Andersen Middle School
Andersen Middle School, on Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, caters to a population of 6th to 8th graders from American military families. The school is under the Department of Defense Education Activity school system, and under the subsystem DDESS Guam. It has a 5-year accreditation obtained from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
In September 1997 the DoDEA opened its own schools for children of military personnel.[1]
Sports
They have Volleyball, Cross Country, Softball, Soccer, Basketball, and more.
History
Andersen Middle School was founded in 1997, and was scattered across Andersen Air Force Base. Classes for the original school were held in former Air Force dormatories, with many of the rooms having walls knocked out in order to enlargen the rooms. The original Library for the Elementary School was shared with the base Library for its first year. At times it has held classes in portable trailers. As of 2012, it is now permanently located in an air conditioned building.
Classes
Andersen Middle School has adopted the block scheduling system. The school has divided classes between two days: Blue day and Silver Day. Blue day consists periods 1-4, and Silver day consists of periods 5-8. they also switch out the rotation order of periods. The school decided they would have something called rotation A, B, C, and D. Each rotation has a different order of the way the periods are switched out. for periods on a blue day Rotation A is considered 1st, 2nd, lunch, 3rd and then 4th. rotation B is 2nd, 3rd, lunch, 4th, and 1st. rotation c is 3rd, 4th, lunch, 1st and then 2nd. rotation D is 4th, 1st, lunch, 2nd, and then 3rd. for periods on a silver day the roations are like this: A=5, 6, lunch, 7, 8. B=6, 7, lunch 8, 5. C=7, 8, lunch, 5, 6. and D= 8, 5, lunch, 6, and 7. The core classes are physical education, mathematics, science, social studies, reading, and language arts. The elective classes include Spanish, band, study skills, video production, culture and drama. The school also offers a special education program, as well as opportunities to take advanced courses from high school such as algebra and geometry.