| Rocky Run Middle School | |
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| Location | |
| Chantilly, Virginia, United States |
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| Information | |
| Motto | Excellence in All Endeavors[1] |
| Established | 1980[1] |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | Matthew Eline[2] |
| Staff | 85[3] |
| Grades | 7 and 8[1] |
| Number of students | 1000 (2007)[1] |
| Schedule type | Eight-period day, lasting 6 hours and 50 minutes |
| Color(s) | Navy and gold ██ |
| Mascot | Rocky the Ram[4] |
| Website | http://www.fcps.edu/RockyRunMS |
Rocky Run Middle School (Cluster 7, Grades 7-8) is a public middle school in Fairfax County, Virginia.[5] As of September 2007, the school accommodates 814 students.[1] 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 that will soon be expanded.[6]
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All enrolled students are required to take five "core" classes, as follows:
Students can choose four semester-long elective classes, or two year-long elective classes. A combination of the both, (one year-long, two semester-long) is also permitted. Some electives, especially advanced classes, language courses, and music-related courses, are year-long choices, but most, especially for seventh-graders, are only semester-length classes.
Electives include[8]:
Some electives require auditions or screenings, such as advanced choirs, band classes, orchestras, or Theatre Arts. Foreign Language courses are credit courses for high school. These courses will affect the student's high school grade point average, if taken. Higher courses are also available online. Rocky Run has music warning bells.
The school enrollment in Rocky Run is divided into large sections, or teams.[9] There are eight teams at Rocky Run:
| 7th Grade | 8th Grade |
|---|---|
| Patriots | Trailblazers |
| Stars | Freedoms |
| Nationals | Eagles |
| Capitals | Liberty |
These teams each have their own teachers for the "core" courses, but students going to another team's teacher (cross-teamed) may happen based on electives, the honors program, and number of students enrolled.
On May 22, 2007, a thirteen-year-old girl who purchased lunch in the school cafeteria discovered a large pin in her salad container.[12] This incident is similar to the April 2007 Rachel Carson food tampering incident, but the two are believed to not be related.[13]
Rocky Run is predominantly white/non-Hispanic, with approximately 62% of its students belonging to this ethnicity. The Asian/Pacific Islander population is at around 22%, the second-highest ethnic group in the school.[14]
The attendance rate at Rocky Run is 97%, 2 percentage points above the Virginia state average of 95%.[14] In 2009, the eighth grade SOL results for reading (99%), writing (96%), science (98%), and math (99%) were higher than the state averages (87%, 89%, 90%, 85%, respectively). The seventh grade math and reading averages, which were 96% and 99%, were also higher than the state averages of 71% and 89%.[15]
Website:http://www.fcps.edu/RockyRunMS/
Profile: http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/schoolprofile/profile.cfm?profile_id=251
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