Woodson K-8 School

Carter G. Woodson K-8 School is a Title I combined primary and secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States.

Woodson serves grades kindergarten through 8 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

The school was named after Carter G. Woodson.

History

Woodson was originally a middle school and served grades 6 through 8.

In spring 2002 nearby Carnegie Elementary School closed in order to make way for Carnegie Vanguard High School. Elementary school pupils who attended Carnegie Elementary School were moved to Woodson, and Woodson became a K-8 school.

chool uniforms

All Woodson students are required to wear school uniforms.

Elementary schoolers may wear white or light blue polo shirts.Middle schoolers may wear white or light yellow polo shirts.All students are required to wear khaki bottoms.

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform [" [http://www.tea.state.tx.us/field/uniforms.html Uniforms] ." "Texas Education Agency".] ; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.

Location

Woodson is south of the Sims Bayou. Carnegie Vanguard High School is across the bayou from Woodson. Worthing High School is several blocks north of Woodson. Woodson is located in a semi-rural blue collar African-American community.

tudent body

During the 2004-2005 school year, Woodson had 969 students [http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Woodson_Kthru8.pdf] .

92% of the students were African-American. 7% of the students were Hispanic. 1% of the students was Asian American. White Americans and Native Americans each made up less than 1% of the student body.

94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced lunch.

During the 2001-2002 school year (Woodson's final year as a middle school instead of a combined elementary and middle school), the school had 357 pupils (down from 394 during the previous school year). During the following school year, the school had 1,098 pupils. During the 2004-2005 school year, the school was down to 969 students.

Neighborhoods served by Woodson

Woodson's attendance boundaries include several Houston subdivisions located near the Sunnyside neighborhood.

Some houses close to Woodson are zoned from Kindergarten through 8th grade." [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/WoodsonES.pdf Wooodson Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

Sugar Valley, Cloverland, Almeda, Cullen Estates, City Park, Skyview Forest [http://www.kbhome.com/Community.aspx?CommID=00884909] [http://www.kbhome.com/Community.aspx?CommID=00884908] , Regal Oaks [http://www.beazer.com/FindHome/community.asp?LocationID=15&MetroID=30&CommunityID=1769] [http://www.ryland.com/find-your-new-home/11-Houston/1080-Regal-Oaks.html] , a portion of South Acres Estates, and a portion of Minnetex Place are served by Woodson for grades 6 through 8." [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/WoodsonMS.pdf Wooodson Middle Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

Woodson also serves unincorporated portions of Harris County (such as Brunswick [http://www.lennar.com/findhome/community.aspx?COMID=4331&DIVID=HOSLEN] [http://www.lennar.com/findhome/community.aspx?COMID=4333&DIVID=HOSLEN] [http://www.lennar.com/findhome/community.aspx?COMID=4332&DIVID=HOSLEN] , Brunswick Lakes [http://houston.roycebuilders.com/community/brunswicklakes/community_info.asp] , Brunswick Meadows [http://www.lennar.com/findhome/community.aspx?COMID=14337&DIVID=HSHNUH] , and Morningside Place) for grades 6 through 8.

Portions of Pearland are within the Woodson 6-8 attendance zone.

Feeder patterns

All students zoned to Woodson for elementary school are zoned to Woodson for middle school and Worthing High School for high school." [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/WorthingHS.pdf Worthing High School Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

Elementary schools that feed into Woodson's middle school program include:
*Woodson's elementary school program
*Reynolds [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/ReynoldsES.pdf Reynolds Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".] (parts)
*Almeda [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/AlmedaES.pdf Almeda Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Law [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/LawES.pdf Law Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Rhoads [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/RhoadsES.pdf Rhoads Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

Almost all students who are zoned to Woodson's middle school are zoned to Worthing High School. The small section of the Woodson middle school boundary east of Cullen Boulevard is zoned to Sterling High School. [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/SterlingHS.pdf Sterling High School Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

Notable alumni

Middle school
* South Park Mexican (Carlos Coy) - Also attended Milby High School - Rapper [http://www.houstonpress.com/2002-06-06/news/south-park-monster/2 "Houston Press" - "South Park Monster" Page 2] ]
* Scarface (Brad Terrence Jordan) [http://www.houstonpress.com/2002-06-06/news/south-park-monster/3 "Houston Press" - "South Park Monster" Page 3] ]

References

ee also

External links

* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/woodsonms/ Carter G. Woodson K-8 School]