Huffines Middle School

Infobox_School
name =J.L. Huffines Middle School
motto =
established =1997
type =Public
affiliation =
district =Lewisville Independent School District
grades =6-8
president =
principal =James Hill
head of school =
dean =
faculty =
staff =113
students =992
enrollment =
athletics =
conference =
colors =
mascot =Siberian Husky
free_label =Student/Teacher Ratio
free_text =12.9
free_label2 =County
free_text2 =Denton
location =1440 N. Valley Parkway
Lewisville, TX 75077
information =[phone]
website = [http://www.lisd.net/schools/huffines/ Official site]

J.L. Huffines Middle School is a junior high school in Lewisville, Texas. It educates around 1,000 students in grades 6-8 and is a part of the Lewisville Independent School District. The school was established in 1997. It has been ranked 287th out of 1511 Texas public middle schools (top 20%). [ [http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/2730007583/school.aspx?Entity=22&Grade=6 SchoolDigger.com] ] This is the school's tenth year anniversary. For their 2006-2007 school year's yearbook their theme and title was "It's All About 'U'". The school's namesake is the founder of a number of automotive dealerships which operate in and around the Lewisville and Denton County area.

Awards

The school received a national award, 'Best Middle School Newscast for 2006' by Channel One News, a daily news service for schools across the nation. The news is a big part of Huffines, and the report is called 'Channel 39 News'. It includes a lead and a sports report. Much of the news reporters (selected/auditioned students) appeared on Channel 1 with their opinion on school safety, during the 2006 first semester. There is a new cast each semester. [ [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/denton/lewisville/stories/DN-ch39news_17wes.ART0.North.Edition1.3dd21fa.html "Middle school newscast wins top honor"] , The Dallas Morning News, December 17, 2006] [ [http://www.channelone.com/fun/Winners/ "NO. 1 NEWSCAST & NO. 1 STORY WINNERS"] , Channel One]

Shaunea Alex (Class of 2010), who was an 8th grade student in 2006, was awarded 'The Student of the Month' for March 2006 by the Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce. [ [http://www.lewisville-chamber.org/newsletters/MarchInsider2.pdf "Shaunea Alex - Huffines Middle School"] , Insider, Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce, March 2006]

Feeder patterns

Elementary schools that feed into Huffines include: [ [http://www.lisd.net/lisdschools/feederchart.pdf "2006-07 LISD Feeder Chart"] , LISD.net]
* College Street
* Degan
* Valley Ridge
* Central (occasionally)

The school feeds into Killough Lewisville High School North and Lewisville High School.

Gold Performance Acknowledgments

Texas uses the Gold Performance Acknowledgments (GPA) to recognize schools and districts for performance on a range of indicators including, among others, test results in specific subject areas, college admission test results and attendance rates.

Huffines has been acknowledged by the Texas Education Agency for the following indicator(s): [ [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/achievement/tx/4322 TX Education Agency, 2005-2006] ]
*Commended Performance: Reading/English Language Arts
*Commended Performance: Writing

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)

TAKS Results (% meeting or exceeding standards)

Grade 6

*Reading
**96% (2006)
**91% (2005)
**91% (2004)
**94% (2003)The state average for Reading was 91% in 2006.

*Math
**90% (2006)
**89% (2005)
**90% (2004)
**95% (2003)The state average for Math was 79% in 2006.

Grade 7

*Reading
**88% (2006)
**89% (2005)
**94% (2004)
**94% (2003)The state average for Reading was 79% in 2006.

*Writing
**91% (2006)
**92% (2005)
**95% (2004)
**89% (2003)The state average for Writing was 90% in 2006.

*Math
**85% (2006)
**83% (2005)
**88% (2004)
**88% (2003)The state average for Math was 70% in 2006.

Grade 8

*Reading
**87% (2006)
**89% (2005)
**93% (2004)
**92% (2003)The state average for Reading was 83% in 2006.

*Science
**80% (2006)The state average for Science was 52% in 2006.

*Math
**89% (2006)
**87% (2005)
**71% (2004)
**81% (2003)The state average for Math was 67% in 2006.

References

* [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/tx/4322 GreatSchools.net]

External links

* [http://www.lisd.net/schools/huffines/ Official site]
* [http://www.huffinesband.com/ Huffines Middle School Band website]