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Q: Can schools be encyclopedic?
A: Yes
File:Goschool.gif The following schools are under watch for continuous organic growth and improvement. Jimbo Wales supports the inclusion of even trivial articles about schools.
Listed on VfD
- Added 24 Mar 2005: Saklan Valley School - An accredited California school founded in 1954.
- Added 29 Mar 2005: Jordan Middle School Middle School in Palo Alto CA. Consensus seems headed towards deletion, make sure your vote is counted !
- Added 31 Mar 2005: Irwin Altman Middle School - New York middle school located in Queens.
- Added 4 Apr 2005: St. Anne Seattle - A Seattle, Washington private school which opened in 1923.
- Added 10 Apr 2005: St. Joseph's Secondary School - Canadian High School
- Added 11 Apr 2005: Westview High School (Beaverton) -- Oregon WA School, founded 1994, offers classes with Portland State University
- Added 11 Apr 2005: Southridge High School -- Offers International Baccalaureate Program. President George W. Bush spoke at Southridge High School on August 13th, 2004.
- Added 11 Apr 2005: Sunset High School (Portland) -- Offers International Baccalaureate program instead of AP classes. Has a christian students club.
Redirected without consensus
- Bellevue West High School - Highly accredited Nebraskan high school.
- Westview High School (Beaverton)
- Southridge High School
- Sunset High School (Portland)
Marked for improvement
- Blake Junior High School - Renominated for deletion after no consensus in October 2004, this was once a segregated African American school until 1971.
- Coppell High School - Cited as one of "America's Best Schools" by Newsweek. The school's music program was also named "the best in the nation" by the National Music Educators Association.
- Cramlington Community High School - Large award-winning school in Cramlington, England. Hosts a multi-million pound Sports Centre and is also a Science College.
- Episcopal High School - Private boarding school founded in 1839.
- Eirias High School - Highly decorated school in North Wales.
- Franklin High School - Year-round school in East Los Angeles, established in 1916.
- Galashiels Academy - Scottish high school which dates back to 1696.
- Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Established in 1875 by an ancient guild of haberdashers.
- Hamden Middle School - Middle school which was awarded school of the year in 1998 by the state of Connecticut.
- Harlaw Academy - Scottish school with a group of notable alumni, including parliamentarians.
- Kent School - Prestigous boarding school established in 1906.
- The Kiski School - The oldest remaining all-male boarding school in the USA.
- Lake Dow Christian Academy - Private Protestant Christian school; student made news on the AP wire for bringing a pipe bomb to class.
- Ngee Ann Secondary School - Originally Tuan Mong High School, taken over by the Ngee Ann Tongsi in 1953.
- Red Lake High School - Target of a 2005 school massacre, located on an indian reservation.
- Stephen Tyng Mather High School - Set on a 13.75 acre campus, more than half of the students at this Chicago Illinois high school speak English as a second language.
- Toowoomba Grammar School - Boarding school established in 1875 which educates reception through 12th.
Examples of good articles
Failed VfD debate, deleted
- Elanguest language school - A language school off the island of Malta which teaches students from Russia and all over Europe. Most students only stay 2-4 weeks. VfD archive
- Oak Hills High School - Established in 1954, this schools gymnasium was used to shoot Nike commercials. (VfD archive)
See also
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