Lanier Middle School (Houston)
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| Lanier Middle School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Houston, Texas, United States | |
| Information | |
| School district | HISD - Central Region |
| Principal | Julia Dimmitt |
| Type | Public School (US) |
| Age range | 11-14 |
| Grades | 6-8 |
| Mascot | The Purple Pups |
| Teams | The Mighty Pups |
| Color(s) | Purple, White, and Red |
| Newspaper | The Purple Page |
| Established | 1926 |
| Students | 1,284 (2007-2008) |
| TEA Rating | Recognized (2006-2007) |
| Magnet | Partial: Vanguard/IBMYP |
| PTO | |
| Homepage | www.lanierms.uni.cc |
Sidney Lanier Middle School is a middle school located at 2600 Woodhead Street in Houston, Texas, United States, with a ZIP code of 77098. Lanier, which is a school of the Houston Independent School District, handles grades 6 through 8.
Lanier Middle School is located in Neartown and near Montrose and has both neighborhood non-magnet and Vanguard/IBMYP (of the International Baccalaureate) gifted/talented programs.
Lanier's speech and debate team won five consecutive national titles, one of which being at the 2004 National Junior Forensic League Speech and Debate Championships. The team obtained its most recent (as of 2007) title at the newly formed Middle School Forensic League's national tournament [1]. Jim Henley, a former Lanier debate teacher, unsuccessfully ran for the United States Congress against John Culberson. Henley retired after the 2006-2007 school year. [2]
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[edit] History
Lanier opened in 1926 as one of HISD's first junior high schools. This school was named for a well-known Southern poet, Sidney Lanier. In 1926, the Purple Pup was adopted as Lanier's mascot. In the early 1980s, Lanier was converted into a middle school. In 2001, Lanier was renovated, with the additions of a false ceiling and upgraded air conditioning.
[edit] Neighborhoods Served
Several areas of Houston inside the 610 Loop, including Afton Oaks, River Oaks, Boulevard Oaks, Avalon Place, Southampton Place, Broad Acres, portions of the Neartown area west of Montrose Boulevard (including portions of Montrose west of Montrose Boulevard, Castle Court, Hyde Park, Richwood, Lancaster Place, and Cherryhurst[3]), Weslayan Plaza, Oak Estates, Royden Oaks, Ranch Estates, Highland Village, Lynn Park, West Lane Place, Shadyside, Rice Village, most of Upper Kirby (areas of the district located west of Edloe and north of Westpark, residential areas located east of Edloe, west of Kirby, north of U.S. Route 59, and areas located east of Kirby), are zoned to Lanier. The Greenway Condominiums are also zoned to Lanier.
[edit] School Uniform
All Lanier students are required to wear school uniforms consisting of monogrammed LMS polo shirts in colors of red, black, white, or purple purchased at the school and pairs of khaki bottoms (trousers, shorts, or skirts) [4]. GSG leaders must wear maroon and green shirts. Students can also wear school club T-shirts during school on days in which they attend the club. This uniform was instituted at the start of the 1997-1998 school year.
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform [5]; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
[edit] Student Body
During the 2005-2006 school year, Lanier had 1,300 students [6].
- 44% were White
- 30% were Hispanic
- 16% were African-American
- 10% were Asian
- Less than 1% were Native American
35% qualified for free or reduced lunch.
[edit] Feeder Patterns
[edit] Zoned schools
Elementary schools that feed into Lanier [7] include:
- River Oaks [8]
- Poe (partial) [9]
- Roberts (partial) [10]
- St. George Place (partial) [11]
- Wilson (partial) [12]
All students who are zoned to Lanier are zoned to Lamar High School [13].
[edit] Magnet schools
Some Houston-area pupils who attend other schools not in the Lanier feeder pattern (such as West University Elementary School) and/or reside outside of the Lanier attendance boundary choose to go to Lanier.
Some students in the Vanguard program at Lanier apply to gifted and talented and advanced academic programs at other schools such as Bellaire High School [14], HSPVA, Lamar High School, and Carnegie Vanguard High School.
[edit] Location
Lanier is located west of Houston's Neartown neighborhood. Lanier is nearby single family houses and small shops. A convenience store, a hardware store, and a few restaurants are near Lanier Middle School.
The Upper Kirby district, which is near Lanier, plans to establish a "teen center" at Richmond at Wake Forest geared toward students at Lanier, St. John's, Lamar, and other Upper Kirby schools and schools near Upper Kirby. Funding issues have delayed establishment of the center. [15]
[edit] Admissions Policy
Students zoned to Lanier automatically are eligible to attend the school.
For non-zoned students to attend Lanier and for zoned students to attend the Vanguard program, parents must submit Vanguard magnet application forms [16].
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Walter Cronkite (Journalist)
- Denton Cooley (Heart surgeon)
- Fred Hofheinz (Former Mayor of Houston)
- Mark White (Former Governor of Texas)
- Emeka Okafor (Basketball player)
- Linda Ellerbee (Journalist)
- John Lucas III (Basketball Player)
- Joe Savery (Baseball Player)
[edit] References
- ^ http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5453783
- ^ http://www.henleyforcongress.com
- ^ http://www.cherryhurst.org/
- ^ http://ms.houstonisd.org/lanierms/info/uniforms.html
- ^ http://www.tea.state.tx.us/field/uniforms.html
- ^ http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Lanier_MS.pdf
- ^ http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/LanierMS.pdf
- ^ http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/RiverOaksES.pdf
- ^ http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/PoeES.pdf
- ^ http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/RobertsES.pdf
- ^ http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/SchoolBoundaryMaps/stgeorgeES.pdf
- ^ http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/WilsonES.pdf
- ^ http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/LamarHS.pdf
- ^ http://www.bellaire.org/incominginformation.php
- ^ http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2006_4159600
- ^ http://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/MagnetEnglish/menuitem.03934f85d248509aa4faf0a5e041f76a
[edit] External links
| Preceded by River Oaks, Poe, Roberts, St. George Place, and Wilson | Houston Independent School District Grades 6-8 | Succeeded by Lamar High School |
Houston Independent School District
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|---|---|
| Alternative and magnet K-12 schools | T. H. Rogers |
| Alternative 7-12 schools | C.L.C. |
| High schools | Austin | Bellaire | Chávez | Davis | Furr | Sam Houston | Jones | Kashmere | Lamar | Lee | Madison | Milby Reagan | Scarborough | Sharpstown | Sterling | Waltrip | Washington | Westbury | Westside | Wheatley | Worthing | Yates |
| Alternative and magnet high schools | Carnegie Vanguard | Challenge Early College | DeBakey | East Early College Eastwood Academy | H.S.P.V.A. | Barbara Jordan | H.S.L.E.C.J. | Liberty (Newcomer) |
| Alternative 9-11 schools | Houston Academy for International Studies |
| K-8 schools | Gregory-Lincoln | Woodson |
| Alternative and magnet K-8 schools | Briarmeadow | Kandy Stripe | Rice |
| 1-8 schools | E.O. Smith |
| Middle schools | Attucks | Black | Burbank MS | Clifton | Cullen | Deady | Dowling | Edison | Fleming | Fondren MS | Fonville | Grady Hamilton | Hartman | Henry | Hogg | Holland | Jackson | Johnston | Key | Long | Lanier | Marshall | McReynolds Ortíz | Pershing | Pin Oak | Revere | Ryan | Sharpstown | Stevenson | Thomas | Welch | West Briar |
| Elementary schools | Briargrove | Longfellow | Neff | Poe | River Oaks | Roberts | Twain | Walnut Bend | West University | Others |
