Virgil Middle School
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Virgil Middle School is a middle school in Los Angeles, California. This school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District and teaches classes to students who range from grades 6 through 8. The present enrollment of this school is approximately 2,800 students.
Several areas, including sections of Angelino Heights, are zoned to Virgil.
Virgil feeds into Belmont High School.
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[edit] Location
Virgil Middle School is at 153 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The students of this school district are predominately of Mexican-American and hispanic origin. This section of Los Angeles is bordered to the south by Los Angeles Koreatown, to the east by the Rampart section of Los Angeles and to the north by Hollywood.
[edit] History
Construction on the original school began in September of 1912. There were originally two hundred seventy-five students and fourteen teachers the first year of the school's operation. Construction was completed in 1916. The student body and faculty had more than doubled by that point in time.
During the World War I students from this school assisted the war effort by knitting garments for soldiers and collecting cans of food to help the Red Cross.
Construction on the second and current location of this school was completed in November, 1931. It possesses an art deco style of architecture. It was at this time the school was given the name "Virgil Junior High School".
Virgil will be relieved when Central Los Angeles Area Middle School 3 opens in 2008 [1].
[edit] Folklore
Local folklore says the school is haunted. The auditorium is said to be haunted by the ghost of a student in the room beneath the stage. Doors in hallways are said to open and close by themselves. Low moaning sounds have been heard on occasion. A bathroom is found to have ropes hanging from the ceiling where a student is alleged to have hung himself many years ago and there is a glowing clown-like apparition which seems to drift down the halls. These stories have been told for many decades.
[edit] General
The student paper of Virgil Junior High School was began in 1925.
The yearbook is called the "Virgiliad."
Several key scenes in the motion picture Grease (1978) were filmed at Virgil, and the film Halls of Anger (1970) starring Jeff Bridges.
[edit] Alumni
Many famous people have attended Virgil Middle School. Among them are:
- Richard Crenna, actor
- Melvin Gilbert, inventor
- Carole Lombard, actress
- Marilyn Monroe, actress
- Scott Shaw
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District 4 |
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| 7-12 schools | Eagle Rock High School |
| High schools | Belmont | Contreras LC | Fairfax | Franklin | Hollywood | Marshall |
| Middle schools | Bancroft | Le Conte | Virgil |
