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Oliver W. Holmes Middle School and Classical Academy

2001 E. Kiest Blvd. Dallas, TX 75216

Phone: (972) 925-8500
Fax: (972) 925-8501
kebaker@dallasisd.org

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School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

English

Keith Baker
Principal

Vicki Sellers, Marsha Potts
Assistant Principal(s)

Dawn Skinner-Walker
Associate Principal-Teaching and Learning

Grade levels:
6-8

Motto/Mission:
The mission of Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School and Classical Academy is to educate the total child. We will have excellent performance in our total student body as follows: educationally, socially, and emotionally. We will pursue this definition of learning by being better than we were the day before. Students and staff are committed to expanding our abilities to achieve the desired results by discovering and applying successful ways of learning together.

Uniform colors

• Top:
  White
• Bottoms:
  Beige, Navy Blue or Black

School colors: Orange and Black

Mascot: Tiger

Enrollment: 1,084

Number of teachers: 80

Hours/Bell schedule: 8:30a.m.- 3:30p.m. Seven 45/50 minute class periods

Trustee district: District 5

Learning Community:
West Secondary -
Cynthia Goodsell

Other Contacts

Librarian:
(972) 925-8527

Counselor:
(972) 925-8523

Clinic:
(972) 925-8516

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
O. W. Holmes Middle School and Classical Academy is a unique "School within a School" in that it shares many activities with the rest of the student body while carrying on its many specialized activities as a humanities and communications academy. Some academic course offerings for students are: creative writing, Journalism, speech, gymnastics, and Spanish.

After-school programs:
Reading Strategies and Practice, Tutoring, Theater Arts, and Cheerleaders Saturday School Academic Camps 1st Century Before and After-School Program (Twirlers, Steppers, Girls Mentoring, Choir, Drumline, Positive Young Teens, Math Drill Team, Physical Fitness, Keyboarding, JROTC/CCC, and Future Leaders Program (Bickle and Brewer Foundation)

Extracurricular activities:
Academic Clubs/Competitions: Phillis Wheatly Reading and Writing Olympiad, Benjamin Banneker Mathematics Olympiad, DISD Mathematics Olympiad, Bobby Bragan Writing Essay Contest, UIL Competitions, Geo-Challenge, TIVITZ Mathematics Competition, Ecology Club, Chess Club, S.M.A.R.T. Program (Outdoor Games) and Drama/Theater Arts Atheletics: Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Track and Field, and Softball

Parent Involvement

Site-Based Decision Making Committee, PTA, Parent Training, Band/Sports Booster Clubs, Chaperones

Major Awards and Honors

Five-Star School (Just for the Kids) - 2002-2003 Texas Education Agency Recognized Campus - 2003-2004 Bobby Bragan Scholarship Recipients Consistently Place High in Academic/Athletic Competitions

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American author and physician, (1809-1894), was born in Cambridge, Mass. He was a graduate of Harvard University (B.A. in 1829; M.D. in 1836). He began his medical career as a general practitioner, but went into the academic field, becoming a professor of anatomy and physiology at Dartmouth College (1838-40), dean of the Harvard Medical School (1847-53), and Parkman professor of anatomy and physiology at Harvard.