Schaghticoke Middle School

Schaghticoke Middle School is a Grades 7-8 public school in New Milford, Connecticut. Its principal is Dana Ford. Its address is 23 Hipp Road in the Northville section of New Milford. The school is named after a Native American tribe indigenous to the area.

History

The school was built in 1971, and extensive renovations were done in 1993. One of the highlights of those renovations was the construction of a large library media center, with skylights, in the middle of the building. The first principl of the school was Dr. Tassak. Schaghticoke Middle School originally was for students in Grades 6-8, but since the opening of Sarah Noble Intermediate School, it now contains just grades 7 and 8. The enrollment for the 2009-10 school year was 782 students, virtually evenly split between the two grades.

Campus

There are a total of five fields on the school’s grounds. including a lacrosse, field hockey, soccer, baseball, and softball field. Each one is used regularly by school teams, and town teams. There are also two tennis courts, now used as basketball courts. There are also two inside facilities used for sports: the gym and multipurpose room. The school has a total of 119 rooms. Some of the most important are the school’s library media center, and the three computer labs. The Library Media Center has 19 computers. The Practical Arts room and the Industrial Arts room are also two of the most important rooms in the school. The Practical Arts room has a total of five ovens, a washer and dryer, five microwaves, and six sinks. The sewing side of the Practical Arts room has seventeen working sewing machines for the use of students. There is a large cafeteria in the center of the school that houses four lunches each day. In each lunch wave, about two hundred students gather to eat. Overall, Schaghticoke Middle School has a fairly large campus, and many important rooms.

Curriculum

Schaghticoke offers Math, Science, English, Social Studies, World Language, Reading, Band, Chorus, Industrial Arts, Practical Arts, Gym, Art, Health and Music. For Math they offer 7th and 8th grade Basic Skills, 7 Math, 7th and 8th grade Pre-Algebra, 7th and 8th grade honors Algebra, and 8th grade Geometry. There are eight Math teachers in Schaghticoke, one for each team. For Science, there is 7th grade life science and 8th grade physical science. There are eight science teachers. For English, they teach 7th grade English and 8th grade English. There are eight English teachers. For Social Studies, they teach 7th grade World History and 8th grade Civics. There are eight Social Studies teachers. For World Language, Spanish, French, and German are taught. There is one French teacher, one German teacher, and four Spanish teachers. They teach Reading, and there are 3 teachers for this class. Band is an option. There is one teacher! For Chorus there is one teacher. For Industrial Arts, they teach Wood Shop and Metal Shop. There is one teacher for each. For Practical Arts, they teach Sewing and Cooking. There is one teacher for each. For Gym, there are four teachers. For Art, there are two teachers. For Health there is one teacher, and it’s only taken in eighth grade. And for music, the chorus teacher teaches that as well.

Extracurricular activities

Clubs / Activities : The Bully Busters- to stop the bullying and gossip in the school Leo Club- community service organization Art club- to draw after school and hang out with other artsy people Chess Club- Learn how to play chess Mock Trial- Learning about law Drama Club- Productions Student Council- offers opportunities for student to become involved in developing and running programs that would benefit the entire school Year book committee- to have fun and help create the school year book Morning announcements- Say the pledge and any announcements needed for the day 7th and 8th grade Bands- Learn and play instruments 7th and 8th grade chorus- To sing Sports- interscholastic and intramural Academic Assistance- to help with students with homework

Sports- Soccer- there is a girls and boys team which is interscholastic; the coaches are Mrs. Morin, Mrs. Donovan, and Miss. Holden. Cross Country- a combined boys and girls team, interscholastic and intramural, and coached by Mr. Wall, and Mrs. McGuiness. Volleyball- intramural boys and girls coached by Mr. Wall and Miss. Blood. Field Hockey- interscholastic and intramural, girls only, coached by miss. Blood. Basketball- boys and girls team, interscholastic and intramural Coached by Blood, Hibbard, Mumma. Flag Football- intramural boys and girls, coached by Mr. Wall Track and field- boys and girls interscholastic, coached by Wall, and McGuiness.

Student Council: Things they did: Dinner Dance Launch Pad Change for change Celebration of excellence Hope Haiti Coordinator, R. Hicks 7th grade advisor, S. Stoughton 8th grade adviser, C. Concilio

External links

http://www.newmilfordps.org/sms/