Liberty Middle School (Virginia)

Infobox School
name=Liberty Middle School
established=2002
type=Public school
principal=Peggy Kelly
assistant_principals=Doris Evens, Shawn Spear, Jesse Hudson
location=Clifton, VA
enrollment=1100+
mascot=Lion
free_label=Feeds Into
free_text=Centreville High School
homepage=http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/LibertyMS/
colors=White and Blue
free_label1=Square footage
free_text1=180,000

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.

History

Planning was begun in 1995 for the school under the planning name Southwest County Middle School [cite web| last =Deyamin| first =Lee Ann| title =1995 Bond Projects| publisher =Fairfax County Public Schools| date =2006-10-20| url =http://www.fcps.edu/fts/designconst/1995bond.htm| accessdate =2/9/2007] 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.cite web
title=Project Name: Liberty Middle School
url=http://www.cefpi.org/archexhibit/memberdisplay.esiml?year=2005&jid=725
accessdate=2007-02-14 ]

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.

Demographics

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

Teams

There are eight teams in the school: [cite web| last =Song| first =Bonny| title =Liberty MS Teams| publisher =Fairfax County Public Schools| date =3/8/2004| url =http://www.fcps.edu/LibertyMS/team.htm| accessdate =2/9/2007 ]

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

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. [cite web
last =Ellerments
first =Linda
title =Liberty Middle School Technology
publisher =Fairfax County Public Schools
date =2006-08-23
url =http://www.fcps.edu/LibertyMS/tech.htm
accessdate =2/9/2007 ]

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.Fact|date=March 2007

* Rachel Carson Middle School has the same design as Liberty.Fact|date=March 2007

* Liberty has a baseball and soccer fields, but the students are prohibited to use them outside of PE.Fact|date=March 2007

* 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).

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.Fact|date=March 2007 Some students also come from Willow Springs Elementary School.

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