Mount Vernon Middle School

Mount Vernon Middle School
Type Middle School
Principal William White
Students 950
Grades 6-8
Location 298 Martinsburg Road,
Mount Vernon, Ohio, Ohio, USA
Colors Orange and black
Mascot Yellow Jacket
Website http://www.mt-vernon.k12.oh.us/middle/

Mount Vernon Middle School is a 3 year middle school in the Mount Vernon City School District. It is the only middle school in the district. The official mascot is a yellow jacket, (previously a lion but changed in 2008), and the official school colors are orange and black.[1] The school received national attention with the firing of John Freshwater, an 8th grade science teacher accused of branding a student with a Christian cross and teaching creationism in the classroom.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Mount Vernon Middle School". Mount Vernon Middle School. 2010. http://www.mt-vernon.k12.oh.us/middle/. Retrieved 2010-10-22. 
  2. ^ "Creationist teacher in Ohio to be fired". National Center for Science Education. June 21, 2008. http://ncse.com/news/2008/06/creationist-teacher-ohio-to-be-fired-001673. Retrieved 2010-10-22. 
  3. ^ "Recommendation in the Freshwater case". National Center for Science Education. January 10th, 2011. http://ncse.com/news/2011/01/recommendation-freshwater-case-006403. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 

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