Liberty Middle School (Virginia)

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Liberty Middle School is a public school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is one of the feeder middle schools for Centreville High School. They are both located on the same road less than two miles apart.

[edit] History

Planning was begun in 1995 for the school under the planning name Southwest County Middle School^[1] as the population of the surrounding area began to increase considerably. Students were bussed to Rocky Run Middle school, which is nearly six miles away. When construction was completed in 2002. the strain was removed from both Rocky Run and other surrounding schools such as Robinson Secondary School.

In 2005, Liberty Middle School's architectural design firm, Samaha Associates, P.C. entered Liberty's design into a national competition (the 2005 Exhibition of School Planning and Architecture, run by the Council for Education Facility Planners International (CEFPI)) where it noted as a "Project of Distinction." The budget for the design and construction of the 79-acre school site was approximately $26.25 million.^[2]

[edit] Academics

The school requires four core classes (Math, Science, History, and English) and P.E. for each student. Also, students can choose three electives (one in seventh grade, two in eighth). However, some electives are only for a semester or quarter instead of a full year, in which case a student may take more electives.

[edit] Demographics

Of 1100+ students (2006-2007), Liberty Middle School demographics is 77% White, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic

[edit] Teams

There are eight teams in the school:^[3]

7th grade: Pride, Navigators, All Stars, Patriots
8th grade: Rockets, Eagles, Wizards, Comets

[edit] Technology

Liberty has 651 computers, 7 computer labs including a graphic arts, science, and technology tools computer lab. It also has 10 mobile laptop labs and 15 Smart Boards.^[4]

[edit] Miscellanea

• Normally, FCPS names its middle schools after famous people. (e.g. Robert Frost Middle School) Liberty was a special exception, being built just after the September 11th, 2001 attacks.^{[citation needed]}

• Rachel Carson Middle School has the same design as Liberty.^{[citation needed]}

• Liberty has a baseball and soccer fields, but the students are prohibited to use them outside of PE.^{[citation needed]}

• The 8th grade class of 2004 was the first class to have spent both middle school years at Liberty Middle school and will graduate from Centreville High School in the spring of 2008. This class was also the class which voted on both the school's current mascot (the Lions), and the current names of the four 7th Grade teams (Pride, Navigators, All Stars and Patriots).

[edit] Feeder schools

Liberty is fed by Union Mill Elementary School, Colin Powell Elementary School, Centreville Elementary School, Centre Ridge Elementary School, Bull Run Elementary School, and Clifton Elementary School.^{[citation needed]} Some students also come from Willow Springs Elementary School.

[edit] References

1. ^ Deyamin, Lee Ann (10/20/2006). 1995 Bond Projects. Fairfax County Public Schools. Retrieved on 2/9/2007.
2. ^ Project Name: Liberty Middle School. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
3. ^ Song, Bonny (3/8/2004). Liberty MS Teams. Fairfax County Public Schools. Retrieved on 2/9/2007.
4. ^ Ellerments, Linda (8/23/2006). Liberty Middle School Technology. Fairfax County Public Schools. Retrieved on 2/9/2007.