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This article was nominated for deletion on 9 December. The result of the discussion was Keep.

Rachel Carson Middle School was named after Rachel Carson, a well known author who wrote about problems in nature. THe middle school is located in Fairfax County, Virginia. Its mascot is the panther. The school is divided into two stories, the 1st floor for the 7th graders, and the top floor for the 8th grades. Each flor is divided into four "pods" or teams.

7th Grade- All Stars Team, Trailblazers Team, Champions Team, Dream Team

8th Grade- Xtreme Team, Dolphins Team, Wolves Team, Yellow Jacket Team

The four core classes (english, history, math 7/honors, and science for 7th; english, civics, algebra/geomatry, and chemistry for 8th) are usually held in the students' pod, while the electives (art, PE, IFL, Tech Ed., Tech Tools, etc.) can be held anywhere throughout the school.

Contents 1 Stub 1.1 Additions 1.2 Articles for Deletion debate 1.3 Fair use rationale for Image:CarsonMS.gif 1.4 WikiProject class rating 1.5 Second Articles for Deletion nomination

[edit] Stub

Should it really be called a stub? There is all the information to say about RCMS listed, for the most part, and encyclopedia articles can be short. There are short WorldBook articles! --68.98.162.253 21:40, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Additions

This article really needs to grow. PErhaps p[eople could add information about school activites and courses. That could make it a more informative article.

[edit] Articles for Deletion debate

This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. -Doc^g 02:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:CarsonMS.gif

Image:CarsonMS.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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I added a fair use template to the image, and filled it out to the best of my ability. If I screwed up, will somebody who knows better please correct it. Violaguy 17:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second Articles for Deletion nomination

This article survived another Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. While the first debate closed as "no consensus", this one ended up as "keep". I think the food tampering incident has contributed substantially to notability. --FlamingSilmaril 01:00, 11 December 2007 (UTC)