Discipline, Respect A Focus At Holt Middle School
Posted: January 1, 2012 at 5:36 a.m.
Benaiah Proctor, right, a Holt Middle School seventh-grader, reaches to score a basket around Andrew Chance, sixth-grade reading and writing teacher, during an afternoon of basketball games Dec. 21, the final day of the fall semester.
Leigh Smith, the mother of a fifth-grader and a seventh-grader, likes Holt Middle School for its emphasis on discipline and respect and for holding students to high expectations.
AT A GLANCE
Holt Middle School
Namesake: Named for former teacher, coach and administrator Joe Holt
Principal: Mike Mason
Address: 2365 N. Rupple Road
Year opened: 2001
Enrollment: 500
Poverty rate: 60 percent
Mascot: Husky
Colors: Black, silver, maroon
Motto: “Holt Huskies Pulling Together”
Source: Staff Report
AT A GLANCE
Middle Level Education
The Fayetteville School District moved to middle level education when Holt and McNair middle schools were opened in 2000.
The National Association for Middle Level Education describes a middle level student as a adolescent between the ages of 10 and 15. The association focuses on implementing a school culture and practices that support as well as the quality learning and academic achievement of all students in a developmentally appropriate way, according to the association’s website.
In Fayetteville, the middle schools provide a solid core curriculum, based on state and national standards, divided into "core" and "encore" classes.
Core classes consist of reading, language arts, science, math and social studies. Encore classes include performing arts, visual arts, choir, band, keyboarding, physical education and health. Additional instruction and programs are provided in English as a Second Language, special education and gifted and talented. Services are also available through school counselors and outside providers.
Source: Staff Report
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