PHOTOS: Walt Whitman Middle School Celebrates 50 Years
School was formerly located at what is now Mount Vernon High School.
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Walt Whitman Middle School Celebrates 50 Years
(From left) Eighth-grader C.J. Mozina, 14, and seventh-grader Ramey Marciniak, 12, talk about an upcoming Rubik's Cube competition to seventh-grader Peter Skudlarka, 13, who was dressed as a zombie.
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Walt Whitman Middle School celebrated its 50th birthday Thursday evening with an open house for students, parents and local dignitaries. Attendees included Del. Scott Surovell, state Sens. Adam Ebbin and Toddy Puller, and former Virginia First Lady Susan Allen.
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Marti Seers
11:12 am on Friday, March 23, 2012
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Walt Whitman Middle School on Route 1 back in the mid/late 70's? It occupied the space that had been Mount Vernon High School. Two of my children attended Walt Whitman Middle School at that address then went on to Mount Vernon High School off of Old Mount Vernon Highway.
Rachel Leonard
11:34 am on Friday, March 23, 2012
Hi Marti,
Yes, Whitman MS moved to the Route 1 site in 1973, according to information the school distributed last night. It moved to its current location in 1985.
Donald e. McLeod
8:00 pm on Friday, March 23, 2012
The actual building was constructed during the depression when the WPA was
in place to put people back to work on highways, bridges, buildings, etc. The way
you can tell is there is a cupala on the top of the school making note of who built it.
There is also a fall out shelter sign as you walk in the front door to advise the public
that during the war that was a place to shelter.