King Philip Middle School is a
middle school
A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...
in the town of
West Hartford, Connecticut
West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, west of downtown Hartford. The population was 64,083 at the 2020 census.
The town's popular downtown area is colloquially known as "West Hartford Center," or simply "The C ...
. It is one of the
West Hartford Public Schools
West Hartford Public Schools provides education for West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
High schools
* Conard High School
* Hall High School
Middle schools
* Bristow Middle School
* King Philip Middle School
* Sedgw ...
as well as one of three public middle schools in the town of West Hartford. The school is beginning to move some homework and study related activities online by using
Google Classroom
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along with related
Google
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products,
and by using PowerSchool, an online portal for grades and attendance.
Academics
Each grade is split into three teams, each having a team leader, five standard academic teachers, and a Special Education teacher.
All of the students throughout the school share 4 counselors, one for each grade, in addition to one "Student Support Counselor." There is also a grade wide Unified Arts team, which consists of teachers for "Art", "Health", "Music", "Physical Education", and "Technology & Engineering." Each team is named after a gemstone: sixth grade is Topaz, Diamond, Turquoise. Seventh is Ruby, Opal, Sapphire. Eighth is Emerald, Amethyst, and Garnet.
Students in each team would not have the same academic or Unified Arts classes with those in another team in most cases, exceptions usually due to the school's honor system (above grade courses).
History
The school was named after
King Philip, a war chief of the
Wampanoag
The Wampanoag , also rendered Wôpanâak, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands based in southeastern Massachusetts and historically parts of eastern Rhode Island,Salwen, "Indians of Southern New England and Long Island," p. 17 ...
Indians and their leader in
King Philip's War
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England coloni ...
.
The building was completed in 1955, and cost $3,446,540.44. It is on , and the building is . It has a capacity of 700 for elementary students and 830 for middle school, but is presently only used for middle school students.
King Philip opened in September 1955, with 345 students, and a teaching staff of 17. The school day was made up of 7 periods.
During the 1961-1962 school year, French and Spanish were offered as electives two periods per week. During the fifth period of the day, the entire school studied or elected a music activity. Clubs and athletic activities were carried out before and after school. Some 7th and 9th grade students were offered accelerated programs. Now, world language is considered an academic so it is taught every day for students taking it.
During 1962-1963 year, a flexible form of individualized scheduling was introduced, and block scheduling was eliminated. Also, a reading consultant was provided for 3 days a week for additional help.
King Philip Middle School was a
Blue Ribbon School
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, ...
in 1986–87.
In 2016,
Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language of ...
was added as a world language opportunity for the middle school.
References
External links
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{{West Hartford Public Schools
Buildings and structures in West Hartford, Connecticut
Schools in Hartford County, Connecticut
Public middle schools in Connecticut