Catherine M. McGee Middle School
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Catherine M. McGee Middle School is a public middle school located in Berlin
, Connecticut
. The current school building on Norton Road was opened in 1969 and serves grades 6-8. An addition was added in 1996, which included a new library
media center, new science labs, and nine additional classrooms. Technological upgrades during the spring and summer of 2007 included the installation of LCD projector
s in all core classrooms, with interactive white boards being installed in approximately three-quarters of those rooms. Technology upgrades completed by the fall of 2009 include the installation of interactive white boards in all core classrooms.
There are 61 full-time teachers
, with a ratio
of 12 students to one teacher, slightly lower than the national average.
In 2004, the school's principal at the time, Carol Janssen, was named Connecticut's Principal of the Year.
This school suffers from a variety of air quality issues.
Berlin, Connecticut
Berlin is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 19,866 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1785. The geographic center of Connecticut is located in the town. Berlin is residential and industrial, and served by the Amtrak station of the same name...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
. The current school building on Norton Road was opened in 1969 and serves grades 6-8. An addition was added in 1996, which included a new library
Library
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media center, new science labs, and nine additional classrooms. Technological upgrades during the spring and summer of 2007 included the installation of LCD projector
LCD projector
An LCD projector is a type of video projector for displaying video, images or computer data on a screen or other flat surface. It is a modern equivalent of the slide projector or overhead projector...
s in all core classrooms, with interactive white boards being installed in approximately three-quarters of those rooms. Technology upgrades completed by the fall of 2009 include the installation of interactive white boards in all core classrooms.
There are 61 full-time teachers
Teachers
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, with a ratio
Ratio
In mathematics, a ratio is a relationship between two numbers of the same kind , usually expressed as "a to b" or a:b, sometimes expressed arithmetically as a dimensionless quotient of the two which explicitly indicates how many times the first number contains the second In mathematics, a ratio is...
of 12 students to one teacher, slightly lower than the national average.
In 2004, the school's principal at the time, Carol Janssen, was named Connecticut's Principal of the Year.
This school suffers from a variety of air quality issues.