Wakefield Middle School
Encyclopedia
Wakefield Middle School is a traditional calendar middle school
in the Wake County Public School System
. The school, located in northern Raleigh, North Carolina
, serves more than 1200 students.
. The school was created to help meet the growing Wake County population, especially in northern Raleigh and Wake Forest.
, Science
, and Social Studies
each semester. Students may may choose from a variety of electives, including fine arts, performing arts
, and career/technology courses.
Current Sports Programs:
, orchestra
, dance
, and [drama].
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 the Wake County Public School System
Wake County Public School System
The Wake County Public School System is a public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With 143,289 students enrolled in 163 schools as of the 2010/11 academic year, it is the largest public school district in North Carolina and the 17th largest district in the United States.-...
. The school, located in northern Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
, serves more than 1200 students.
History
Wakefield Middle School was opened in 2000, and is situated between Wakefield Elementary and Wakefield High SchoolWakefield High School
There are multiple high schools in the United States that are named Wakefield:*Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia*Wakefield High School in Raleigh, North Carolina*Wakefield High School in Wakefield, Kansas...
. The school was created to help meet the growing Wake County population, especially in northern Raleigh and Wake Forest.
Academics
All students study a core curriculum of Math, Language ArtsLanguage arts
Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language arts are Literature and Language, where language in this case refers to both linguistics, and specific languages....
, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, and Social Studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
each semester. Students may may choose from a variety of electives, including fine arts, performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
, and career/technology courses.
Athletics at Wakefield
Wakefield's students compete in a variety of sports throughout the school year.Current Sports Programs:
- Fall Sports - FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, Girls' Soccer, Girls' VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball 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... - Winter Sports - Boys' BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Girls' BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... - Spring Sports - Girls' SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- Year Round - CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
Clubs & Activities
Wakefield Middle School offers students many extracurricular clubs during the school year.- Art Club
- Beta Club - The National Beta Club promotes character, develops leadership skills, encourages service involvement, recognizes achievement, and provides technological advantages. Our motto is "Let us lead by serving others." Qualifications include worthy character, good mentality, creditable achievement, and commendable attitude.
- Chess ClubChess clubA chess club is a club formed for the purpose of playing the board game of chess. Chess clubs provide for both informal games and timed games, often as part of an internal competition or in a league.-Organisation:...
- Battle of the Books - America's Battle of the Books, ABB, is a reading incentive program for students in grades 4th-12th. Students read books and come together to demonstrate their abilities and test their knowledge of the books they have read.
- Odyssey of the MindOdyssey of the MindOdyssey of the Mind, often called OM , is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem ; and present their solution to the problem at a competition...
- An educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. - Student CouncilStudent councilStudent council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
- YearbookYearbookA yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
- EcologyEcologyEcology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
Club
Performing arts
Wakefield Middle offers a variety of courses in bandSchool band
A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors...
, orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, and [drama].
Awards
- 2001 School of Distinction
- 2002 School of Excellence
- 2003 School of Excellence
- 2004 Honor School of Excellence
- 2005 Honor School of Excellence
- 2006 School of Distinction
- 2007 School of Distinction
- 2008 School of Distinction