Nathan Hale Middle School
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Nathan Hale Middle School is a middle school in Norwalk
, Connecticut
, Fairfield County
, United States of America. Nathan Hale is the top middle school in Norwalk due to the outstanding test scores of the class of 2007. It feeds into Norwalk High School, a high school with a renowned music program. The school is named after American Revolutionary War
figure Nathan Hale
, who departed from Norwalk to undertake his doomed spying
mission.
On 14 May 2008 Nathan Hale was selected as a Spotlight School award recipient by the New England League of Middle Schools from among 12 competing schools. It is one of only a few middle schools to have received the award throughout New England. With the award Nathan Hale will represent NELMS as one of their Spotlight Schools for the next three years. It will host visitors from other middle schools from throughout New England to share teaching practices.
The student body is organized into 6 "teams" (teams of 5 teachers, of which approximately 100 students belong to each one), two in each grade. They are:
There is some level of competition between teams on the same grade.
The Gold team which was a combined team of 7th and 8th grade students was split due to the large class 7th grade class of 2010.
The school's students actively participate in the National Geographic Bee
, with a 6th grade Social Studies teacher as the organizer.
Electives in NHMS include family and consumer sciences, general music, chorus, band, orchestra, technology education, computers, and art.
A notable alumnus of the school was Wilfredo Perez Jr., a soldier who was
killed in action in Baquba, Iraq on July 26, 2003. Perez has been commemorated with
a bronze sculpture along the River Heritage Park along the west bank of the Norwalk River
.
The Nathan Hale Middle School began an "Adopt-a-Platoon" program in 2003 to also commemorate Perez. It is one of the oldest Iraq War charities in the state of Connecticut.
In 2001 faculty member Tedd Levy served on the National Center for Education Statistics
NAEP U.S. History Assessment Standing Committee.
Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city is 85,603, making Norwalk sixth in population in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, Fairfield County
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...
, United States of America. Nathan Hale is the top middle school in Norwalk due to the outstanding test scores of the class of 2007. It feeds into Norwalk High School, a high school with a renowned music program. The school is named after American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
figure Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British...
, who departed from Norwalk to undertake his doomed spying
Espionage
Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
mission.
On 14 May 2008 Nathan Hale was selected as a Spotlight School award recipient by the New England League of Middle Schools from among 12 competing schools. It is one of only a few middle schools to have received the award throughout New England. With the award Nathan Hale will represent NELMS as one of their Spotlight Schools for the next three years. It will host visitors from other middle schools from throughout New England to share teaching practices.
The student body is organized into 6 "teams" (teams of 5 teachers, of which approximately 100 students belong to each one), two in each grade. They are:
- 6th grade:
- Blue
- Red
- 7th grade
- Purple
- Yellow (formerly Gold)
- 8th grade:
- Orange
- Green (formerly Gold)
There is some level of competition between teams on the same grade.
The Gold team which was a combined team of 7th and 8th grade students was split due to the large class 7th grade class of 2010.
The school's students actively participate in the National Geographic Bee
National Geographic Bee
The National Geographic Bee is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The bee, held every year since 1989, is open to students in the fourth through eighth grade in participating American schools.The entities represented at the national level are all fifty U.S....
, with a 6th grade Social Studies teacher as the organizer.
Electives in NHMS include family and consumer sciences, general music, chorus, band, orchestra, technology education, computers, and art.
A notable alumnus of the school was Wilfredo Perez Jr., a soldier who was
killed in action in Baquba, Iraq on July 26, 2003. Perez has been commemorated with
a bronze sculpture along the River Heritage Park along the west bank of the Norwalk River
Norwalk River
The Norwalk River is a river in southwestern Connecticut, approximately long. The word "Norwalk" comes from the Algonquian word "noyank" meaning "point of land".-Description:...
.
The Nathan Hale Middle School began an "Adopt-a-Platoon" program in 2003 to also commemorate Perez. It is one of the oldest Iraq War charities in the state of Connecticut.
In 2001 faculty member Tedd Levy served on the National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
NAEP U.S. History Assessment Standing Committee.