Haverford Middle School

Haverford Middle School is a middle school located at 1701 Darby Road in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

The school, which serves grades 6 through 8, is a part of the School District of Haverford Township. All SDHT elementary schools feed into HMS, and all HMS students are also zoned to Haverford High School. The school serves all of Haverford Township, including Havertown and the Haverford Township portions of the unincorporated communities of Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Ardmore, Drexel Hill, and Wynnewood.

The school has 83 teachers on staff who provide a full academic curriculum for 1,274 students as of 2005. [http://pa.localschooldirectory.com/schools_info.php/school_id/72876]

The Haverford Township Day 5K Race begins at Haverford Middle School [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17323926&BRD=1725&PAG=461&dept_id=45529&rfi=6] .

History

The campus used for the middle school in 2006 was built in 1926 as Haverford Senior High School; the junior high school was established on the same campus in the 1930s. The post-World War II baby boom served as the catalyst for expansion of the schools in the district; in 1956, the new high school was constructed, leaving the middle school with all of the 1926 campus. [http://www.haverford.k12.pa.us/district/about/districthistory/] . The school is going under a three year renovation starting in the 07-08 year.

The Haverford Junior High School, grades 7-9, was converted to the Middle School, grades 6-8, beginning with the 1985-86 school year (Class of 1992).

Potter Cup

Once a year, since 2003, rivals Haverford and Paxon Hollow Middle Schools have competed in the Potter Cup, an annual pep rally and sporting event sponsored by Alex's Lemonade Stand. The event is well known in the immediate area, and the schools have raised over $100,000 for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. The parents of Alex Scott have personally attended the event, and the Alex's Lemonade Stand flavor Krimpets were first tried here. [http://www.alexslemonade.org/Potter_Cup.php] Haverford has won a majority of the games.

Student body

During the 2004-2005 school year, the school had 1318 students [http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/pa/other/1119] .
* 90% of the students were White
* 5% of the students were Asian
* 5% of the students were African-American
* Less than 1% of the students were Hispanic
* Less than 1% of the students were Native American

5% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch.

Miscellanea

* HMS uses high-restriction filtering systems for internet use
* HMS also uses Macintosh computers
* During the 2007-2008 school year the "teams'" (sections of each grade given animal name i.e. arctic falcons) teachers were all inter-changed due to the unfair advantage of some having "No homework", and more field trips.
* The school colors for Haverford are red and gold, and their mascot is the Model-T ford.

External links

* http://www.haverford.k12.pa.us/hms/
* [http://www.haverford.k12.pa.us/district/about/districthistory/ History of the School District of Haverford Township] on school district website