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Thornton Middle School is an A5 Middle School in unincorporated Harris County , Texas , United States , near the city of Houston .

It is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District , one of the largest growing districts in the state of Texas. It teaches 6th ,7th , and 8th grade. The school spirit colors are mostly blue and red. Their mascot is the Patriots. Thornton Middle School feeds into Cypress Springs High School , Langham Creek High School , and eventually Cypress Lakes High School in fall 2008. Thornton's name came from Donald O. Thornton, retired Cypress-Fairbanks ISD superintendent. He served the District for 28 years as a teacher, coach, associate superintendent, and superintendent. He and his wife, Dixie, were well-respected, dedicated employees who helped to shape the direction of the school district.


ENROLLMENT

1702 as of 9-12-06


ELECTIVES


Art, Band, Orchestra, Choir, Theatre Arts, Communication Applications, Spanish I, Reading, Spanish II, Spanish for Native Speakers I or II-IIIK, French , French II, German I, Latin I, Skills
for Living, Exploratory Home Economics Exploring Foods and Fabrics, Personal and Family Development, Technology Education I or II, Keyboarding, Introduction to Webmastering, Introduction to Programming, Advanced Academic Strategies, Yearbook.


AWARDS

  • Spotlight Teacher of the Year(2006): Amy Graham

  • Placed 2nd in the nation towards Speech/Debate:Raphael Akinsipe



TAKS SCORES

TAKS Stands for Texas Assesment of Knowledge and Skills and is taken by Thornton and here is how they have done:




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