Hilliard Memorial Middle School
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Hilliard Memorial Middle School is one of three middle schools in Hilliard, Ohio
Hilliard, Ohio
Hilliard is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,435 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hilliard is located at . It is bordered on the east by Upper Arlington, on the north by Dublin, on the south by Galloway and Columbus, and to the west lies open farmland...

, and is a part of the Hilliard City School District
Hilliard City School District, Franklin County, Ohio
Hilliard City School District is a high-performing public school district located in Hilliard, Ohio, northwest of the city of Columbus. The school district contains all of what was once Norwich and Brown townships....

. The principal of the middle school is Mr. Barry Bay. The school's mascot is the jaguar
Jaguar
The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...

, and this middle school will eventually feed into the school district's third high school, Hilliard Bradley High School. Memorial Middle School shares the middle school population with Hilliard Weaver Middle School
Hilliard Weaver Middle School
Hilliard Weaver Middle School is a Hilliard City School District school and it is one of three middle schools located within the Hilliard City School District in Hilliard, Ohio. The school's principal is Mr. Craig Vroom and assistant principal Katie Windham. Weaver's mascot is the wildcat, and it...

 and Hilliard Heritage Middle School
Hilliard Heritage Middle School
Hilliard Heritage Middle School is one of three middle schools, along with Hilliard Memorial Middle School and Hilliard Weaver Middle School, in the Hilliard City School District, located in Hilliard, Ohio. The principal of Hilliard Heritage is Ms. Joyce Brickley, and the assistant principal is...

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Administration

Memorial Middle School is headed by its principal, Mr. Barry Bay and its assistant principal, Mr. Sam Disalvo. The school has two guidance counselors, one for the seventh grade and one for the eighth grade.

Seventh grade

Students are required to take one credit of language arts
Language arts
Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language arts are Literature and Language, where language in this case refers to both linguistics, and specific languages....

; one credit of math, which may be in Math 7, Advanced Math 7, or Algebra 1 (a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 credit); one credit in science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

; one credit in social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...

; one credit in health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...

 and physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....

; and one credit in unified arts, consisting of four courses: art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....

, home economics
Home Economics
Home economics is the profession and field of study that deals with the economics and management of the home and community...

, industrial technology
Industrial technology
Industrial technology is the field concerned with the application of basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of industrial engineers and managers...

, and math fundamentals.

Students may choose to take elective courses to complete a final credit. The options for seventh graders are all in music, and consist of band
School band
A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors...

, choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

, and orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...

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Eighth grade

Eighth grade students are required to take one credit of language arts; one credit of math, which may be in Math 8, Algebra 1 or Geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....

 (the latter two being high school credits); one credit of science; one credit of social studies; and one half-credit in physical education. Their remaining half-credit may be taken in art, home economics, industrial technology, or foreign language survey.

During their elective period, eighth grade students may choose a music credit or a foreign language credit. The music options are choir, band, and orchestra. Foreign language options, which count as a high school credit, include Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

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Teams

The seventh and eighth grade students are separated into teams. The three seventh grade teams are Jaguar Team, Memorial Team, and Paw Team. The three eighth grade teams are Blue Team, Silver team, and Black team.

See also

  • Hilliard City School District
    Hilliard City School District, Franklin County, Ohio
    Hilliard City School District is a high-performing public school district located in Hilliard, Ohio, northwest of the city of Columbus. The school district contains all of what was once Norwich and Brown townships....

  • Hilliard Weaver Middle School
    Hilliard Weaver Middle School
    Hilliard Weaver Middle School is a Hilliard City School District school and it is one of three middle schools located within the Hilliard City School District in Hilliard, Ohio. The school's principal is Mr. Craig Vroom and assistant principal Katie Windham. Weaver's mascot is the wildcat, and it...

  • Hilliard Heritage Middle School
    Hilliard Heritage Middle School
    Hilliard Heritage Middle School is one of three middle schools, along with Hilliard Memorial Middle School and Hilliard Weaver Middle School, in the Hilliard City School District, located in Hilliard, Ohio. The principal of Hilliard Heritage is Ms. Joyce Brickley, and the assistant principal is...

  • Hilliard Davidson High School
  • Hilliard Darby High School
  • Hilliard Bradley High School
  • Hilliard, Ohio
    Hilliard, Ohio
    Hilliard is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,435 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hilliard is located at . It is bordered on the east by Upper Arlington, on the north by Dublin, on the south by Galloway and Columbus, and to the west lies open farmland...


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