Elementary School. On the middle school's property is the historic Farley Building, the original school in Hollis built in 1877 and still used for classes until 2006. Deemed dangerous and obsolete, the Farley Building was shut down for classes but still stands. Classes have been moved to a newly-completed addition on the south side of the main building.

[edit] Facts

• The middle school is where students from the towns of Hollis and Brookline meet for the first time (in seventh grade).
• Organizational units known as "Teams" were developed in 1999 to balance student work better. There are four Teams: Teams 1 and 2 are seventh grade; Teams 3 and 4 (sometimes known as "Team Prescott") are eighth grade. Each team comprises of teachers of English, math, life science (seventh grade) or earth science (eighth grade), and social studies. Specialist teachers, including art, home economics, shop, computers, and foreign languages teach all four Teams.
• The school mascot is the knight, reminiscent of the high school's Cavalier.