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Gary Community School Corporation
Gary Community School Corporation logo
Location
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Information
TypePublic
Established1909
SuperintendentDr. Cheryl Pruitt
WebsiteOfficial Site

Gary Community School Corporation serves most students who reside in Gary, Indiana, United States.

School Uniforms

All GCSC students from pre-Kindergarten through the 12 grade are required to wear school uniforms.[1] Starting the 2007-2008 Academic School year, all schools will follow the new "school uniform" policy. The school uniform policy varies for school and grade level, such as color.

Schools

All schools are located in Gary.

Gary Community School Corporation, which operates most of the public schools in the city proper.

K-12

Secondary schools

5-12

7-12

High schools

Traditional
Magnet

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Early childhood centers

Ungraded

Former schools

  • Horace S. Norton Elementary School
  • David O. Duncan Elementary School
  • Arthur P. Melton Elementary School
  • Horace Mann High School
  • Friedrich Froebel High School
  • Lew Wallace High School
  • Casimir Pulaski Junior High School
  • Dunbar Elementary School
  • Thomas A. Edison Middle School
  • Beckman Middle School
  • George Washington Elementary School
  • Ernie Pyle Elementary School
  • John H. Vohr Elementary School
  • Aetna Elementary School
  • Charles R. Drew Elementary School
  • Thomas A. Edison High School
  • Tolleston High School
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School

Dr. Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys, an all boys' zoned elementary school, opened in 2006 in the former Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School. McCullough Academy for Girls, an all girls' zoned elementary school, opened in the former David O. Duncan Elementary School in 2006. These schools served Dorie Miller Public Housing Development and Delaney Public Housing Development.[2] Watson was scheduled to close in 2014.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Uniforms Are Coming to The Middle Schools!" Gary Community School Corporation.
  2. ^ "Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys." Gary School Corporation. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Scott, Louise. "Gary closes six schools at year's end." Gary Crusader. June 5, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.