Tilden Middle School

Tilden Middle School
Address
11211 Old Georgetown Road Rockville, Maryland, 20852 United States
Information
Established	1967
School district	Montgomery County Public Schools
Principal	Irina LaGrange
Vice principal	Jeffrey S. Leaman, Manyia Jules-Desroches
Number of students	766 (2009–2010)
Student to teacher ratio	9.6 (2009–2010)
Hours in school day	6:45
Color(s)	Gold and Blue
Mascot	Timmy the Timberwolf
Rival	North Bethesda Middle School
Newspaper	The Tilden Howl
Website	Tilden Home Page

Tilden Middle School is a public middle school for students in grades 6, 7 and 8 located in Rockville, Maryland. Students who attend Tilden are from the following elementary schools Farmland, Garrett Park and Luxmanor. After completing 8th grade, students go on to attend Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland.

History

Tilden was originally located at 6300 Tilden Lane Rockville, MD 20850. At the time it feed into Woodward High School. Woodward High School was closed after 1987. Tilden then moved into the Woodward location and the old Tilden location became the middle school holding site for Montgomery County middle school students while other middle schools are rebuilt. The Tilden mascot used to be the Tilden Trojans.

The Tilden building was once called Charles Woodward High School, but the name was changed after Montgomery County Public Schools decided to create North Bethesda Middle School, which reduced Tilden's student population below high school standards. It is named after Samuel J. Tilden.

Awards and recognition

Tilden is among the few public middle schools in Maryland to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 9 out of 10. This school has an average Parent Rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 15 parents.

Performing arts

Tilden is well known for its musical program, which includes orchestra, band and chorus. The Chorus and Advanced Band won first place at regional competitions and Advanced Orchestra took second during the 2006–2007 school year. Advanced Orchestra took third place and Advanced Band took second place during the 2009-2010 year.During the 2010-2011 year, Advanced Orchestra took first place and Advanced Band took first place overall in their category.

Tilden also make it their business to butcher classic musicals by making students perform far out of their vocal range, and outstanding example of such awful behaviour was tildens 'les miserables', which they then had the cheek to put up for public consumption on youtube. Despicable.

Clubs and activities

Tilden is known as the only school in the county to have a journalism program.

Moving Back to Original Site

Montgomery County Public Schools officials plan to move Tilden Middle School out of its current facility and into a newly renovated school by 2017. It would be moved back to a modernized Tilden Holding Center on Tilden Lane (where it was originally located before 1991). The Tilden Holding Center is currently used as a holding school for county middle schools. A feasibility study is scheduled for 2013, which will determine the scope and cost of the Tilden modernization. With the recent reopening of Northwood High School in Silver Spring, the county no longer has a holding facility that can accommodate a high school. The current site of Tilden would fit that bill once the Tilden students return to their original building.

Notable alumni

Brian Transeau [(BT (musician)] - Electronic musician and composer

External links

• Tilden statistics from MCPS
• Montgomery County Public Schools website