| Herbert A. Ammons Middle School | |
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| Established | September 1997 at Hammocks Middle School, moved to current location in September 1998. |
| Type | Public |
| Students | 1,145 |
| Grades | 6-8 |
| Location | Miami, Florida, USA |
| District | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Campus | all portables |
| Colors | Blue gold and white |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| School hours | 9:10–3:50 |
| Website | ammons.dadeschools.net |
Herbert A. Ammons Middle School is a magnet school, in Miami, Florida in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. Ammons has a student body selected from throughout Miami-Dade county.
In March 2007 Ammons Middle School became the first officially-authorized International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme school-wide program in the Miami-Dade County Public School System and Miami-Dade County. Ammons currently offers a full Middle Years Programme curriculum to students in grades 6, 7, and 8.[1]
Ammons Middle School has achieved a Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) grade of "A" for 10 years in a row, and is currently aiming for its 11th year in a row.
Maria Costa, former assistant principal, is the principal for the 2009-2010 school year, following the departure of Irwin Adler, who led the school since its creation.
Ammons Middle School operates on a daily 5 by 5 (5x5) block schedule with classing alternating every other day between even- and odd-numbered periods. The school also requires every student in grades 6 to 8 to take a semester course of physical education, a semester course of a technology class and an Approaches to Learning class, as part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme curriculum. Due to budget cuts their swchool used to operate 1st 3rd 5th and 7th period along with 2nd 4th 6th and 8th. But now it is 1st 3rd 5th 7th and 1st 2nd 4th and 6th Students are required to do an IB portfolio in order to get their IB certificate.
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