Sedgwick Middle School
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Sedgwick Middle School is a school in the town of West Hartford, Connecticut
and is one of the West Hartford Public Schools
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In 1965, the growing population required that the whole building be used for junior high students and Sedgwick ceased its dual role as an elementary and junior high school. Many of the elementary students moved to the newly opened Braeburn School along with Miss Lipps, who became the first principal of that school, while Mr. Graybeal would become head of Sedgwick Middle School.
Sedgwick has undergone several renovations and organizational changes since the seventies. The school became a middle school in 1979 and the sixth grade was added in the fall of 1990, making it a sixth, seventh, and eighth grade school. In order to accommodate these changes as well as to deal with an increase in enrollment a major renovation occurred in 1974-1975, a new wing was added in 1989-1990, the library was expanded in 2001 and another wing was opened in September 2003.
Sedgwick was a Blue Ribbon School
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West Hartford, Connecticut
West Hartford is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town was incorporated in 1854. Prior to that date, the town was a parish of Hartford....
and is one of the West Hartford Public Schools
West Hartford Public Schools
West Hartford Public Schools provides education for West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.- Middle schools :* Bristow Middle School* King Philip Middle School* Sedgwick Middle School- Elementary schools :* Aiken* Braeburn* Bugbee...
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History
Sedgwick School opened in 1931 as a combination junior high and elementary school. The elementary school, housed in the east wing, was headed by Miss Marie Lipps. The west wing housed the junior high and was headed by Mr. P.D. Graybeal.In 1965, the growing population required that the whole building be used for junior high students and Sedgwick ceased its dual role as an elementary and junior high school. Many of the elementary students moved to the newly opened Braeburn School along with Miss Lipps, who became the first principal of that school, while Mr. Graybeal would become head of Sedgwick Middle School.
Sedgwick has undergone several renovations and organizational changes since the seventies. The school became a middle school in 1979 and the sixth grade was added in the fall of 1990, making it a sixth, seventh, and eighth grade school. In order to accommodate these changes as well as to deal with an increase in enrollment a major renovation occurred in 1974-1975, a new wing was added in 1989-1990, the library was expanded in 2001 and another wing was opened in September 2003.
Sedgwick was a Blue Ribbon School
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
in 1. 69-11.