Thomas Grover Middle School
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Grover Middle School is a middle school located in Princeton Junction in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. The grades of the school are sixth to eighth.
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[edit] Background
Grover's mascot is the Jaguar, and its students are self-dubbed Jags. The official colors of Grover are black and gold.
Grover Middle School (GMS) students participate in a full complement of exploratory classes that offer learning opportunities in music, art, performing arts, media, health, computer, life skills, and technology. In these classes, students are provided with important life and learning experiences designed to prepare them to make future educational choices. Students also participate in choral, orchestra, and instrumental music programs that provide group and individual instruction. The elective program provides extended learning opportunities including exposure to television production.
The school is named after Thomas Grover, the name of the farmer's son who died in the Vietnam War. The Grover Farm is located next to Grover Middle School and there is also a neighborhood behind the school.
[edit] Classes
Seventh graders get to pick one elective, and eighth graders get to pick two electives. In sixth and seventh grade, students have their electives every other day and have physical education in place of the days that do not have electives. Eighth grade students have electives opposite each other in somewhat complicated 2-day schedules.
Cycles are extra curricular classes that each student is assigned to every year. Each cycle is a fraction of the year, and each cycle is a different subject. For example, in the 7th grade each cycle is a marking period, on alternating days, and are either Technology, Health, Music, Computers, Art, or Life Skills.
[edit] A Day and B Day Classes
A and B Day Classes are two forms of the standard schedules that alternate every day. Throughout the year, students go to their A and B Day Classes depending upon if it is a B Day or an A Day. For example, if a student had Gym on an A Day, he or she is required to attend their elective on a B Day. As of 2006, the above schedule system is only used by grades 6-7. 8th graders scedules had them attending gym every day for 30 days, followed by 30 days of cycle classes. On A and B days, their two chosen electives would alternate.
[edit] Schedules
Because the district integrated Reading and Language arts, there are only 4 team subjects: IRLA, Math, Social Studies, and Science. So in this case, the team subjects get an extended period of time, averaging 60 minutes each, while the other subjects get 40 minutes. So in a school day there are 4 60-minute classes and 4 40-minute classes. There are 3 minutes in between every class.
[edit] Staff
- Principal: Steven J. Mayer
- Assistant Principals: Ms. Beverly Krocker; Mr. Samuel Hendrickson
- Guidance Counselors: Linda D’Orlando, Lead; Dawn Gilchrist; Jennifer Mastro
[edit] World Languages
Students in Grover are required to pick one world language for their 3 year stay at middle school. Languages offered are Spanish, French, Chinese and German.
