- Meyzeek Middle School
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Meyzeek Middle School Location 828 South Jackson Street,
Louisville, Kentucky, 40203
United StatesInformation Type Public School district Jefferson County Public Schools Principal Mr. Chris Burba Grades 6-8 Enrollment 1120 Color(s) Red, black, white Mascot Bears Information (502) 485-8299 Website http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Schools/Middle/Meyzeek/index.html Albert E. Meyzeek Middle School (commonly referred to as Meyzeek Middle School or simply, Meyzeek) is a free public middle school, with grades 6-8, in the Smoketown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, just southeast of Downtown Louisville. Meyzeek is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools, one of the largest school districts in Kentucky. The school is on 828 South Jackson Street, and currently has 1120 students enrolled.[1] Meyzeek recently hired Mr. Chris Burba, an assistant principal from Westport Traditional Middle School, to take up the role of the principal there.
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History
The school was founded in the mid-1900s under the name Jackson Junior High in the Smoketown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The school was later linked to Booker T. Washington Elementary School, a large expansion to the building. Then, the two schools combined to create a large Jackson Junior High. The school was renamed in 1977 in honor of Albert Ernest Meyzeek, a Louisville civil rights leader and school principal. Meyzeek is also a rival school of Noe Middle School. In some cases, students have said that Kammerer Middle School is a rival, due to the fact it is a traditional school. Also, there have been rumors about Meyzeek being haunted, but many students claim that this is not true at all.[2]
Sports
Meyzeek is known for having one of the top middle school football and basketball teams in the city with Rajon Rondo being the most famous alumnus.
Rajon Rondo was known for playing on the Meyzeek Bears basketball team leading them to three national state basketball championships all three of his years in Meyzeek.
Grades
The school's three grades are separated into different locations within the building in order to prevent fights, quarrels, bullying and other forms of upperclassmen contact from occurring. Each grade level is also assigned a 'stairwell' in which people of their grade and their grade only are permitted to pass safely. Many students are unable to follow these principles during electives as their related arts are positioned in another grade's territory so in order to reach these periods they must pass through these restricted hallways. Students aren't normally punished for doing so. In the building, there are also two "flex" stairways in which any student from any grade is allowed to freely pass through.
The school is split up into 3 grades(ranging from 6-8) with about 375 people in each. Each grade is split up into 3 separate teams(6-1,6-2,6-3 and so on). There are approximately 125 people per team. Then, each team is split into 4 classes, consisting of about 30 to 32 people each. These classes are determined by the academics of the students. There are three types of classes. These are Comprehensive(students with basic skills; work is at district level; math is studied at level), Advanced(student with more advanced skills; work is above determined level; math studied one grade above level) and Accelerated or Integrated(students with outstanding skills; work is above determined level; math is studied two grades above level.) Only 7th and 8th Graders can be in an Accelerated class because an Integrated Math test is given to each Advanced student in the 6th grade towards the end of the year. Those 31 students achieving the highest score are selected to join into one(for the entire grade) 7th grade class. They become a part of the 8th Grade class in the future. Students have to have an average grade of all classes must maintain no lower than a C. Each team either has two comprehensive classes and two Advanced classes OR two comprehensive classes, one Advanced class and one Accelerated class.
Academics
Meyzeek is known for doing very well in many academic areas such as Mathcounts coached by Greg Moore, Science Olympiad ( where they have won at regionals for 7 years in a row) coached by Carol Bridgwater, Karen McCoy, and Victoria Johnston. Science Fair (where they won at state fourteen years in a row), and Quick Recall coached by Alexandra Moody. In Quick Recall, Meyzeek's biggest rival is Noe Middle School. However, in the school year of 09-10, Noe Middle School has only beaten their team once out of the countless times the two teams have faced each other. They (Meyzeek) also have had extremely strong, undefeated Chess teams that have won the State Team Chess Tournament in 1997, 1998, 1999, and, more recently in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.[3]
Notable alumni
- NBA player Rajon Rondo - Plays for the Boston Celtics.
- Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger
- Clothing Designer/Recording Artist Fresh Fit Franchize
See also
List of schools in Louisville, Kentucky
References
- ^ "Meyzeek Middle School". Greatschools.net. Great Schools, Inc.. http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ky/810. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ "Meyzeek's History". Meyzeek.org. http://jcps.jefferson.k12.ky.us/meyzeek/. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
- ^ Team Champions, KY State Chess Team Champion List (1988-Present)
External links
Categories:- Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
- Middle schools in Kentucky
- Magnet schools in Kentucky
- Public schools in Kentucky
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