User:GRider/Schoolwatch
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Q: Can schools be encyclopedic?
A: Yes even Jimbo Wales thinks so.
File:Goschool.gif The following schools are under watch for continuous organic growth and improvement.
Listed on VfD
- Added 14 Apr 2005: Charter School of Wilmington -- One of the first charter schools in the United States. → In Progress
- Added 14 Apr 2005: Yucai high -- Experimental Chinese High School, notable alumnus Li Peng. → In Progress
- Added 15 Apr 2005: St. Louis School, Hong Kong -- Historical English language Catholic school founded in 1864. → In Progress
- Added 16 Apr 2005: William P. Clements High School -- Sugar Land, Texas high school, named after former governor. Founded in 1983. → In Progress
- Added 17 Apr 2005: Framingham High School -- On October 20, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) inside the school's gymnasium. → In Progress
- Added 17 Apr 2005: Metropolitan School District of Perry Township -- An entire school district which serves a township within Indianapolis, Indiana. → In Progress
- Added 19 Apr 2005: The Crescent School private all-boys school in Toronto that has frequently topped the list of best private schools in Canada. → In Progress
- Added 19 Apr 2005: Claremont School of Theology -- A graduate school located in Claremont, California. → In Progress
- Added 20 Apr 2005: Perins Community School -- A British secondary school which has been granted special sports college status. → In Progress
- Added 20 Apr 2005: Bishop Wordsworths School -- Alumni include an Oscar winning actor, Rugby Union world cup winning sportsman, and teacher who wrote the novel Lord of the Flies and won the Nobel Prize for literature. → In Progress
- Added 21 Apr 2005: Clover Park High School -- High school in Lakewood, Washington, possibly renowned for violence. → In Progress
- Added 22 Apr 2005: Genki Japanese and Culture School -- Japanese language school in Fukuoka City, Japan. → In Progress
- Added 23 Apr 2005: Clonkeen College -- Catholic school located in Blackrock, Dublin. (stub) → In Progress
For an archived record of schools previously listed here, please see User:GRider/Schoolwatch/Archive.
Deleted without consensus
- Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/St. Anne Seattle - A Seattle, Washington private school which opened in 1923. Deleted after the article had been rewritten. → No Consensus
Redirected without consensus
- Bellevue West High School - Highly accredited Nebraskan high school.
Marked for improvement
- Blake Junior High School - Renominated for deletion after no consensus in October 2004, this was once a segregated African American school until 1971.
- Cramlington Community High School - Large award-winning school in Cramlington, England. Hosts a multi-million pound Sports Centre and is also a Science College.
- Episcopal High School - Private boarding school founded in 1839.
- Eirias High School - Highly decorated school in North Wales.
- Franklin High School - Year-round school in East Los Angeles, established in 1916.
- Galashiels Academy - Scottish high school which dates back to 1696.
- Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Established in 1875 by an ancient guild of haberdashers.
- Hamden Middle School - Middle school which was awarded school of the year in 1998 by the state of Connecticut.
- Harlaw Academy - Scottish school with a group of notable alumni, including parliamentarians.
- Kent School - Prestigous boarding school established in 1906.
- The Kiski School - The oldest remaining all-male boarding school in the USA.
- Lake Dow Christian Academy - Private Protestant Christian school; student made news on the AP wire for bringing a pipe bomb to class.
- Ngee Ann Secondary School - Originally Tuan Mong High School, taken over by the Ngee Ann Tongsi in 1953.
- Red Lake High School - Target of a 2005 school massacre, located on an indian reservation.
- Stephen Tyng Mather High School - Set on a 13.75 acre campus, more than half of the students at this Chicago Illinois high school speak English as a second language.
- Toowoomba Grammar School - Boarding school established in 1875 which educates reception through 12th.
Examples of good articles
- Robert Frost Middle School
- Dr. Michael M. Krop High School
- Ball High School - This is better than most school articles I've seen, but could still do with a bit more work.
See also
- User:GRider/Schoolwatch/Impact -- Is Schoolwatch working?
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools
- Wikipedia:Watch/schoolwatch
- Wikipedia:Deletion_policy/Lists_of_schools -- Are lists of schools encyclopedic?
- User:Dpbsmith/BEEFSTEW One user's method for scoring school notability. (Not official policy)
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