Northwest Middle School can refer to one of the following schools:
Reading School District is a large, urban public school district that serves the city of Reading, Pennsylvania. The Reading School District encompasses approximately 10 square miles (26 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 81,207. In 2009, the Reading School District residents’ per capita income was $13,086, while the median family income was $31,067. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. The District's student demographics reflect the racial diversity of the City of Reading. The City’s 81,000 residents include 58% Latino/Hispanic (vs. 37% in 2000), 28% White and 11% Black.
Reading School District officials report that the District provided basic educational services to 17,464 pupils in 2008. The District employed 1,171 teachers, 810 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 74 administrators. Reading School District received more than $119 million in state funding for the 2007-08 school year. In the District's Strategic Plan 2011-2016, the Reading School Board reported there were: 2,300 employees, including 1,275 teachers, 900 support staff, and 120 administrators.
Carroll County Public Schools is a school district based in Westminster, Maryland. CCPS is the ninth largest in the state of Maryland. More than 26,500 students are enrolled in the county's public schools. The school system includes all of Carroll County, Maryland.
In testing, the schools typically score well above the state and national averages.
The schools are administered by superintendent Stephen H. Guthrie. Guthrie began his first four-year term as Superintendent on July 1, 2010 and was appointed to a second term in the summer of 2014. On October 31, 2014, Superintendent Guthrie was named the 2015 Maryland Superintendent of the Year. He also served as the President of the statewide superintendent association for 2015.
The Board of Education consists of five elected Board of Education members and one non-voting student member. As of 2014, the members are President James Doolan, Vice President Jennifer Seidel, Bob Lord, Virginia Harrison, and Devon Rothschild. The current student representative is Matthew Saxton.
A middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) is a school for students older than elementary school, but not yet in high school. The ages covered varies between, and sometimes within, countries.
In Afghanistan, middle school consists of grades 6, 7 and 8.
In Algeria, a middle school includes grades 6 through 10, consisting of students from ages 10 or 11 to 15.
Most regions of Australia do not have middle schools, as students go directly from primary school (for years K–6) to secondary school (years 7–12, usually referred to as high school).
As an alternate to the middle school model, some secondary schools divided their grades into "junior high school" (years 7 to 8) and "senior high school" (years 9, 10, 11, and 12.)
In 1996 and 1997, a national conference met to develop what became known as the National Middle Schooling Project, which aimed to develop a common Australian view of
A secondary school is a school which provides secondary education, between the ages of 11 and 16 or 11 and 19, after primary school and before higher education.
In Nigeria, secondary school is for children from ages 10 to 15. Secondary education is divided into two parts: the junior and senior secondary education. The junior secondary education which takes in ages 10-12 is pre-vocational and academic in scope. Most courses are compulsory, except religious and language courses (electives). For students to continue into senior secondary school, they have to make passing grades in the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations. In senior secondary school which now consists of ages 13-15, students are allowed to choose which areas to concentrate on, be it science, arts, commerce, or technical studies. All students have to sit for a Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE), of which there are two: the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examination Council SSCE. Students must pass this before being admitted into any university.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is an upcoming American family comedy film directed by Steve Carr and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, and Kara Holden. It is based on the 2011 novel of the same name by James Patterson. The film stars Griffin Gluck, Jacob Hopkins, Thomas Barbusca, Alexa Nisenson, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle, and Andy Daly. Principal photography began on November 21, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. Lionsgate will release the film on October 7, 2016.
On August 4, 2015, it was announced that Steve Carr would next direct the film adaptation of the 2011 novel Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life written by James Patterson, and the script was written by Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer.Griffin Gluck would play the lead role as Rafe Khatchadorian, a student at Hills Village Middle School. Leopoldo Gout and Bill Robinson would produce the film along with CBS Films which would also handle the international sales, with Lionsgate handling the distribution. On November 12, 2015, more cast announced for the film, whose script was also written by Kara Holden, and it was announced that Patterson would co-finance the film through his James Patterson Entertainment along with Participant Media and CBS Films.