Earle B. Wood Middle School
| Earle B. Wood Middle School | |
|---|---|
| File:Woodmiddleschoolrockville.png | |
| Location | |
14615 Bauer Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20853 | |
| Coordinates | 39°05′36″N 77°06′27″W / 39.093382°N 77.107501°WCoordinates: 39°05′36″N 77°06′27″W / 39.093382°N 77.107501°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Middle School |
| Established | 1965[1] |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Principal | Traci L. Townsend[2] |
| Assistant Principal | Matthew Freiman[2] |
| Assistant Principal | Roy Liburd[2] |
| Grades | 6–8[1] |
| Enrollment | 970[1] (2015–2016) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9.3[1] |
| Hours in school day | 6.75[1] |
| Campus size | 8.5 acres (3 ha)[3] |
| Area | 152,588 square feet (14,176 m2)[3] |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Mascot | Mustangs |
| Website | www |
Earle B. Wood Middle School is a public school for students in grades 6, 7, and 8, located in Rockville, Maryland.
Wood Middle School's students generally live in Rockville or Aspen Hill.[4]
Students who graduate from Lucy V. Barnsley, Flower Valley, Maryvale, Meadow Hall, or Rock Creek Valley elementary schools may generally attend Wood Middle School.[5] Graduates of Wood Middle School may generally attend Rockville High School.[5][6]
Academic[edit]
According to Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers assessments of the students, 56 percent of eighth-grade students met or exceed expectations in reading, and 45 percent of eighth graders met or exceeded expectations in mathematics.[7] Of Newport Mill Middle School's students, 13 percent are enrolled in special education.[8]
Extracurricular activities[edit]
Athletic teams at Wood Middle School include basketball, cross country, soccer, and softball.[9]
Clubs at Wood Middle School include Book Club; Sign Language Tuesdays; Cue, Sign, and Service; ELO Academic Support; First Lego League–Robotics Club; Flying Aces Club; Green Team; Gymnastics Intramurals; Homework Hangout; Intramural Sports; Jazz Band; Makerspace Club; Pit Orchestra; Poms; Wood Writers; and Yearbook Club.[9]
Student body[edit]
During the 2015–2016 school year, Wood Middle School had 332 sixth graders, 326 seventh graders, and 312 eighth graders.[1] The school's capacity is 952, while its total enrollment is 970.[1]
Of Wood Middle School's students, 38 percent are Hispanic/Latino, 32 percent are White, 13 percent are Black/African American, 11 percent are Asian American, and 5 percent are multiracial.[1]
Faculty[edit]
Traci L. Townsend serves as principal, and Matthew Freiman and Roy Liburd are assistant principals.[2]
Wood Middle School has 87 teachers and 40 support staff.[1] Of its teachers, 92 percent have at least five years of teaching experience, and 44 percent have at least fifteen years of teaching experience.[1] One teacher at Wood has over 40 years of teaching at this middle school.
Awards and accomplishments[edit]
In 2009, Gerald "Jerry" Bush III, a teacher at Wood Middle School, received the Middle School Teacher Excellence Award from the Technology Education Association of Maryland.[10] Bush was teaching a class called "Applied Robotics Engineering-Computer Aided Drafting and Design".[10] The following year, Wood and his students visited the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division to test submarines that they had created.[11]
Eighth-grader Jack Conger competed in the Potomac Valley Swimming U-14 Junior Olympic Championships in 2009.[12] Conger set a national record in 200-yard backstroke in his age group.[12] Conger came in first place in ten different competitions, and he set seven different meet records.[12]
Wood Middle School's students came in second place in a national Battle of the Books competition held at Gallaudet University in May 2014.[13] As part of the competition, students read assigned books and then discussed the books with their teammates.[13] Points are scored by answering questions about the books' characters, events, and themes.[13] The competition encourages reading by middle schools who are deaf or hard of hearing.[13]
Facility[edit]
Earle B. Wood Middle School is a 152,588-square-foot (14,176 m2) building, with a campus of 8.5 acres (3 ha).[3] The building has a capacity of 952.[1]
Seventeen school bus routes serve the students.[14]
History[edit]
The school was built in 1965.[1][15]
Wood Middle School received a $16.2-million renovation in 2001.[1][16] The renovation modernized the inside of the school and expanding the building from 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) to 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2).[17] While the renovation work was underway, students and teachers had classes at the Tilden Center in North Bethesda for two school years.[17]
In 2007, Wood Middle School was one of the first three middle schools in Montgomery County to begin a new, more rigorous curriculum that included interactive technology-based teaching and additional guidance counselors.[18]
In 2009, M. Nathaniel Barnes, Liberia's ambassador to the United States, visited Wood Middle School's Model United Nations class to talk about Liberia, diplomacy, and the role of ambassadors.[19]
in 2010, 150 of Wood Middle School's students participated in a youth baseball clinic with the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.[20] The students participated in running drills, batting practice, and pitching practice.[20] The youth baseball clinic was part of Live Positively: Get the Ball Rolling, an initiative to promote active, healthy lifestyles for children in the Washington metropolitan area.[20]
Gary Temple, a retired scientist from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, has taught genetics and virology to students at Wood Middle School since 2011.[21] Temple cut windows into eggshells to allow students to see developing chicken embryos.[21] Temple discussed the Zika virus and the Ebola virus. During a genetics lab, Temple inserted a jellyfish's gene into a single-cell organism to turn the organism from white to green.[21]
Namesake[edit]
The school was named after Earle B. Wood, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools from 1906 to 1915.[22] While Wood was in office, six elementary schools were built, and Montgomery County's number of high schools doubled from two to four.[22]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "Earle B. Wood Middle School - #820". Montgomery County Public Schools. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Administration". Earle B. Wood Middle School. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "14615 Bauer Drive, Rockville 20853-0000". Real Property Search. Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Wood MS 2016-2017 Service Area". Montgomery County Public Schools. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "About". Earle B. Wood Middle School. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ Butt, Jason; Stubbs, Roman. "Einstein running back Khalil Wilson's 299 yards keep him on pace for 2,000". The Washington Post. October 1, 2013.
- ↑ "PARCC Assessment Performance Results Summary - 2015: Wood Middle School". Maryland State Department of Education. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Earle B. Wood Middle: Students Receiving Special Services". 2016 Maryland Report Card. Maryland State Department of Education. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "After School Activity Booklet 2016-2017". Earle B. Wood Middle School. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Brachfeld, Melissa J. "Wood Middle teacher earns state award for inspiring students to learn". The Rockville Gazette. February 18, 2009.
- ↑ McEwan, Peggy. "To float or not to float, that is the question". The Rockville Gazette. February 10, 2010.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Beekman, Jennifer. "Wood eighth-grader announces arrival with backstroke record". The Rockville Gazette. April 1, 2009.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Kendall wins Battle of the Books competition". The Washington Post. May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Wood Middle School Arrival Routes Report". Montgomery County Public Schools. August 30, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Modernization Schedule". MCCPTA Testimony. Montgomery County Council of PTAs. November 15, 2006.
- ↑ Levine, Susan. "Cost Overruns Worry Educators; Old Schools Face Delayed Renovations". The Washington Post. August 24, 2000. p. ME3.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Subramanya, Manju; James, Candace. "Schools open doors for 1999-2000 year". The Rockville Gazette. September 3, 1999.
- ↑ Moore, Marcus. "Middle school reform passes unanimously". The Rockville Gazette. February 28, 2007.
- ↑ Brachfield, Melissa J. "Students get global perspective from Liberia's ambassador". The Rockville Gazette. May 13, 2009.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Wood students workout with the pros". The Rockville Gazette. October 27, 2010.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 St. George, Donna. "Genetics, evolution, the latest scary virus: These volunteers bring real-life science to the classroom". The Washington Post. August 19, 2016.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Biography of Earle B. Wood". Earle B. Wood Middle School. Montgomery County Public Schools'. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011.
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