Rome Middle School is the public middle school

Middle school

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 serving the city of Rome

Rome, Georgia

Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County...

, Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia (U.S. state)

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. It is operated by the Rome City School District

Rome City School District

The Rome City School District is a public school district in Floyd County, Georgia, USA, based in Rome, Georgia. It serves the city of Rome, Georgia and the surrounding communities in Floyd County, Georgia.-Schools:...

.

It has been named as a Georgia School of Excellence in 2009. It also won the Governor's Silver Award for academic achievement

Academic achievement

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 for two years in a row. It was a 1999 Georgia Dream School.

The administration consists of: the principal, Greg Christian, the 7th grade assistant principal, Sunita Holloway, and the 8th grade assistant principal, Leslie Dixon.

The sport

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s that are included at Rome Middle School are football

American football

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, volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, softball

Softball

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, basketball

Basketball

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, cheerleading

Cheerleading

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, wrestling

Wrestling

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, cross country

Cross country running

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, baseball

Baseball

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, soccer, golf

Golf

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, track, swimming

Swimming (sport)

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 and tennis

Tennis

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. The student organizations that are included at Rome Middle School are the Beta Club, Leadership RMS, Academic Competition, the FFA, F.I.S.H., National Creative Society, Drama Club, Chess Club, Technology Club, Rome Bands Website, and the German Club.

This school replaced the East Rome Junior High School and the West Rome Junior High School. Construction started at the current site shared with the Rome High School

Rome High School

Rome High School is a four-year public high school located in Rome, Georgia, United States. The principal is Dr. Tygar Evans.As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,487 students and 89.1 classroom teachers , for a student-teacher ratio of 16.7.-History:This school replaced...

in the Summer of 1990.