Fulmore Middle School

Fulmore Middle School is a middle school located at 201 East Mary Street in Austin, Texas [http://www.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=030/] .

Part of the Austin Independent School District, Fulmore is an urban school with approximately 1050 students. The school serves grades 6-8. The school's mascot is the falcon and its colors are royal blue and white.

Situated on historic Congress Avenue, Fulmore Middle School has well over a century of history delivering quality education to the children of Austin. In 1886, Fulmore was a one-room, white frame school house with a bell tower and a few eager students. Now, as we enter the 21 st Century, Fulmore has almost 800 students and a national reputation for excellence. Among the school's alumni is John Henry Faulk, the defender of the First Amendment, for whom the downtown public library is named. Former governor Ann Richards taught at Fulmore, as did the 1997-1998 Texas Teacher of the year, Joe Farley.

Fulmore is known for its many excellent programs as well as the rigor of its academic classes. Among the many honors Fulmore has received are the following:

Named the new Humanities and Law Magnet for International Studies

Recipient of a U. S. Department of Education Bilingual/ESL Enhancement Grant; Selected, along with three other schools in the Travis Vertical Team, by the Systemic Research Collaboration for Education in Mathematics and Technology at the University of Texas at Austin to be part of a $5 million research initiative to understand systemic reform efforts in mathematics in a feeder cluster Recipient of a grant from the Austin City Council to implement an after-school program for at-risk students Recipient of the Governor's Excellence Award for Dropout Prevention; Selected by the NEA's National Center for Innovation as the country's sixth Mastery in Learning Consortium Site Selected by the NEA's National Center for Innovation as a Learning Lab site; Selected as a professional development site by Southwest Texas State University, St. Edward's University, and the University of Texas at Austin Recipient of The Road Ahead grant from Bill Gates of Microsoft and the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, which was awarded to the Technology-Rich Learning Community (TLC) in sixth and eighth grade social studies Selected as one of the eight schools in the state to participate in the Title VI-Carnegie Middle School Project for the years 1995-98 Recipient of a grant from the TEA to implement an after-school program for at-risk students For the last two years, the student newspaper, The Falcon Cry, has received the prestigious Silver Star in state interscholastic competition. Fulmore is the only middle school in the state to be honored with a gold star. The honor band and honor orchestra yearly receive sweepstakes awards and place numerous students in the region band and orchestra. In addition, both receive top honors in the solo and ensemble contests. Fulmore is known for its open-door policy for sports and clubs, its bilingual literacy program,and special education programs that range from an exemplary state model in Content Mastery to services for the hearing-impaired community.

External links

* [http://www.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=030/ Fulmore Middle School at AustinISD.org]
* [http://www.austinschools.org/campus/fulmore/index.html/ Fulmore Middle School homepage]
* [http://www.iliketolearn.com/ Mr. Harris' Website at Fulmore Middle School]
* [http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&tp=1&tt=fulmore+middle+school&q1=Austin+TX+78723&trf=0&lon=-97.750039&lat=30.24461&mag=4 Map]