Clark Middle School

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CMS
Location
500 Hillside Rd.
Laredo, TX
Information
School district United Independent School District
Principal Rene Rodiguez
Enrollment

820+
Faculty 48
Type Public
Grades 6-8
Mascot Huskies
Color(s) Blue and Gold/Yellow
Established 1978
Information (956) 473-7500
Homepage cms.unitedisd.org

Clark Middle School is a middle school located in the north portion of Laredo, Texas, United States, and is a part of United Independent School District. Enrollment at Clark Middle school is estimated to be about 820 students. Unlike the other middle schools in the United Independent School District, Clark Middle School is landlocked on all sides and is not expected to gain as many students in the foreseeable future.

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[edit] History

Clark Middle school was opened up in 1978-79 school year in which United Independent School was just a few years old. At the beginning, Clark Middle served 4-6 grades. Also at the time, the school colors were Orange and White and the mascot was a Short Horn in order to reflect the fact it was a feeder school for United High School at the time. Before the 1994-95 school year, the school got a much needed overhaul. The gym which had been separate from the school, was connected via a new hallway that was built which included among other things, a new cafeteria for the school. In addition, the library was moved to the former cafeteria location which is in front of the main office now. Additionally, new hallway full of classrooms was also built on the west side of the school. Also, the grade levels were change to 6-8 grades during this time in order to help out the district from the sky rocket growth that the district has being experiencing. Finally, both the mascot, and the school's colors were changed to show that Clark Middle now feeds it students into John B. Alexander High School.

The School is named after Norman Clark, who donated the land for the school to be built. Mr. Clark was an onion farmer who moved to Laredo from Connecticut in the 20th century

Football

8th Grade Football Team 5-2 has already won lots of games against Trautmann and others

[edit] Standardized Dress

Starting in the 2006-2007 school year, students are required to follow standardized dress code provided by the district.

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform. Parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.

[edit] Feeder Schools

Feeder elementary schools include:

Clark feeds into John B. Alexander High School

[edit] External links


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