Opened 1935 Phone +1 703-706-4500 Founded 1935 | Enrollment 1,223 (as of 9/2014) Number of students 1,287 Lowest grade Sixth grade | |
Website www.acps.k12.va.us/profiles/washington.php Address 1005 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301, USA District Alexandria City Public Schools Similar Bishop Ireton High School, Pathways To Graduation, Mark Twain Middle School, Gunston Middle School, Bush Hill Elementary School | ||
George Washington Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia, is located at 1005 Mount Vernon Avenue, part of Alexandria City Public Schools. Named after the nation's first president, it opened in 1935 as a high school; it consolidated the city's two previous schools, Alexandria and George Mason. In 1971, the city's school district moved to a 6-2-2-2 configuration, and reassigned its three high schools from four-year to two-year campuses. The newest, T.C. Williams, took all of the city's juniors and seniors, while Francis C. Hammond and George Washington split the freshmen and sophomores. Both became junior high schools in 1979, with grades 7-9, and middle schools in 1993, with grades 6-8.
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Beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, both were split into several smaller schools with George Washington split into the two schools, George Washington 1 and George Washington 2 and Francis C. Hammond split into Francis C. Hammond 1, 2, and 3. Superintendent Morton Sherman believes that smaller schools will provide, "...personalization, engagement, and customization for higher levels of achievement for all students." Both middle schools also began to follow the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme curriculum.
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A new high school in Alexandria was named for him in 1956, now a middle school.
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In 1965, GWHS hosted a pre-season American Football League game on August 7, between the New York Jets and Houston Oilers. It was a charity benefit sponsored by Kena Temple, the local Shriners organization, and was wrapped into the city’s annual "Alexandria Days" summer festival,—and was known for being the professional debut of Joe Namath.