Pittsburgh Frick 6–8 Middle School

Infobox_School
name = Pittsburgh Frick 6-8


motto = Nothing in life is so complicated, that it cannot be achieved by discipline and hard work.
established = 1983
type = Public, International Baccalaureate
affiliation =
district = Pittsburgh Public Schools
grades = 6–8
president =
principal = Dr. Wayne N. Walters
head of school =
dean =
faculty = [http://frickms.pghboe.net/faculty.htm Faculty]
staff =
students =
enrollment = 536 as of 1-May-2007cite web |url=http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/FrickMiddleFactSheet.asp |title=Frick International Studies Academy Fact Sheet |accessdate=2007-05-12 |work=PPS Web Site ]
athletics =
conference =
colors = Blue and White
mascot = Dolphin
free_label = Representative
free_text = William Isler
free_label2 =
free_text2 =
location = 107 Thackeray Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 coord|40.443401|N|79.957773|W|type:edu|display=title
country = USA
contact number = 412-622-5980
website = [http://frickms.pghboe.net Frick ISA Middle School]

Frick ISA is a public school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The building the school is housed in was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places (ref # #86002668) on Sept. 30, 1986. [ [http://WWW.NR.NPS.GOV/iwisapi/explorer.dll?IWS_SCHEMA=NRIS1&IWS_LOGIN=1&IWS_REPORT=100000039 NPS NRHP database] ] [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/pa/Allegheny/state2.html National Register of Historic Places] ]

History

It was founded by Henry Clay Frick in 1927, as a training school for teachers. In 1983 it became a middle school housed at Dilworth School in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of East Liberty. It moved to its current site in the Oakland neighborhood in 1986.

International Baccalaureate Curriculum

Frick currently is using an IBMYP curriculum. IBMYP stands for International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. The IBMYP website can be found here: [http://www.ibo.org/myp IBMYP] The IBMYP is a curriculum that tries to teach 11-16 year old students about the world, and the responsibilities required as an adult. They implement extracurricular activities into the school program. They added a new feature called the S.A.C.K. (Service, Action, Community, Knowledge) book. In the book, the students must reach the goal of 10 hours of Community Service, 10 hours of action (sports, etc.), and an additional 10 hours of Creativity (art, etc.). The IBMYP dovetails into the International Baccalaureate at Schenley High School.

References

External links

* [http://frickms.pghboe.net Frick ISA Middle School]
* [http://www.pghboe.net Pittsburgh Public Schools]