Spotsylvania County Public Schools

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Spotsylvania County Public Schools
Grades	k-12
Accreditation(s)	28
Students	24,000
Website	http://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/

Spotsylvania County Public Schools is a public school district in the vicinity of Spotsylvania, Virginia. It consists of 16 Elementary, 7 Middle, and 5 High Schools and have a total enrollment of over 23,000 students. The Spotsylvania County Schools division also has one Career and Technical Center and participates with other local school systems to offer the Commonwealth Governor's School. The district also partners with area businesses to develop learning opportunities for the students.^[1] Also Spotsylvania County Public Schools works with the area Parks and Recreation to help maintain the area around the Schools ( Football Fields, Soccer Fields, etc.).

Contents 1 District Overview 2 Elementary schools 2.1 Battlefield Elementary School 2.2 Livingston Elementary School 2.3 Brock Road Elementary School 2.4 Courthouse Road Elementary School 3 Middle schools 3.1 Battlefield Middle School 3.2 Chancellor Middle School 3.3 Ni River Middle School 3.4 Spotsylvania Middle School 3.5 Freedom Middle School 3.6 Post Oak Middle School 3.7 Post Oak Middle School External Links 4 High schools 5 Other Schools 6 External links 7 References

[edit] District Overview

Spotsylvania County was formed in 1721 and is located along the I-95 corridor, 42 miles (68 km) south of Washington, D.C. and 58 miles (93 km) north of Richmond, Virginia. It is one of fastest growing counties in the commonwealth of Virginia and district size mirrors that with an enrollment increase of more than 27% from 1999-2005. A large segment of the county remains rural, however as of the 2000 Census, approximately 90,395 people lived within the county boundaries. The School Board is composed of seven members elected to oversee the school administration. The school division had 3,144 full-time employees including 1,788 teachers with a student teacher ratio of 12.8 to 1.^[2]

The quality of education in the district has been on the rise,^[3] and an annual review is conducted to ensure quality maintenance. Currently, 25 of the district's 28 schools are fully accredited by state standards with the other three accredited with a warning.^[4] The district also benefits from the dedicated support of a nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation charged with raising money to strengthen the quality of instructional programs in the district.^[5]

[edit] Elementary schools

• Battlefield Elementary School
• Berkeley Elementary School
• Brock Road Elementary School
• Cedar Forest Elementary School
• Courthouse Road Elementary School
• Courtland Elementary School
• Chancellor Elementary School
• Harrison Road Elementary School
• Lee Hill Elementary School
• Livingston Elementary School
• R. E. Lee Elementary School
• Parkside Elementary School
• Riverview Elementary School, Spotsylvania
• Smith Station Elementary School
• Spotswood Elementary School
• Salem Elementary School
• Wilderness Elementary School

[edit] Battlefield Elementary School

Battlefield Elementary School is a public school for grades 0–5 and is located next to Battlefield Middle School. The school serves an attendance zone located in the northeastern portion of the county, extending southwest from the city limits of Fredericksburg to the Leavells Road corridor. This school conducts a theme each year. The goals, holidays, celebrations, discipline and instruction are based upon this theme. The current theme is superheroes.[1]

While the school involves great interaction with the children, it has no class rooms sometimes causing distractions. The only actual classrooms are down the fifth grade hallway including gym, art, and music.

[edit] Livingston Elementary School

Livingston Elementary School is located near Courthouse Road near Lake Anna Nuclear Power Plant. Livingston Elementary School made AYP in 2008. Livingston Elementary School is the home of the Eagles.

[edit] Brock Road Elementary School

Brock Road Elementary School is a public school for grades 0–5. It is located in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The school's mascot is the Bobcat and its school colors are green and gold.

[edit] Courthouse Road Elementary School

Courthouse Road Elementary School is a public school for grades k–5. Its mascot is the Red Cardinal and its school color is Teal

[edit] Middle schools

• Battlefield Middle School
• Chancellor Middle School
• Freedom Middle School
• Ni River Middle School
• Post Oak Middle School
• Spotsylvania Middle School
• Thornburg Middle School

[edit] Battlefield Middle School

Battlefield Middle School is a middle school in Spotsylvania, Virginia. Battlefield Middle School was built in 1978 next-door to Battlefield Elementary School. The school serves middle school students from grades six to eight, and the population has had a rate increase of 6% each year for the past three years. As of September 2006 Battlefield Middle School had a total enrollment of 801 students.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Chancellor Middle School

Chancellor Middle School is located in northwest Spotsylvania County. The elementary schools which feed into Chancellor Middle School are Chancellor Elementary School, Battlefield Elementary School, Salem Elementary School and Harrison Road Elementary School. Graduates of Chancellor Middle feed into either Chancellor High School or Riverbend High School. This school has recently changed principles and is undergoing some changes. Be prepared to see changes in this section of article during this transaction period.

[edit] Ni River Middle School

Ni River Middle School is located in far northwest Spotsylvania County. The school opened in 1999, Mr. Michael Smith, the assistant principl has been there eight years, and the principle Mrs. Davis has just started her first year at Ni River Middle School in October 2008. The Instructional Coordinator is Ms. Robin Norman, and the school phone number is (540) 785-3990. Ni River Middle School has achieved increasingly higher scores on the Virginia Standards of Learning tests, is fully accredited, and has consistently achieved Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. Ni River Middle School houses grades 6, 7, and 8, in 139,000 sq ft (12,900 m²) of space, and enrollment is currently 750 students. Dr. Covert has been named Director of Human Resources for Spotsylvania County Schools.

[edit] Spotsylvania Middle School

Spotsylvania Middle School is located in eastern Spotsylvania County. The elementary schools which feed into Spotsylvania Middle School are Courthouse Road Elementary School, Courtland Elementary School, Robert E. Lee Elementary School, Parkside Elementary,and Wilderness Elementary School. Students from Spotsylvania Middle feed into either Courtland High School, Spotsylvania High School or Massaponax High School.

[edit] Freedom Middle School

Opened in 2003, Freedom Middle School is located in Spotsylvania County, Virginia across the street from Smith Station Elementary School. As of 2009, Freedom Middle School has achieved the Virginia Standards of Learning accreditation for the fifth straight year. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) has been met for the fourth year in a row. Freedom's school colors are red and black and its mascot is a tiger. Its music program is distinct in that it was awarded Virginia's highest honor of a "Blue Ribbon" [2] music school in 2007 for "Superior" ratings in its band, chorus and orchestra programs. It was the first middle school in Spotsylvania County to earn this award.[3]

[edit] Post Oak Middle School

Post Oak Middle School is located in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near Spotsylvania High School. The school was opened in 2006.^[6] at a cost of $25 million as a replacement for the deteriorating John J. Wright Middle School.^[7] Post Oak Middle School is the home of the PATRIOTS. In 2008, Post Oak Middle School made AYP for the first time ever. As of 2008, the theme is (Failure Is An Option) or FIAO. Post Oak Middle School is named after the area Post Oak, Virginia, which is less than half a mile away.after brock road post oak isi where you go.

[edit] Post Oak Middle School External Links

• The Official Site of Post Oak Middle School

[edit] High schools

• Chancellor High School
• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School
• Riverbend High School
• Spotsylvania High School

[edit] Other Schools

• Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Official site of Spotsylvania, Virginia

[edit] References