Wredling Middle School
Encyclopedia
Wredling Middle School is a public three-year middle school
located in St. Charles, Illinois
, a western suburb of Chicago
, Illinois
in the United States
. It is part of Community Unit School District 303
which also includes Haines Middle School and Thompson Middle School
. After graduation, nearly all of the students attend St. Charles East High School
.
of Schools in Community Unit School District 303
from 1968 to 1972. The main campus was built in 1995 at 255 Red Gate Road with a capacity of 1300 students. In 2001, Wredling Middle School moved to 1200 Dunham Road, where it is located today. The original campus on Red Gate was converted and expanded into the St. Charles North High School
. An extension was added to the back side of the building due to the large increase of population and racist acts.
The elementary schools that feed into Wredling Middle School are Davis,Anderson, Fox Ridge, Munhall, Lincoln, and Norton Creek. Also included is a small amount of minorities of students from Davis and Richmond.
When the St. Charles East High School
campus was shut down for the 2001–2002 school year due to health concerns (mold), the East students took classes on the adjacent Wredling Middle School campus and mobile classrooms were brought in to accommodate the larger student body. Meanwhile, the Wredling students were relocated to a mobile classroom campus situated between the Thompson and Haines Middle School campuses across town. All classes resumed at their normal locations the following school year.
on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test
, a state test which is mandatory under the No Child Left Behind Act
.
Wredling Middle School students won nine awards in the 2005 creative writing contest sponsored by the American Association of University Women
(AAUW) Tri-Cities branch.
In 2008, the Wredling Middle School team finished fifth at the state Science Olympiad held at the University of Illinois
.
Boys' sports:
Girls' sports:
In 2007 and 2008, the Wredling boys 8th grade football team won the Haines Championship with 9-3 and 10-1 records. The teams also won the Fox, a trophy given to the St.Charles middle school football team with the best record.
In 2009 and 2010, the Wredling girls basketball "B" team won the Two Rivers Tournament Championship two consecutive years in a row. The team had an 18-2 record as seventh graders and went undefeated 20-0 in their eighth grade season. Congratulations to these Girly Red Hawks.
Additional information:
The Wredling 8th grade class was nominated in the "Good Samaritan Youth" category of the annual Hometown Heroes program, which is hosted by the American Red Cross
. The class was nominated for raising $16,681 for the American Cancer Society
on Make A Difference Day in October 2004. The "Good Samaritan Youth" category is sponsored by Gordon Flesch Company.
"Summary Frames: Language Acquisition for Special Education and ELL Students", an article by Wredling Middle School 8th grade social studies teacher Alicia Honnert, was published in the Summer 2005 issue of Science Activities magazine.
Alice Nelson, a counselor at Wredling, was named the R.B. Mades Associate Educator of the Year in April 2004 as part of the 29th annual Educator of the Year Awards that are presented by the Kane County Regional Office of Education. Nelson is credited with helping to start the Teachers Encouraging Kids (TEK) program while working at Haines Middle School. Through TEK, teachers spend extra time with students out of school to support and encourage them. Nelson later also developed the student ambassador program as an extension of TEK.
The 7th grade band in Wredling in 2011 also went and helped the food drive at Jewel Osco and was televised by FOX.
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...
located in St. Charles, Illinois
St. Charles, Illinois
St. Charles is a Chicago suburb in Kane and DuPage counties of Illinois, United States, and is roughly west of Chicago on Illinois Route 64. According to a 2004 census estimate, the city has a total population of 32,134. The official city slogan is Pride of the Fox, after the Fox River that runs...
, a western suburb of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is part of Community Unit School District 303
Community Unit School District 303
Community Unit School District 303 is a comprehensive K-12 public education system covering in the Fox Valley, west of Chicago.District 303 serves about 13,590 students from the City of St...
which also includes Haines Middle School and Thompson Middle School
Thompson Middle School
Thompson Middle School is a three-year comprehensive public middle school located within Middletown Township, New Jersey, and is part of the Middletown Township Public School District. The school serves 933 students from parts of Middletown Township...
. After graduation, nearly all of the students attend St. Charles East High School
St. Charles East High School
Saint Charles East High School is a public four-year high school located in St. Charles, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community Unit School District 303 which also includes Saint Charles North High School....
.
History
Wredling Middle School is named after Mr. John H. Wredling, who was SuperintendentSuperintendent (education)
In education in the United States, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
of Schools in Community Unit School District 303
Community Unit School District 303
Community Unit School District 303 is a comprehensive K-12 public education system covering in the Fox Valley, west of Chicago.District 303 serves about 13,590 students from the City of St...
from 1968 to 1972. The main campus was built in 1995 at 255 Red Gate Road with a capacity of 1300 students. In 2001, Wredling Middle School moved to 1200 Dunham Road, where it is located today. The original campus on Red Gate was converted and expanded into the St. Charles North High School
St. Charles North High School
Saint Charles North High School, or SCN, is a public four-year high school, located in St. Charles, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
. An extension was added to the back side of the building due to the large increase of population and racist acts.
The elementary schools that feed into Wredling Middle School are Davis,Anderson, Fox Ridge, Munhall, Lincoln, and Norton Creek. Also included is a small amount of minorities of students from Davis and Richmond.
When the St. Charles East High School
St. Charles East High School
Saint Charles East High School is a public four-year high school located in St. Charles, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community Unit School District 303 which also includes Saint Charles North High School....
campus was shut down for the 2001–2002 school year due to health concerns (mold), the East students took classes on the adjacent Wredling Middle School campus and mobile classrooms were brought in to accommodate the larger student body. Meanwhile, the Wredling students were relocated to a mobile classroom campus situated between the Thompson and Haines Middle School campuses across town. All classes resumed at their normal locations the following school year.
Academics
The student to faculty ratio at Wredling is 50 to 1. Wredling has made Adequate Yearly ProgressAdequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized...
on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test
Illinois Standards Achievement Test
The Illinois State Achievement Test measures individual student achievement relative to the Illinois Learning Standards. Results of this score are applied to the No Child Left Behind Act, for purposes of identifying failing schools....
, a state test which is mandatory under the No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in public schools.NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office...
.
Wredling Middle School students won nine awards in the 2005 creative writing contest sponsored by the American Association of University Women
American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. It was founded in 1882 by Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot...
(AAUW) Tri-Cities branch.
In 2008, the Wredling Middle School team finished fifth at the state Science Olympiad held at the University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
.
Athletics
Wredling Middle School has ten athletic teams, of which five are for boys and five are for girls. Wredling's teams are named the "RedHawks".Boys' sports:
- 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...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- 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...
- Track & Field
- WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
Girls' sports:
- 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...
- 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...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Track & Field
- 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...
In 2007 and 2008, the Wredling boys 8th grade football team won the Haines Championship with 9-3 and 10-1 records. The teams also won the Fox, a trophy given to the St.Charles middle school football team with the best record.
In 2009 and 2010, the Wredling girls basketball "B" team won the Two Rivers Tournament Championship two consecutive years in a row. The team had an 18-2 record as seventh graders and went undefeated 20-0 in their eighth grade season. Congratulations to these Girly Red Hawks.
Additional information:
- Average teaching experience - 5.9 years
- Limited English proficiency - 22.2%
- Low income - 50.1%
- Mobility - 1.9%
- Percent of teachers with graduate degrees - 56.8%
The Wredling 8th grade class was nominated in the "Good Samaritan Youth" category of the annual Hometown Heroes program, which is hosted by the American Red Cross
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...
. The class was nominated for raising $16,681 for the American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...
on Make A Difference Day in October 2004. The "Good Samaritan Youth" category is sponsored by Gordon Flesch Company.
"Summary Frames: Language Acquisition for Special Education and ELL Students", an article by Wredling Middle School 8th grade social studies teacher Alicia Honnert, was published in the Summer 2005 issue of Science Activities magazine.
Alice Nelson, a counselor at Wredling, was named the R.B. Mades Associate Educator of the Year in April 2004 as part of the 29th annual Educator of the Year Awards that are presented by the Kane County Regional Office of Education. Nelson is credited with helping to start the Teachers Encouraging Kids (TEK) program while working at Haines Middle School. Through TEK, teachers spend extra time with students out of school to support and encourage them. Nelson later also developed the student ambassador program as an extension of TEK.
The 7th grade band in Wredling in 2011 also went and helped the food drive at Jewel Osco and was televised by FOX.