Rachel Carson Middle School
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| Rachel Carson Middle School | |
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Decade of Dreams
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| near Herndon, Virginia 20171 |
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| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | August Frattali |
| Assistant principals | Shawn Brown |
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1,140 (2007) |
| School type | Public middle school |
| Grades | 7-8 |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Color(s) | Teal and black |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Feeds into | Westfield High School, Oakton High School, South Lakes High School, or Chantilly High School |
| Homepage | http://www.fcps.edu/RachelCarsonMS |
Rachel Carson Middle School is a middle school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, southwest of Herndon. The school is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Its principal is August Frattali. Opened in the 1998-1999 school year, it is named after the biologist Rachel Carson and has been a School To Watch in Virginia since 2004.[1]
Students attend either Westfield High School, Chantilly High School, Oakton High School, South Lakes High School, or other private Catholic schools as their high school. If they qualify, they may go to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. Students graduate from Floris, Crossfield, McNair, Fox Mill, Hunters Woods, Oak Hill, Waples Mill and other elementary schools to Rachel Carson.
School begins at 8:00 AM and ends at 2:50 PM. The school is divided into eight "teams" (also referred to as "pods"), which are very similar to the idea of high school sub-schools. The pods are as follows: 7th grade: All-Stars, Trailblazers (Gifted and Talented), Champions (Gifted and Talented), and Dream Team. 8th grade: Wolves (Gifted and Talented), X-Treme, Yellowjackets, and Dolphins (Gifted and Talented). Four of the pods offer GT classes. Each team has its own set of lockers, sometimes a computer lab, and core classrooms (Science, English, History/Civics, and Mathematics - unless students are taking 7 Honors, 8 Honors, Algebra 1, or Geometry 1). There are also a number of mobile computer labs equipped with Dell Inspirons laptop computers.
Every year, the school's motto changes. Last year's motto was: Go the Whole Nine Yards. That represents the 9 years Carson has been open. This year's motto is: Decade of Dreams, as 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of RCMS's opening.
The 7th Grade class of the 2005-2006 school year made RCMS history for having the highest GPA and enrollment since the school's opening in 1998.[citation needed]
The school offers a Japanese language immersion program and features the Gifted and Talented Center Program. The school has partnerships with EDS, the Scitor Corporation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[edit] Food Tampering Incidents
In April 2007, a seventh grader was charged with tampering with the food in the cafeteria.[2] The boy was alleged to have put a pin in an applesauce container. This is one of three April 2007 incidents involving food tampering at the school. The others, which were under investigation, included a pin in cranberry sauce and a pin in a yogurt. The student no longer attends Carson.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Schools to Watch. National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ Glod, Maria. "Boy Charged With Food Tampering", Washington Post, 2007-05-10, p. B05. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
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