| Los Alamos Middle School "Home of the Hawks!" |
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"Healthy Atmosphere Where Kids Suceed"
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| 2101 Hawk Drive Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87544 United States |
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| School type | Public, Middle School |
| Founded | 1986 |
| School district | Los Alamos Public Schools |
| Principal | Rex Kilburn[1] |
| Vice-Principal | Vacant |
| Enrollment | 594 (2008) |
| Grade 7 | 294 |
| Grade 8 | 300 |
| Average class size | 16 |
| Color(s) | Blue, and Silver |
| Team name | Hawks |
| Website | http://www.laschools.net/lams/site/default.asp |
Los Alamos Middle School is the middle school for Los Alamos, NM, USA and is part of the Los Alamos Public School District. Los Alamos Middle School is the only middle school for the Los Alamos Public School District.[2]
The school was originally founded as Cumbres Junior High School in 1962, the town's second junior high school after the (now defunct) Pueblo Junior High School. When district enrollment declined heavily in 1986 the school board decided to close a junior high to save money. The district chose to keep the newer school, Cumbres, open and closed Pueblo in the summer of 1986. The school district wanted to make a clean break from the past and named the amalgamated school simply "Los Alamos Middle School". To address the difficulty of merging the former rival sports teams, the Pueblo Braves and the Cumbres Cougars, the school held an election for a new name, choosing "Hawks".