South Whidbey School District
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South Whidbey School District is a school district that operates on the "Southend" of Whidbey Island in the US state of Washington. The district offices are located in Langley. The current superintendent is Dr. Fred McCarthy.
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[edit] Schools
The school district has four main schools, one alternative school, and provides support to the Whidbey Island Academy (a home schooling support center).
[edit] South Whidbey High School
Opened for the 1981-1982 school year. Additional classrooms were added in 1990, minor remodel in 1993, and an expansive upgrade, remodel, and expansion in 1997. Prior to the expansion project in 1997, SWHS used 3 portable buildings, used as 6 classrooms on the south side of the school. When the project was started, the buildings were moved to the north side of the school. After the expansion, the district was going to sell the portables to those who need it. However, the Off-Campus Extension Program (Now "Whidbey Island Academy") outgrew the former small space in Clinton, and because the portables were not in use, they moved in.
[edit] Langley Middle School
Langley Middle School was one of the first schools to open on the "Southend" of Whidbey Island. The school is comprised of four class buildings and a sports/cafeteria complex. The "Main Building" was once the K-12 school for the Langley area. It later became K-9 after Langley High School was built on the property (now known as the "two story"). The school became 5-8 after the opening of the Primary School on Maxwelton road. Langley Middle School became, as it remains today, 6-8 after the opening of the Intermediate School.
Langley Middle School Library Media Center currently occupies 3/4 of the second story of the "Two Story" building of the Middle School campus. We have 40 late model Macintosh computers, approximately 3500 fiction titles and about the same numbers of non-fiction books. Other useful equipment includes a video projector for DVD, VHS or computer presentation on a permanent 6x8 screen, several digital video and still cameras, two scanners and numerous other electronic aids and tools to facilitate staff and student media projects. The library Media Center served an average of 120 students a day during the school year 2005/2006. See web site at LMS Web Magazine
Langley Middle School has an Adventure Education program that seeks to create an outdoor experience that will inspire, in students, a sense of wonder and joy that will form the foundation for future academic interest and excellence. The program serves forty students each year. Recently, Adventure Education has taken trips to the Washington coast and the Ventana Wilderness in California. Academic work centers on preparing for and reflecting on major trips. This model is ideal for Langley Middle School students.
[edit] South Whidbey Intermediate School
Opened for the 1988-1989 school year. There was a minor remodel of the main office area and the addition of a new covered play area in 1996. The soccer fields at the school are the primary playing area for the local youth soccer league.
SWIS was build to relieve the pressure of a growing student population at both South Whidbey Elementry School and (at the time) Langley Jr. High School. Previously, both LjHS and SWES had an extensive network of portable buildings to be able to accomidate students. After SWIS was opened, LjHS moved all of its portable buildings to SWHS, and SWPS converted the portable for other uses, however, by 1990 SWPS was again using portables for classrooms.
[edit] South Whidbey Primary School
Opened for the 1965-1966 schools year as South Whidbey Elementry, and shares its design with several schools built at the time in Washington, including an elementry school in Oak Harbor. The school is comprised of 6 main buildings, 3 of which contain 6 classrooms each, one serves as multi-purpose-room and cafeteria, on houses the office, computer labs, and 3 class rooms, and the 6th building, built in 1997 serves as the library and has two additional classrooms.
When South Whidbey Elementry opened in 1965, is was to encompass the entire "Southend" of Whidbey Island. As a result, all of the other schools in the area were forced to close, causing angst among parents on the "Southend" that their children were no longer going to be within walking distance from home, as most had been.
[edit] Whidbey Island Academy
Home to students of all ages wanting a good education without going to the public schools. There are many students here and great teachers who are certified. It is located behind the high school in three portables.
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