Raymond J. Grey Junior High School

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The Raymond J. Grey Junior High School, commonly abbreviated as R.J. Grey Junior High, is a middle school located in Acton, Massachusetts. The school serves 7th and 8th-grade students in Acton and its neighboring town of Boxborough. Approximately 995 students attend the school. It is on Charter Road across from the Parker-Damon Elementary School.

1 History
2 Academics
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The building that is now Raymond J. Grey Junior High School was first built in 1957 as a high school, but, in 1966, the high school was moved to a larger building further down the street and the old high school building was converted to a junior high school and named "Raymond J. Grey" in honor of Raymond J. Grey, a former principal. The building was also renovated in 2002.

[edit] Academics

Each student at R.J. Grey is assigned to one of eight "teams", with four teams per grade level. These teams help divide the school into manageable parts. The teams are: 7 Green, 7 Red, 7 Orange, 7 Gold, 8 Green, 8 Red, 8 Orange, and 8 Gold. The number refers to the grade. Each team has about 120 students; 7th grade teams have five teachers, while 8th grade teams have four teachers. Each team's classrooms are located in a specific part of the school, so students do not have to walk far to reach their classes. Each team also has its own class schedule and special activities such as field trips. The teachers on a team interact closely with one another to coordinate these activities. The subjects taught are Math, Science, English, Social Studies, and World Language (French or Spanish). The 8th grade World Language teachers are not part of any team (hence why 8th grade teams have only four teachers), and teach students of all teams (although each individual class is made up of students of only one team).

R.J. Grey is one of the top ranked schools in the MCAS test. In 2005 the eighth grade ranked tenth on Math portion of the test and twenty-second on the Science portion in the state^[1]. The seventh grade placed thirtieth in the state in 2005^[2].