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Stanton Middle School (Kent, Ohio)
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Stanton Middle School is a public middle school located in Kent
, Ohio
, USA. It is the only middle school in the Kent City School District and serves the district's 810 students in grades 6-8. Located at the opposite end of the same campus that houses Theodore Roosevelt High School, it opened in 1999 as a replacement for the former Davey Middle School, which became an elementary school. Justin Gates was hired as principal in 2010.
. The campus also includes practice and playing fields for the various high school teams as well as a football
stadium
with an eight-lane all-weather track. Both high school and middle school teams utilize the facilities and practice fields.
The building is mostly a one-story structure with a small second floor in the academic wings on the north side. It covers approximately 143000 square feet (13,285.1 m²) and is designed to accommodate up to 1,200 students. The school itself is designed for use in the team-teaching method, so rather than wings of hallways lined with classrooms, there are "pods" or clusters of five classrooms each. There are nine "pods" in two wings on the northern side of the building which are connected by a central two-story media center adjacent to two art rooms. Each pod is designated with a specific color (green
, blue
, or purple
), with one color per grade section. Sixth graders occupy three pods in the area known as the "sixth grade wing" (northwest side of the building, first floor), while the seventh and eighth graders use the opposite wing on two floors known as the "seventh and eighth grade wing". Within the individual pods are the "teams", which can have as many as six teachers and as few as two.
The school is centered on the main entrance and the administrative offices. On the south end of the building are the co-curricular rooms for band, orchestra, and choir as well as the gymnasium and "auditeria".
Kent, Ohio
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 United States Census and 28,904 in the 2010 Census...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, USA. It is the only middle school in the Kent City School District and serves the district's 810 students in grades 6-8. Located at the opposite end of the same campus that houses Theodore Roosevelt High School, it opened in 1999 as a replacement for the former Davey Middle School, which became an elementary school. Justin Gates was hired as principal in 2010.
History
The Kent City School District first used the junior high concept in the fall of 1959 when Davey Junior High School opened at the building which had formerly housed Theodore Roosevelt High School. Originally, Davey served the district's seventh, eighth, and ninth graders. In 1980, ninth graders were moved to Roosevelt and for a short time Davey served just seventh and eighth graders before sixth-graders were sent to the school in 1986. Due to the size of the building, however, only students from two of the district's five elementary schools (Walls and Holden) were able to attend sixth grade at Davey, while the rest remained at their elementary schools. In 1993, the school was rededicated as Davey Middle School as the curriculum and structure were modified with the team-teaching concept. District leaders wanted a new school to not only house all the district's sixth graders together but to better fit the team-teaching structure being used. Kent voters approved a bond issue in November 1996 which provided funds for construction of a new middle school, renovations and additions to Roosevelt High School, and a renovation of the historic Davey building to be used as an elementary school. Construction began in October 1997 and the building was completed in September 1999. It is named in honor of Robert W. Stanton, who had served as principal of Roosevelt from 1952-1956 and later as superintendent of the district from 1962-1977.Campus
The school is located in northern Kent at the western edge of the 67.9 acres (27.5 ha) campus of Theodore Roosevelt High School. Previously, much of the current site had been a wooded area behind the district bus garage. Immediately adjacent to the school is the student and community weight room (housed in the former bus garage) and a small stadium, Stanton Stadium, which has a nine-lane all-weather track surrounding a field used for soccer and lacrosseLacrosse
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. The campus also includes practice and playing fields for the various high school teams as well as a football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
with an eight-lane all-weather track. Both high school and middle school teams utilize the facilities and practice fields.
Facilities
Green
Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered...
, blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
, or purple
Purple
Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
), with one color per grade section. Sixth graders occupy three pods in the area known as the "sixth grade wing" (northwest side of the building, first floor), while the seventh and eighth graders use the opposite wing on two floors known as the "seventh and eighth grade wing". Within the individual pods are the "teams", which can have as many as six teachers and as few as two.
The school is centered on the main entrance and the administrative offices. On the south end of the building are the co-curricular rooms for band, orchestra, and choir as well as the gymnasium and "auditeria".
See also
- Kent City School District
- Kent, OhioKent, OhioKent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 United States Census and 28,904 in the 2010 Census...
- Theodore Roosevelt High School