Grover Cleveland Middle School (Zanesville, Ohio)
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Grover Cleveland Middle School is a public middle school
in Zanesville, Ohio
. Completed in 1924 and named after President Grover Cleveland
, it was the city's first junior high school. The school colors, blue and gold, were adopted during its first year of operation, and the first issue of the "Beacon," the school magazine was also published that year.
The school had its first major revision in 1986. A new gymnasium was added to the school's east side. In the summer of 2005, the old Grover Cleveland building was torn down. That fall, the students started class in a new building.
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
in Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the 2000 census.Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane, who had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio...
. Completed in 1924 and named after President Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...
, it was the city's first junior high school. The school colors, blue and gold, were adopted during its first year of operation, and the first issue of the "Beacon," the school magazine was also published that year.
The school had its first major revision in 1986. A new gymnasium was added to the school's east side. In the summer of 2005, the old Grover Cleveland building was torn down. That fall, the students started class in a new building.