Peirce Middle School

Infobox School2
name = E.N. Peirce Middle School
established = 1960's
type = Secondary School
grades = 6-8
head_name = Principal
head = Dr. Anthony Barber
city = West Chester
state = Pennsylvania
country = United States
students = 0 students until school begins on 9/2/08
school_colors = Blue & White
mascot = Charger
website = [http://schools.wcasd.net/peirce]

Peirce Middle School (originally named West Chester North Junior High School) is one of 3 middle schools in the West Chester Area School District, Pennsylvania. The 4 elementary schools that feed into it are East Bradford Elementary, 70% of Hillsdale Elementary, 65% of Fern Hill Elementary, and Mary C. Howse Elementary. It teaches many subjects like English, Math, Science, Geography, History, etc. Each grade has 2 - 3 teams. There are also many extracurriculars and intramurals such as Drama Club and Jazz Band. Dr. Anthony Barber is the current principal. The mascot is the Charger, and the school colors are blue and white. Graduates of Peirce Middle School go on to Henderson High School

Features

The school is divided into several pods, or sections. There is A Pod, for the sixth graders, B Pod, for the seventh graders, and C Pod, for the eighth graders. Also, there are more pods, used for Unified Arts and other classes. In each pod, there is a computer lab, in addition to the one already in the media center.

Classes

The school week is divided into 6 days. While this may seem impossible, as students go to school for only five days per week, the days simply continue on. For example, if the school year started on a Monday, it would be Day 1, with Friday being Day 5. The following Monday would be Day 6, the Tuesday Day 1, etc.

Each student is required to take health, art, FCSC, gym, and a music class. For music class, a person could take chorus, band, or general music. Language options start in seventh grade. Students have a choice of French and Spanish in 7th grade. In 8th Grade Latin, German, and Italian are added to these choices.

Lunch times vary for each grade. For example, 6th grade students have lunch 4th period while, students in the 7th grade have lunch 5th period and 8th grade has lunch 6th.

PMS gossip incident

In January 2008, a student of Peirce created a cyberbulling blog about other students. It contained numerous libelous entries. Several students were called to the principal's office as a result. There, they were lectured by the school police officer. [ [http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2868249630277863230&postID=7568559912805722576 PMS gossip blog] ]

References

External links

* [http://schools.wcasd.net/Peirce/ Official website]