Lanier Middle School (Houston)
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| School type | Public School (US) |
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| Established | 1926 |
| District | HISD |
| Grades | 6-8 |
| Principal | Julia Dimmitt |
| Students | 1,316 (2004-2005) |
| Athletics | The Mighty Pups |
| Colors | Purple, White, Red |
| Mascot | The Purple Pups |
| TEA Rating | Recognized (2005-2006) |
| Magnet | Partial: Vanguard program and IB Middle Years program |
| PTO | www.lanierpto.org |
| Location | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Website | www.lanierms.uni.cc |
Sidney Lanier Middle School is a middle school located at 2600 Woodhead Street in Houston, Texas, United States, with a ZIP code of 77098. Lanier, which is a school of the Houston Independent School District, handles grades 6 through 8.
Lanier Middle School is located near Neartown (Montrose) and has both neighborhood and Vanguard gifted/talented programs. Lanier has the IB Middle Years Programme (of the International Baccalaureate program).
Lanier's speech and debate team won four national titles, one of which being at the 2004 National Junior Forensic League Speech and Debate Championships. The team obtained its most recent (as of 2006) title at the newly formed Middle School Forensic League's national tournament. Jim Henley, a debate teacher who taught at the school for several years, unsuccessfully ran for the United States Congress against John Culberson [1].
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[edit] History
Lanier opened in 1926.
The cafeteria of Lanier Middle School used to have a 1950s-style "Pup Rock Cafe" sign, a spoof on Hard Rock Cafe.
[edit] Neighborhoods Served
Several areas of Houston inside the 610 Loop, including Afton Oaks, River Oaks, Boulevard Oaks, Avalon Place, Castle Court, Southampton Place, Broad Acres, portions of Neartown west of Montrose Boulevard, Weslayan Plaza, Oak Estates, Royden Oaks, Lancaster Place, Ranch Estates, Highland Village, Richwood, Lynn Park, West Lane Place, Hyde Park, Rice Village, most of Upper Kirby (areas of the district located west of Edloe and north of Westpark, residential areas located east of Edloe, west of Kirby, north of U.S. Route 59, and areas located east of Kirby), are zoned to Lanier. The Greenway Condominiums are also zoned to Lanier.
Most students at Lanier are not zoned to Lanier.
[edit] School Uniform
All Lanier students as of 2006 are required to wear a school uniform consisting of a monogrammed LMS polo shirt in colors of red, black, white, or purple purchased at the school and a pair of khaki bottoms (trousers, shorts, or skirts). GSG leaders must wear maroon and green shirts. Students can also wear club t-shirts during school. This uniform was instituted at the start of the 1997-1998 school year.
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform [2]; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
[edit] Student Body
During the 2004-2005 school year, Lanier had 1,316 students [3].
- 43% were White
- 31% were Hispanic
- 16% were African-American
- 11% were Asian
- Less than 1% were Native American
34% qualified for free or reduced lunch.
[edit] Feeder Patterns
Elementary schools that feed into Lanier include:
(partial)
Some pupils who attend West University Elementary School choose to go to Lanier.
All students who are zoned to Lanier are zoned to Lamar High School.
Some students in the Vanguard program at Lanier apply to gifted and talented and advanced academic programs at other schools such as Bellaire High School, HSPVA, and Carnegie Vanguard High School.
[edit] Location
Lanier is located west of Houston's Neartown neighborhood. Lanier is nearby single family houses and small shops. Several antique shops, a convenience store, a hardware store, and a few restaurants are near Lanier Middle School.
The Upper Kirby district, which is near Lanier, plans to establish a "teen center" at Richmond at Wake Forest geared toward students at Lanier, St. John's, Lamar, and other Upper Kirby schools and schools near Upper Kirby. Funding issues have delayed establishment of the center. [4]
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Walter Cronkite (Journalist)
- Denton Cooley (Heart surgeon)
- Fred Hofheinz (Former Mayor of Houston)
- Mark White (Former Governor of Texas)
- Emeka Okafor (Basketball player)
- Linda Ellerbee (Journalist)
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| Preceded by River Oaks, Poe, Roberts, St. George Place, and Wilson |
Houston Independent School District Grades 6-8 |
Succeeded by Lamar High School |
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| Alternative and magnet K-12 schools | T. H. Rogers |
| Alternative 7-12 schools | C.L.C. |
| High schools | Austin | Bellaire | Chávez | Davis | Furr | Sam Houston | Jones | Kashmere | Lamar | Lee | Madison | Milby Reagan | Scarborough | Sharpstown | Sterling | Waltrip | Washington | Westbury | Westside | Wheatley | Worthing | Yates |
| Magnet-Only High schools | Carnegie Vanguard | Challenge Early College | DeBakey | H.S.P.V.A. | Barbara Jordan | H.S.L.E.C.J. |
| K-8 schools | Gregory-Lincoln | Woodson |
| K-8 magnet schools | Briarmeadow | Kandy Stripe | Rice |
| 1-8 schools | E.O. Smith |
| Middle schools | Attucks | Black | Burbank MS | Clifton | Cullen | Deady | Dowling | Edison | Fleming | Fondren MS | Fonville | Grady Hamilton | Hartman | Henry | Hogg | Holland | Jackson | Johnston | Key | Long | Lanier | Marshall | McReynolds Ortíz | Pershing | Pin Oak | Revere | Ryan | Sharpstown | Stevenson | Thomas | Welch | West Briar |
| Elementary schools | Briargrove | Longfellow | Neff | Poe | River Oaks | Roberts | Twain | West University | Others |
