Alexandria City Public Schools history

In 1907-08, the main school on Broadway was renamed Washington High School, so the upper-grades program at Franklin was renamed the Washington High School Annex.

When the high school was renamed Broadway in 1908-09, the program at Franklin became Franklin High School.

With the increase in Seattle's high school enrollment, the elementary program was closed at Franklin, and the school operated solely as a high school from 1909-12.

On December 30, 1918, the American Avenue School burned down.

On May 5, 1921, the Board of Education designated the American Avenue School as a junior high school and later that year renamed it Washington Middle School.

1924: George Washington Junior high school opened with 500 students and 25 faculty members.

1926: Jack Parsons, one of the principal founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, attended Washington Junior High School

George Washington High School opened in the fall of 1935 at 1005 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, merging the students from Alexandria's two high schools.

The first history of the school was found in the first yearbook, the 1936 Compass.

The first expansion came in 1937, just two years after the school opened.

With the addition of 9th graders in 1946-47, the school became George Washington Junior High.

The GW Memorial Stadium, with a capacity of 14,800 fans, was built by the city in 1947, with merchants' donations funding the cost of the lights and a single corporation providing for the electronic scoreboard.

In 1948 the north wing was built, providing more classrooms and housing the library on the third floor, with an extension to the cafeteria on the first floor.

In 1952, the Tulloch Memorial Gym was built.

GW began to play their home basketball games at Hammond High School when it opened in 1956.

The last class to graduate intact from GW was the Class of 1957.

Plans for building a new junior high school on a site near 23rd Avenue S and Jackson Street were announced in December 1958.

The Class of 1959 also graduated with its members divided between the two high schools, after beginning as a unified freshman class at GW.

After a long period of planning by the city, the Tulloch Memorial Gymnasium was finally built, opening in 1961.

The new school building, designed to hold about 1,100 students, opened in 1963 with approximately 800 students.

In 1965 T. C. Williams High School was opened.

In 1967-68, the district housed its Central Area Office on the site.

In 1970, the junior high school was converted for use as an annex for Garfield High School and, for eight years, was known as Garfield B. It housed academic and vocational education classes for high school students.

GW was integrated and remained a 4-year high school until 1971 when Alexandria's secondary schools were reorganized.

A special program to help school-age parents continue their education began there in 1976-77.

In 1979, the city again reorganized the secondary schools, and GW's status changed to a junior high.

During inclement weather, soccer classes have been held in the lobby! The Stephen F. Osisek Stadium was dedicated in 1988 to honor Mr.

After another reorganization, George Washington became a junior high school, and then in September 1993, opened as a middle school housing 1,100 students in grades six, seven and eight.

She was a multiple recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards and, in 1995, she became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

2003: Pasadena Education Network formed with a focus on providing information about the Pasadena public schools and connecting families interested in learning more about their options

2012: Washington Middle School was changed to Washington STEAM Magnet Academy

2013: Pasadena Unified was awarded $3.1 Million Magnet Program Grant by United States Department of Education to fund magnet programs at 4 schools, including Washington STEAM Magnet Academy (WSMA).