Goldenview Middle School

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Goldenview Middle School is a middle school for grades 7 and 8 located in Anchorage, Alaska with roughly 1000 students. Part of the Anchorage School District, Goldenview opened in 1997 after two years of construction and a total cost of $39 million. The school's name is derived from its panoramic “Golden View” that encompasses Cook Inlet, Redoubt Volcano, Flattop Mountain and Mount McKinley. As of 2004-5, 52 teachers teach at Goldenview. The current principal is Julie Maker. The school mascot is the Sun.

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[edit] Pod system

Goldenview Middle School is divided into nine 'pods' or 'teams', which are named after scientific terms and chemical elements. Four pods exist per grade:

All pods consist of four teachers each for Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Math. Language Arts and Science both have gifted and non-gifted classes, and Math classes are divided into Math 7, Pre-Algebra Math 8, Algebra, and provisionally Geometry and Algebra II and Trigeometry. Each pod ranges in size from 80 to 120 students, and classrooms for each pod and lockers for each pod's students are physically consolidated.

The current 7th grade pods include:

  • Cobalt
  • Titanium
  • Helium
  • Silver

The current 8th grade pods include:

  • Cosmos
  • Copper
  • Platinum
  • Neon

Special needs pod:

  • Atoms

[edit] Awards

  • In 1999, Goldenview placed second in the Exploravision/NSTA national science competition with a project involving implanted capsules for delivering anti-inflammatory medicine to dilate bronchial tubes in response to asthma attacks[citation needed].
  • In 2003, The school finished second in the Alaska MathCounts competition.
  • In spring, 2006, The school's journalism class (Goldenview Horizon Newspaper) won the first place award from the American Scholastic Press Association[citation needed].

[edit] References

  • "Fairbanks 'mathletes' win state competition", Anchorage Daily News, 2003-04-02, p. B5.
  • "Local students excel in science competition", Anchorage Daily News, 1999-07-20, p. D2.
  • Dunham, Mike. "Metal by a master: Renowned sculptor installs work at Goldenview", Anchorage Daily News, 1998-07-12, p. E2.
  • Shinohara, Rosemary. "Brand new schools put out welcome mat: Goldenview, Mirror Lake open their doors", Anchorage Daily News, 1997-09-02, p. A1.

[edit] External links

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