Sequoia Middle School (Pleasant Hill, California)
- This article is about the Sequoia Middle School in Pleasant Hill, California. For other uses, see Sequoia Middle School (disambiguation).
| Sequoia Middle School | |
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| Address | |
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265 Boyd Road , 94523 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public school |
| Motto | Sequoia spirit: A Tradition of Pride and Excellence |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Superintendent | Gary McHenry |
| Principal | Hellena Postrk |
| Grades | 6-8 |
| Color(s) | Blue & Silver |
| Mascot | Giant Sequoia Tree |
| Team name | The Giants |
| Website | http://www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/sequoiamiddle/ |
Sequoia Middle School is a public school located in Pleasant Hill, California which educates students from sixth to eighth grade. It is part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District. As of 2006, the school principal is Ms. Hellena Postrk.
Sequoia originally opened in the fall of 1977 as a primary school, offering classes from kindergarten to seventh grade. In 1978 the program was expanded to include an eighth grade, and the school was separated into two adjoining campuses: an elementary school (K-5) and middle school (6-8).
Sequoia runs on a block schedule. The days alternate between blue and silver days. Blue days include periods 1-4 and silver days consist of 5-8. Unlike may middle schools, Sequoia has 8 periods. Sequoia offers many courses, including Jornalism, Yearbook, Leadership, an extra PE class(for eight graders), computers, art, hands on technology, math exploration, High School level 1 French, Spanish, and German, and Spanish for Spanish Speakers.
"Academics Plus" school
Sequoia Middle School operates on the Academics Plus Program, a forerunner of the charter school concept. It is based on the belief that the first responsibility of a public school is to give its students the skills they need to achieve academically. The school stressed a "back to basics" educational approach and a standards-based curriculum, in direct response to some of the experimental teaching methods being attempted in California at the time.
The school quickly became so popular with parents in the district that in the early 1980s, parents would queue overnight outside the school's main office to place their children on a waiting list for admission to the elementary and middle schools. This practice has since been discontinued in favor of a lottery-style admission process.
Sequoia recently has become a Distinguished School.
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