Gary Community School Corporation
Encyclopedia
Gary Community School Corporation serves most students who reside in Gary
, Indiana
, United States
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s. Starting the 2007-2008 Academic School year, all schools will follow the new "school uniform" policy.
Gary Community School Corporation, which operates most of the public schools in the city proper,
Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, United States
United States
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School Uniforms
All GCSC students from pre-Kindergarten through the 12 grade are required to wear school uniformSchool uniform
A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...
s. Starting the 2007-2008 Academic School year, all schools will follow the new "school uniform" policy.
Schools
All schools are located in Gary.Gary Community School Corporation, which operates most of the public schools in the city proper,
6-12
- Emerson School for Visual and Performing ArtsEmerson School for Visual and Performing ArtsEmerson School for Visual and Performing Arts is a seven year school for the visual and performing arts, located in the Miller Beach neighborhood of Gary, Indiana, in the United States...
- William A. Wirt/Emerson V.P.A. Academy
Traditional
- Lew Wallace High SchoolLew Wallace High SchoolLew Wallace High School is a four year public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States.- History :...
- Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolTheodore Roosevelt High School (Gary)Theodore Roosevelt High School is a four year public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States...
- West Side Leadership AcademyWest Side High School (Gary)West Side High School is a four year public school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States.- History :...
Magnet
- Martin Luther King, Jr. AcademyMartin Luther King, Jr. AcademyMartin Luther King, Jr. Academy is a four year alternative high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States.- History :Martin Luther King, Jr...
- Emerson School for the Visual and Performing Arts
Middle schools
- Bailly Middle School
- Dunbar-Pulaski Middle SchoolDunbar-Pulaski Middle SchoolDunbar-Pulaski Middle School is a two year public middle school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States.- History :...
- Tolleston Middle SchoolTolleston Middle SchoolTolleston Middle School is a three year public middle school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States.- History :...
Elementary schools
- Benjamin Banneker Achievement Center
- Beveridge Elementary School
- Brunswick Elementary School
- Glen Park Academy For Excellence In Learning
- Ivanhoe Elementary School
- Jefferson Elementary School
- Kennedy-King Elementary School
- Kuny Elementary School
- Jacques Marquette Elementary School
- Frankie W. McCullough Elementary School
- Dr. Bernard C. Watson Elementary School
- Daniel Webster Elementary School
- Williams Elementary School
- John H. Vohr Elementary School
Early childhood centers
Former schools
- Horace S. Norton Elementary School
- David O. Duncan Elementary School
- Arthur P. Melton Elementary School
- Horace Mann High School
- Froebel High School
- Pulaski Middle School
- Dunbar Elementary School
- Edison Middle School
- Beckman Middle School
- Washington Elementary School
- Ernie Pyle Elementary School
- John H. Vohr Elementary School
See also
- Gary Charter SchoolsGary Charter SchoolsGary Charter Schools serve students who reside in Gary, Indiana, United States. Though operated by different corporations, all current charter schools in Gary are sponsored by Ball State University.-Schools:- See also :*Gary Community School Corporation...
- Lake Ridge Schools CorporationLake Ridge Schools CorporationLake Ridge Schools Corporation is based in unincorporated Lake County, Indiana, United States and serves students within the unincorporated sections of the Calumet Township and portions of Gary.-Middle schools:* -Elementary schools:...
- Education in Gary, Indiana