User:GRider/Schoolwatch

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 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 Wordsworth's 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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