- Belmont Middle School
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name = Belmont Middle School
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location = 110 N. Central Ave.
Belmont,North Carolina
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category =Public School
district =Gaston County Schools
grades = 6-8
enrollment = 646
principal = Audrey Devine
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conference = Gaston County Middle Schools (Division II)
colors =Kelly green ,navy blue , and white
mascot =Wildcat
main feeder schools = Belmont Central, North Belmont, Catawba Heights
main feeder school for = South Point High School,East Gaston High School
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website = [http://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/schools/belmontmiddle/ www.gaston.k12.nc.us/schools/ belmontmiddle]Belmont Middle School is a public
middle school in theGaston County Schools school district located in Belmont,North Carolina ,United States .The campus of Belmont Middle School is one of only four sites in the United States of "The Spirit of the Fighting Yank," a sculpture by Ernest Moore Viquesney. Based on the original created in 1943, this cast-zinc statue portrays a determined-looking GI carrying a Thompson sub-machine gun by his left side (later lost in the case of this statue), about to lob a grenade with his right hand. While Viquesney produced many GI-themed pieces with the coming of World War II, most of them were miniatures and this was the only one produced as a life-size monument. It is believed to have been cast by the Raphael Groppi Studio of
Chicago, Illinois . This particular statue was dedicated in 1946 after Viquesney's death. [ [http://doughboy_lamp.tripod.com/earlspages/id228.html Spirit of the Fighting Yank] , retrieved on 2008-07-26.] [ [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4108 WWII Monument in Belmont, NC] , retrieved on 2008-07-26.]Sports
Lost in the GCS Basketball Semi-Finals to a strong York Chester Middle School team led by Dominique Adams and Jordan Sanford.
References
External links
* [http://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/schools/belmontmiddle/ Official School Website]
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