Stuart-Hobson Middle School

STUART-HOBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS
Preparing Students for High School and Beyond

With the Smithsonian Institution as a resource for teachers and students, Stuart-Hobson’s arts integration and museum program serves 415 students in sixth through eighth grade. Stuart-Hobson combines the warmth of a neighborhood school, where staff members know each child by name, with a full range of academic programs and extracurricular activities to round out students’ educational experience.

A Tradition of Academic Achievement

The Washington Post recently highlighted Stuart-Hobson as having one of the largest proportions of students who are advanced in reading and math. Stuart-Hobson’s students have boasted the city’s second highest DC-CAS test scores among DC’s public middle schools for the past three years. Graduates go on to succeed at top public and private high schools in our area.

Our rigorous academic program includes Spanish as a core subject every year. All students complete pre-algebra by the end of eighth grade. Seventh and eighth grade students can earn Carnegie units for high school credit by successfully completing the end-of-course Spanish and Algebra I exams. Additionally, students can choose to enroll in a growing range of music classes including beginner and intermediate band during the school day and string ensemble, jazz ensemble, and chorus before and after-school.

Investing in Technology and Arts

Stuart-Hobson is slated for a multi-million dollar facilities upgrade beginning in the spring of 2012 to support the school’s reinvigorated arts integration and museum program. Plans include space for art, music, drama, exhibits, and a high-tech media center. In the meantime, a $1.5 million technology upgrade in 2010-2011 provided SMART boards to teachers in every classroom, document cameras, SMART response systems, enhanced sound systems in most classrooms, a Mac lab, and iPads for classroom use. A renovated auditorium provides performance space. Students have ample space to play and exercise outdoors thanks to a new 13,200-square-foot field donated by the Synthetic Turf Council.

Partnerships Create Opportunities

Teachers at Stuart-Hobson partner with organizations and individuals throughout the city to create exciting and varied learning opportunities. A highlight of the sixth grade year is the Embassy Adoption Program, where students “adopt” a country for the year, visiting the country’s embassy and experiencing aspects of its culture and food through field trips and projects. As seventh graders, students enjoy outdoor experiential learning through the help of partners like Living Classrooms, Provider Pals, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Eighth grade teachers have sustained decade-long partnerships with the National Museum of Air and Space and We the People Trolley Tour to enhance students’ engagement with the US Constitution and civics.

Additional learning partners include Arena Stage, Folger’s Shakespeare Theater, Smithsonian National Museum of Air and Space, Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, the Wildlife Federation, Center for Inspired Teaching, and Learning Tree.

Activities Enrich Learning

At Stuart-Hobson, activities enrich the classroom experience. Offerings include…

SCHOOL LIFE: Student Government Association and School Newspaper and Yearbook

SPORTS: Football,Basketball (boys and girls), Volleyball (girls), Track and Field (boys and girls), Cross Country (boys and girls), Tennis (boys and girls), and Ski Team (1st place 2010 and 2011)

MUSIC: Band (beginning and intermediate), Chorus, and String and Jazz Ensembles

CLUBS: Chess, Creative Writing, Environment, Dinner, Book, Metro, Art, STAMPS (Students Teaching About Monumental Park Sites), and Builders (through local Kiwanis chapter)

ACADEMICS: Science Fair and National History Day (citywide award winners), Spelling and Geography Bees, Geoplunge (1st place 2010), Mock Trial (finalists in 2011), STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) after school program, and Apangea Math Extension Program

TRIPS: 2012 plans include Space Camp in Alabama and a student trip to Montana

Learn More About Stuart-Hobson

Download the CHCS Brochure, Featuring Stuart-Hobson (PDF)

Meet the Teachers at Stuart Hobson (Link)

Meet the Administrative Team at Stuart Hobson (Link)

Learn more about our School Gardens (Link)

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