Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, also known as Hood, GHH, or GHHMS, is a middle school in Derry

Derry, New Hampshire

-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 33,109 people, 12,537 households, and 8,767 families residing in the town. The population density was 924.8 people per square mile . There were 13,277 housing units at an average density of 143.2/km²...

, New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

, in the United States

United States

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. It currently has about 950 students, and serves grades 6 through 8.

Original Building -1951

The building was first constructed in 1951 with around 15 classrooms. This part of the building, forming the middle part of the present-day school, is characterized by walls made of drywall

Drywall

Drywall, also known as plasterboard, wallboard or gypsum board is a panel made of gypsum plaster pressed between two thick sheets of paper...

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Addition - 1971

Around 1971, the school added the 3 story building with at least 30 classrooms. A cafeteria was added on the bottom floor with lockers in the hallway that have not been used since the 2004 addition. The cafeteria remained the same until the 2004 addition. This part of the building is characterized by whiteboard

Whiteboard

A whiteboard is a name for any glossy, usually white surface for nonpermanent markings. Whiteboards are analogous to chalkboards, allowing rapid marking and erasing of markings on their surface...

 walls.

Addition - 2004

In mid 2004, Eckman Construction built further additions for the school. In August 2004, the dining hall was completed. The old gym is now the library. The old locker rooms are now storage. The "new wing" is characterized by cinder block

Cinder block

In the United States, a concrete masonry unit – also called concrete block, cement block, and foundation block – is a large rectangular brick used in construction. Concrete blocks are made from cast concrete, i.e. Portland cement and aggregate, usually sand and fine gravel for high-density blocks...

 construction. The new classrooms have pod areas similar to the team areas at Derry's West Running Brook Middle School

West Running Brook Middle School

West Running Brook Middle School is located in the town of Derry, New Hampshire. The school was built in 1994 - 1995 and opened in September, 1995. The school has about 600 students.It serves grades 6-8. Each grade has 2 pods, or teams...

, with a "team area" including classrooms and lockers for that "team".

Athletics

Sports offered at the school include: baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, soccer, field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

, cross country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

, track

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

, Judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

, and cheerleading

Cheerleading

Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...

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