Wilbur Wright Middle School
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Wilbur Wright Middle School | website | Enrollment: | Principal: Shawna Welch | Information: http://www.dps.k12.oh.us/schools/reportcards2006/WilburWrightJrHighSchool.pdf |
Background |
Wilbur Wright Middle School is an integrated learning school serving the middle school grades 7-8 in the Dayton Public Schools district of Dayton, Ohio, United States.
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[edit] History
Wilbur Wright Middle School was named for the older of the Wright brothers, Wilbur Wright, and started as an elementary school but quickly became one of the high schools in Dayton, Ohio. For at least the past decade, Wilbur Wright has been a middle school.
[edit] Location
Wilbur Wright Middle School and its sister school, Orville Wright Elementary, sit in the historic district of Huffman Hills in east Dayton. This is an area of historical significance for the Wright brothers. In particular, the Wright brothers perfected controlled flight on Huffman Prairie, a site now part of Wright Patterson Air Force Base and just east of Wilbur Wright Middle School.
[edit] References
Dayton Public Schools - Middle Schools - Wilbur Wright
[edit] External links
- Dayton Public School System website
- Wilbur Wright Library Catalog Link
- Wilbur Wright Middle School School Report Card
Historic Districts of Dayton, Ohio |
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Dayton View • East Third Street • Grafton Hill • Huffman • Kenilworth Avenue Old North Dayton (Kossuth Colony) • McPherson Town • Oregon • Paul Laurence Dunbar St. Anne's Hill • South Park • Webster Station • West Third Street • Wright Dunbar |