Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School
| Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School | |
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| Address | |
| 7130 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, Virginia, 22043 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public Middle school |
| Established | September, 2005 |
| School district | Falls Church City Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Lois Berlin |
| Principal | Ann McCarty |
| Grades | 5-7 |
| Enrollment | 455 (2008-09 school year) |
| Mascot | Husky |
| Website | http://www.fccps.org/meh/ |
Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School (MEH) serves grades 5-7 in the Falls Church City Public Schools system. MEH is located in Idylwood, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, near Falls Church.[1][2]
The school is named for Mary Ellen Henderson, an African-American woman who was involved in the Civil Rights Movement and the NAACP. She helped opened a chapter of the NAACP in Falls Church and desegregate schools.
In about the 1920s, she agreed to reopen the Falls Church "colored school" which had been closed because there was no teacher. At that school she taught grades four through seven in one room. For 32 years she taught and served as principal at the "colored school." The two room school was overcrowded, had no indoor plumbing, running water, central heat, or janitorial services. After more than 20 years of lobbying the Falls Church school board for a new building, she completed a groundbreaking study in 1936, which highlighted the disparity between black and white schools.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Idylwood CDP." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.
- ^ "Directions." Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School. Retrieved on March 24, 2010.
- ^ Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 38°53′50.1″N 77°11′33.9″W / 38.89725°N 77.19275°W
