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Markham Woods Middle School, or short form, MWMS,is located in seminole county, FL. It has a student body of approx. 850 students. The school logo is the mustangs and was voted for by the students. The school has many standard electives such as band, P.E./Gym, choire, art and computers. There are three major groups of students that they can be placed. The Gifted program, the Anvanced program and regular academics.
[edit] Grades
Markham Woods has three grades, 6th, 7th, and 8th. Each grade has an assistant principal.
[edit] Athletics
Although it does not have high school sports such as lacrosse, football and basketball, Markham Woods has competive athletic programs such as volleyball, cross country, and track. Volleyball is a year-round program while the track and cross country programs are by semester.
[edit] Cross-Country Running
The cross country running program starts up for all middle schools in Seminole county, FL in the late August area. It ends in Late october. Markham woods competes with other middle schools in the county such as Rock Lake, Millennium, Sanford, Indian Trails and Greenwood Lakes middle schools. Events in cross country are the mile, 2 miles and relay of a mile.
Track starts in late Febuary or early March. The program competes with the same schools as the cross country program. Track has events such as the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 400 meter dash, and the 400 meter relay.
[edit] Volleyball
Volleyball is the standard rules and plays with the same opponents as track and cross country. The program runs year round, the only school program in athletics to do so.
[edit] Administration
The principle of Markham woods is Mr. Roger Gardner. There are three assistant principals, one for each grade level. Mr. Rodney Bellamy is the assistant principal for the 6th grade. Mrs. Tina Johnson is the assistant principal for the 7th grade and Mrs. Margaret Gunderson is the assistant principal for the 8th grade.
[edit] Construction
The beginning of construction was in October of 2005. The School was finished and ready to open its doors around June of 2006. The first day the school was operating like a regular school would was on July 31,2006. This was just in time for the 2006-2007 school year to start.
[edit] Notability
The school is relevant becasue it is the newest school in central florida and has many award winning teachers such as Terry Porter, who is the P.E. teacher, who has earned many awards on the national level. It has been proven by the state census that it is the most racially equal school in the state of florida. The school also has the state of florida's 3rd best Mu Alpha Theta team according to the resulats of the compition. THe school also has the 5th best math counts team in teh state.
[edit] Sources
http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/schools/schoolinfopage.cfm?schoolnumber=0731 http://www.mwms.scps.k12.fl.us/MarkhamHome.html 72.189.42.252 02:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC) http://teachercenter.scps.k12.fl.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=4261
72.189.42.252 03:10, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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