This list of Fairfax County Public Schools middle schools encompasses public middle schools operated by the Fairfax County Public Schools school district of Virginia, United States.
One middle school, Lanier Middle School, is located in the city of Fairfax. The others are located in incorporated and unincorporated areas in Fairfax County.
Rachel Carson Middle School (Cluster: 8; Grades: 7-8) is a middle school southwest of Herndon, and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Its principal is August Frattali. Opened in the 1998-1999 school year, it is named after the ecologist Rachel Carson and has been a School To Watch in Virginia since 2004.[1]
James Fenimore Cooper Middle School (Cluster: 1; Grades: 7-8, website), in McLean, is a public school named after the author James Fenimore Cooper. It opened in the 1962 school year. Students go on to attend Langley High School or perhaps Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria (Qualification Needed).
Students from Great Falls, Forestville, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, Churchill Road, and other elementary schools come to Cooper for middle school.
School begins at 7:50 AM and ends at 2:40 PM. Cooper Middle's principal is Arlene Randall. Books-A-Million has a business partnership with the school, having given its books for the school's book fair.
The school offers a partial-Japanese language immersion program for those who have taken the language in elementary school. Another program at Cooper is Mobile Team Challenge, an experiential team-building low ropes course designed to support the learning and emotional environment for the students.
Eighth graders have access to such electives as Journalism, Technology Education, Foreign Language, Music, Art, Drama, Tech Tools, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Special Education.
Seventh graders have access to some of the above.
There are three bands in Cooper; Cadet band, Concert band, and the most highest Symphonic band. The symphonic band usually eighth graders goes on overnight trips to other states or some times, overseas. In the 2010-2011 school year they went to Orlando, FL to disney for four days and three nights. The Concert band usually goes to Hershey park. The orchestra and choir are divided the same.
Cooper Middle School's Newspaper, The Hawkeye, was first published in 1962 and as of 2010 has made the transition to a News-magazine. The Hawkeye is written by Cooper's 150+ Journalism students. The magazine is edited and designed by an Advanced Journalism class which also designs the Pathfinder, Cooper's Award Winning Yearbook, and the Glimmerglass, Cooper's Literary Magazine.
Teams are organized by grade like high school sub-schools. The school has three eighth grade teams (Avalanche, Team Fusion, Tornadoes) and three seventh grade teams (Lightning, Tidal Waves and The Eclipse). In the school year 2011- 2012 they had changed the team names to 8th grade (Voyagers, Apollo, Vikings).
53.38% of the 966 students are male and 46.62% female; 77.48% were non-Hispanic Caucasians, 13.42% were Asian/Pacific Islander, 2.75% were Hispanic, 2.10% were African-Americans, and 4.44% were other.
Franklin Middle School (Cluster: 7; Grades: 7-8, website) is a public school in Chantilly. It was founded in 1984, is named after Benjamin Franklin and was originally called Franklin Intermediate School. In the early 1990s the name was changed to the current Franklin Middle School.
The school feeds into Chantilly High School, Oakton High School, and Westfield High School. It has 1053 students.
A total of 48% of teachers have a bachelor's degree, 52% have a master's degree, 0% have a doctorate degree. There is a 97% attendance rate.
There are eight teams at Franklin. Four are 7th grade teams, and four are 8th grade teams. The school mascot is a falcon.
| SOL Test | Percent Passing |
|---|---|
| Grade 7 English: Reading | 93% |
| Grade 7 Math | 96% |
| Grade 8 English: Reading | 94% |
| Grade 8 Science | 98% |
| Grade 8 English: Writing | 98% |
| Grade 8 Math | 94% |
Robert Frost Middle School (Cluster: 3; Grades: 7-8, website) is a public school named after the poet Robert Frost and located southeast of Fairfax.
Most students feed into W. T. Woodson High School for grades 9-12, but some feed into Falls Church High School, Oakton High School, and Annandale High School. Every year, around 30 students test into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
Frost's student body of 1066 during the 2007-2008 school year was 63.99% white, 20.80% Asian, 6.34% Hispanic, 3.54% Black, and 5.32% Unspecified. During the same school year, 5.78% of the student body received free/reduced-priced meals. 9.24% were classified as having limited English.
Frost has a GT center (FCPS Gifted and Talented). There are eight teams at Frost, four in the seventh grade (Cavaliers, Discovery, Endeavor, Travelers) and four in the eighth grade (Atoms, Explorers, Galaxy, Seekers).
As with many other middle schools in the area, chorus, orchestra and band classes take a trip to Busch Gardens near the end of the year.
Extracurricular activities occur every day of the week, with late buses offered on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Students have the option to stay after school on Tuesdays and Fridays, but they must have a ride home. The activities include:
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All students at Frost are required to do community service(Service Learning Project) each quarter. Seventh Graders must do a number of hours for the school year, and eighth graders must do 15–20 hours for the school year. There are several teachers who have things for the students to do, but they can also volunteer at a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, or similar location.
In 2007, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gave a lecture to the entire Seekers team at Frost. Scalia's grandson was a student there at the time. Later in 2011, the Justice Scalia gave another lecture to the Seekers team; his granddaughter being there at that time.
From 1999 through 2004 The Providence Players of Fairfax performed at Frost as "The Frost Players of Fairfax."
Ellen Glasgow Middle School (Cluster: 3; Grades: 6-8) is part of the Fairfax County Public School system. It was named for the novelist Ellen Glasgow. The school's mascot is the panther. Glasgow follows the modified school year calendar, which means students return to school two weeks earlier than most schools in the county and get out of school two weeks earlier. This is meant to give students more time to prepare for the state required Standards of Learning (SOL) tests.
The majority of the students feed into J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church. A few students may feed into other local high schools such as Annandale High School and Falls Church High School. Students have the option of testing for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and each year around ten students are offered admission to TJHSST.
Students at Glasgow participate in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP), and work towards earning an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in high school.[2] Glasgow also offers a Spanish Immersion program for students who have participated in an elementary school immersion program. In addition to this Glasgow offers a gifted and talented (GT) program. Some students may pupil place into Glasgow for the Immersion or GT programs.
Many students opt to stay after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays to participate in extracurricular activities. Students have the option of participating in various academic teams such as Girls Engineering in Math and Science (GEMS), Science Olympiad, and Math Counts. NJHS (National Junior Honor Society), a service club, is also available, but only for the eighth grade. They also have the opportunity to participate in various sports or games clubs. Students who demonstrate leadership skills and are creative can also run for the Student Government Association (SGA), in which they decide upcoming events for the school. Elections for "representatives" take place at the beginning of the year, while elections for "officers", such as president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer, take place at the end of the year for the following year.
On January 29, 2008, Glasgow students moved to a new building, built behind the old one. It was originally scheduled to be moved into during winter break, but it was changed until after the 2nd grading quarter ended.
Hayfield Secondary School is a secondary school, meaning it serves grades 7 through 12, but the high school and middle school students are generally kept segregated. The middle school has an honors (formally GT) program and the high school offers both honors and Advanced Placement courses. As of Spring 2007, the number of exams on which a score of 3 or higher was achieved (on a scale of 1-5) rose to 57% from 46% the previous year, the best results found on record for Hayfield.
Herndon Middle School (Cluster: 1; Grades: 7-8) is a school in Herndon. It feeds into Herndon High School. It consists of 8 different academic teams. As of the 2009-2010 school year, the school uses a "drop-block" schedule in which students skip one period every day, allowing for longer class times of 55 minutes. Students can choose from a variety of electives to complement their core classes.
The school offers several levels of classes including Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra, French, Spanish, Teen Living, Tech Education ("Shop"), art, and music education.
In 1995 the Herndon Middle School Band, under the direction of Ms. Noreen Liennemann, won the prestigious Sudler Cup, presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation to honor middle school concert bands that have demonstrated high standards of excellence over a period of years.
It was constructed in 1952, although recent renovations have been made due to the growing population of the community. It includes a historic Cold War-era fallout shelter.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School (Cluster: 3; Grades: 6-8, website), also known as Holmes Middle School, is a public school with an Alexandria address but is outside of the city limits. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system. It is named after Oliver Wendell Holmes. The current principal is Dr. Roberto Pamas.
Holmes is 24% African Americans, 22% White, 19% Asian, 33% Hispanic, and 5% Other.
Holmes Middle School was founded in 1966. In 1991, additional construction was started. In 2004, a whole new front area of the building was constructed including a new media center, office, and guidance office. That same year, Holmes became a member of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program.
These elementary schools feed into Holmes: North Springfield Elementary School (Springfield address), Weyanoke Elementary School (Alexandria address), Columbia Elementary School, and Parklawn Elementary School.
Holmes' 788 students move on to Annandale High School in Fairfax County's Annandale community. A few Holmes students attend Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a magnet school with an Alexandria address.
Langston Hughes Middle School (Cluster: 8; Grades: 7-8, website), named for the African-American poet Langston Hughes, is a public school in Reston in unincorporated Fairfax County. The principal is Aimee Monticchio.
The school was established in 1979 as Langston Hughes Intermediate School, and shared a building with South Lakes High School for the first year, and part of the second year of the school's history. The mascot is the panther, while the school colors are Navy Blue and Grey.
The school is built on the same floor plan as Rocky Run Middle School and feeds into South Lakes High School for grades 9-12. It is an "International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program" school in conjunction with South Lakes, and is also part of the "Model Campus" of South Lakes and Terraset Elementary school. All three schools share the same track, fields, etc.
There are seven teams (students are grouped into teams where kids on a specific team generally have the same core teachers) at Hughes. The seventh grade teams are named Comets, Super Nova, and Gamma Rays. Eighth grade teams are named Lasers, Stars, and Galaxy. There is one eighth and seventh grade team, the Meteorites.
| SOL Test | Percent Passing |
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| Grade 7 English: Reading | 92% |
| Grade 7 Math | 62% |
| Grade 8 English: Reading | 90% |
| Grade 8 Science | 96% |
| Grade 8 English: Writing | 97% |
| Grade 8 Math | 89% |
Washington Irving Middle School (Cluster: 6; Grades: 7-8, website) is a public school located in Springfield. It feeds into West Springfield High School. Some elementary schools that feed into Washington Irving Middle School are Cardinal Forest, Hunt Valley, Keene Mill, Orange Hunt, and Rolling Valley, Sangster, and West Springfield.
Irving is divided into eight teams, four seventh grade (Jaguars, Eagles, Explorers, and Dolphins) and four eighth grade (Patriots, Owls, Stars, and Roadrunners). All the members on each team have the same teachers for their core classes: Science, English, Math, and History/Civics. Irving's student body of 1208 is 62% White, 18% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Unspecified, and less than 1% Native American.
54% of teachers have a Bachelor's degree, 44% have a Master's degree, 3% have a Doctorate degree. There are 15 students per teacher. There is a 95% attendance rate.
The school has a chorus and four bands or orchestras: Beginning Band/Cadet, Concert 1, Concert 2, and Symphonic orchestra.
Luther Jackson Middle School (Cluster: 2; Grades: 7-8), located southwest of Falls Church and is one of 26 public middle schools in the county. It opened in 1954 as Luther Jackson High School, the first all-black high school in Fairfax County. This gave Virginia African-American students a closer option than schools in Washington DC.[3]
In 1965, when the county was integrated, the school was designated as Luther Jackson Intermediate School, which eventually changed to Luther Jackson Middle School. The school is named after Dr. Luther P. Jackson, an established historian and educator. It's mascot is a tiger and their colors are red and black/white.
The school is in the process of transitioning into a GT Center school to reduce overcrowding at Joyce Kilmer Middle School and Robert Frost Middle School.[4]
| SOL Test | Percent Passing |
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| Grade 7 English: Reading | 81% |
| Grade 7 Math | 36% |
| Grade 8 English: Reading | 78% |
| Grade 8 Science | 82% |
| Grade 8 English: Writing | 93% |
| Grade 8 Math | 76% |
Francis Scott Key Middle School (Cluster: 5; Grades: 7-8, website) is a public school in Springfield that feeds into Robert E. Lee High School.
Key's student body of 1010 is 31% White, 25% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 17% Black, 4% Unspecified, and less than 1% Native American.
A total of 41% of teachers have a Bachelor's degree, 59% have a Master's degree, and less than 1% have a Doctorate degree. There is a 96% attendance rate.
There are six teams at Key, three in the seventh grade (7A-The Adventurers, 7B-The Bulldogs, 7C-The Champs), and three in the eighth grade.
Joyce Kilmer Middle School (Cluster: 2; Grades: 7-8, website) is a public school named after the journalist and poet Joyce Kilmer.
The school feeds into James Madison High School, Oakton High School, George C. Marshall High School, Langley High School and McLean High School.
Kilmer has a GT program for students who have been determined to be "Gifted and Talented".
The school offers many electives for both 7th and 8th graders. Some include Family And Consumer Sciences (Home EC), Drama, Tech Tools, Inventions and Innovations, Technological Systems, and Advanced Technology Tools. Kilmer is also known for its outstanding Band program. Under the direction of conductor Brett Dodson, the Kilmer Symphonic band has been recognized as one of the best middle school bands in the state.[5] In addition to its band program it also has a chorus and string orchestra. The strings program offers violin, viola, cello, and bass.
48% of the teachers have a Bachelor degrees, 52% have Masters degrees. There are 19.5 students per teacher. There is a 97% attendance rate.
Kilmer's student body of 961 is 60% White, 21% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% Unspecified, 4% black, and less than 1% Native American.
Lake Braddock Secondary School is a combined junior-high and high school in Burke administered by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). It is one of four secondary schools in Fairfax County, the other three being Hayfield Secondary School, Robinson Secondary School and South County Secondary School. Opened in 1973, Lake Braddock has recently completed an extensive renovation project. Its mascot is the Bruin Bear, and its school colors are purple and gold.
Sidney Lanier Middle School (Cluster: 7; Grades: 7-8) is located in Fairfax.
Liberty Middle School (Cluster: 7; Grades: 7-8, website) is one of the feeder middle schools for Centreville High School. They are both located on the same road less than two miles apart.
The school requires four core classes (Math, Science, History, and English) and P.E. for each student. Also, students can choose three electives (one in seventh grade, two in eighth). However, some electives are only for a semester or quarter instead of a full year, in which case a student may take more electives.
Of 1100+ students (2006–2007), Liberty Middle School demographics is 77% White, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic
There are eight teams in the school:[6]
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Middle School (Cluster: 1; Grades: 7-8, website), north of Falls Church, is a public school named after the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is a two story building with two gymnasiums, one cafetorium, and a "Little Theater." It also has a trailer section called the "Villas of Lancer Park" and a two room "mini mod." The principal is Carole Kihm, who became principal on May 19, 2008.
The student body in 2010 – 2011 was 24% Asian, 59% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 5% Other.[7]
Elementary schools that feed into Longfellow include Chesterbrook, Haycock, Kent Gardens, Franklin Sherman, and Timberlane. Additionally, some students come from Lemon Road, Westgate, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, and Churchill Road Elementary school. Most of Longfellow's 1200 students go to McLean High School, but some go to Langley High School, Marshall High School, or Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, although they must apply and be accepted to the latter as it is a magnet school though in recent years Longfellow ha become a big dump feeder school to Thomas Jefferson.
The school has two gymnasiums, two playing fields, a basketball court, and a quarter mile gravel track. After-school activities at Longfellow include flag football, basketball, and tennis. Once a year the students at Longfellow participate in an annual track meet with Thoreau Middle School and Cooper Middle School. Longfellow's current mile run time record is 5 minutes 11 seconds by David Galdo. The school had won many awards in mathematics and science, and is nationally ranked for its math department. On March 13, 2008, Margaret Spellings, the United States Secretary of Education, visited the school to publish a review of the math education in the United States and to get rid of "fuzzy math".[8] The school's mascot is the Lancer.
In early 2009, Longfellow Middle School introduced a new academic activity called "Lancer Time", a 20-minute period at the end of the day(somewhat related to study hall) which is intended to give students time to get help from their teachers without having to stay after school. Other classes, as well as hall passing time, were shortened to account for the new period.
In the school year of 2009-10, the 21 room modular building was removed and "Longfellow Villas" were added (villa is a groan- inducing name for a trailer). They are old trailers used to replace the modular building. The Villas are now on top of the tennis courts, so they are gone. Longfellow is going through renovation, so they added lockers,removed the gyms, removed doors, added doors, and removed a few classrooms as well.
School currently begins at 7:45 and ends at 2:40.
Longfellow will get a three story wing, a new media center, and two new gyms by the end of 2011.
Alumni include actor/singer Jared Leto and his brother, and drummer of 30 seconds to mars, Shannon Leto
Edgar Allan Poe Middle School (Cluster: 3; Grades: 6-8) is named after the author Edgar Allan Poe. Its mascot is the Raven. Sonya Swansbrough is the principal.
Most students feed into Annandale High School or J.E.B. Stuart High School. A select few also test into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
Poe's 1,188 students during the 2007-2008 school year were 37.37% Hispanic, 23.57% White, 23.74% Asian, 11.70% Black, and 3.62% unspecified.
During the same school year, 51.68% of the student body received free/reduced-priced meals and 45.12% were classified as having limited English.
James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, the largest school in the Commonwealth of Virginia, includes a middle school (grades 7-8) and a high school (grades 9-12), was named after Medal of Honor recipient James William Robinson, Jr.
Robinson opened its doors in September 1971, taking its students from Oakton High School, Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, West Springfield High School and Fairfax High School. Robinson was the second of Fairfax County's large "superschools," or "Secondary Schools" which housed grades 7-12. Robinson's chief rival to the east, Lake Braddock, which opened in 1973, was the third of these schools from this era, the first of which was Hayfield, near Mount Vernon which opened in 1969. The most recent addition to the series of secondary schools is South County in Lorton, which opened in 2005, taking its students from former Hayfield territory.
Rocky Run Middle School (Cluster: 7; Grades: 7-8) as of September, 2006, accommodates 819 students.[9] Being a GT (FCPS Gifted and talented program) magnet school, it is fed by many elementary schools, including Brookfield, Bull Run, Greenbriar East, Greenbriar West, Poplar Tree, Willow Springs, and Centreville. The school is located on the borders of many suburban neighborhoods and is on Stringfellow Road, a main road soon to be expanded.
Carl Sandburg Middle School (Cluster: 4; Grades 7-8) is located south of Alexandria. In 1985, Fort Hunt High School was renamed Carl Sandburg Middle School. Carl Sandburg's planetarium has a Spitz A4 planetarium projector, a 30-foot-diameter (9.1 m) dome, and 76 seats.
South County Secondary School is a secondary school in Lorton, part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system, opened in September 2005. The school mascot is the Stallions, and school colors are green, blue, and silver.
Ormond Stone Middle School (Cluster: 8; Grades: 7-8) on Stone Road, named after the Ormond Stone, opened in 1991.
Henry David Thoreau Middle School (Cluster: 2; Grades: 7-8), is located east of Vienna.
Thoreau is a feeder school for James Madison High School and George C. Marshall High School. Additionally, because of the 2008 redistricting in Fairfax County, some of Thoreau's students (who previously lived in the James Madison High School district) were redistricted to Hughes Middle School and South Lakes High School. Thoreau offers several advanced classes, including French 1, Spanish 1, Algebra 1, and Geometry. Thoreau's electives include Drama, Inventions and Innovations, Introduction to Foreign Languages, Computer Solutions, Advanced Computer Solutions, Personal Development, Basic Skills, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Art. Students in both 7th and 8th grade are able to take honors classes for all core classes (foreign language is not included). Spanish and French are an option.
Mark Twain Middle School (Cluster: 5; Grades: 7-8) is located south of Alexandria. It is located in cluster 5 and feeds into Thomas A. Edison High School. The school has 837 students.[10] The school is named after the famous writer Mark Twain.
Twain students are assigned to teams of approximately 125 students. Each team is coordinated by the four core teachers (from English, mathematics, science and social studies), a guidance counselor and an administrator. They are the Quasars, Thunderbirds, Superstars, Pathfinders, Mustangs, Patriots and Aces. Mark Twain Middle offers the Gifted and Talented program, Special Education program, and ESOL.
As of June 2005, the school's racial/ethnic breakdown was: 15 percent Asian, 18 percent black, 22 percent Hispanic, 40 percent white, 5 percent other.[11]
Walt Whitman Middle School (Cluster: 4; Grades: 7-8) is located in Alexandria.
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