Ellenville Middle School

Infobox School
name = Ellenville Middle School

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imagesize = 300px
caption = School front entrance in 2007
streetaddress = 28 Maple Avenue
city = Ellenville
state = NY
district = Ellenville Central School District
zipcode = 12428
country = USA
coordinates = coor dms|41|43|06|N|74|23|18|W
principal = Glenn Bollin
viceprincipal = Jean Stewart
viceprincipal_label = Assistant principal
staff = 42PDFlink| [https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2006/AOR-2006-622002060005.pdf 2005-06 New York State School Report Card, Accountability and Overview Information for Ellenville Middle School] |520 KiB ]
avg_class_size = 17
ratio = 13:1
gender = Coed
schooltype = Middle school
fundingtype = Public
enrollment =
grades = 5-8
language = English
campus type = small town
opened = 1996
status = open
closed =
students = 542
grade5 = 134
grade6 = 124
grade7 = 144
grade8 = 140
communities = Ellenville, Cragsmoor, Town of Wawarsing
main_feeder_school_for = Ellenville Middle School
homepage = [http://www.ecs.k12.ny.us/middle/index.html Middle School: Ellenville CSD]
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Ellenville Middle School educates students in grades 5 through 8 in the Ellenville Central School District, based in Ellenville, New York, USA and serving that village and much of the surrounding town of Wawarsing, including Cragsmoor. It is located between the district's elementary and high schools behind the district offices off Maple Street in the village.

Like the other two buildings, it was rebuilt in 1996. A 69,500-square foot (6,255 m²) addition was built at that time.cite web|title=ACCI-CM client: Ellenville Central School District|url=http://arriscontracting.com/projects/cm-ellenville-csd.html|accessdate=2007-12-16] It is connected to the high school via an enclosed walkway from the southwestern corner.

All students in the school are assigned to one of three "academies" within it, for all grades: Lincoln,cite web|title=Middle School Lincoln Academy|url=http://www.ecs.k12.ny.us/middle/lincacad.html|accessdate=2007-12-24] Jeffersoncite web|title=Middle School Jefferson Academy|url=http://www.ecs.k12.ny.us/middle/jeffacad.html|accessdate=2007-12-24] or Washington.cite web|title=Washington Academy|url=http://www.ecs.k12.ny.us/middle/washacad.html|accessdate=2007-12-24] In 2002, the school experimented with a partial return to single-sex education, offering some subjects in all-male or all-female classes, an experiment which the principal supported as it had, he believed, worked well when it had been done in the nearby Liberty school district. Parents had the opportunity to opt their children out, but only 15-20% did so.cite journal|last=Lenzer|first=Jeanne|title=Boys and Girls Alone:An Investigation into Single-Sex Public Schools|year=2003|month=October|journal="Chronogram"|url=http://archive.chronogram.com/issue/2003/10/feature/|quote="...parents can 'opt out' if they want their children in co-ed classes. Only 15 to 20 percent did."] The three-yearcite news|title=You'd better keep 'em separated|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1007/p12s02-legn.html|publisher="Christian Science Monitor"|date=October 27, 2003|accessdate=2007-12-24] pilot program was ended in 2005, although the district claimed it had seen improvements in attendance and discipline during the first year.cite news|last=Masterson|first=Teresa|title= Single-sex classes earn high marks in Ellenville|url=http://www.midhudsoncentral.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=8508290&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=8|publisher"Daily Freeman"|date=June 22, 2003|accessdate=2007-12-24] In 2003, the school was classified as a "School in Need of Improvement" under the U.S. No Child Left Behind Act due to an insufficient number of students taking the state's eighth-grade English Language Arts and math tests.cite news|last=Masterson|first=Teresa|title= Ellenville, Germantown fail federal test|url=http://www.midhudsoncentral.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=10138394&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=8|publisher="Daily Freeman"|date=September 10, 2003|accessdate=2007-12-24] which the principal blamed on student absences on test days. A year later the school had sufficiently improved,cite news|last=Earley|first=Steve|title=Eight local schools classified as underperforming|url=http://www.midhudsoncentral.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15206520&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=6|publisher="Daily Freeman"|date=September 14, 2005|accessdate=2007-09-14|quote=Removed from the state list this year was Ellenville Middle School, which had been cited for subgroup and participation shortfalls in eight-grade English ... The state now makes exceptions for students who miss tests because they are ill, which is why he said the school missed the quota.] but in 2007 it again fell short.cite news|last=Brooks|first=Paul|title=4 more schools fail to meet fed standards|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071221/NEWS/712210343|publisher="Times Herald-Record"|date=December 21, 2007|accessdate=2007-12-24]

That year the school also began a joint program with The Nature Conservancy, which manages the nearby Sam's Point Preserve along the nearby Shawangunk Ridge near Cragsmoor. Part of a movement called "place-based education", it uses the natural resources of the preserve to help students learn not only math and science skills but also area history.cite news|last=Lee|first=Cara|coauthor=Debi Duke|title=Connecting kids and nature|url=http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/NEWS04/711180305/1006/NEWS|publisher="Poughkeepsie Journal"|date=November 18, 2007|accessdate=2007-12-24]

References

External links

* [http://www.ecs.k12.ny.us/middle/index.html School website]