Cooper Middle School

Cooper Middle School is a middle school in McLean, Virginia. The school is part of Fairfax County Public Schools Clust. It is named after the author James Fenimore Cooper. It opened in the 1962 school year. Students attend Langley High School or perhaps Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria (must qualify). Students from Great Falls, Forestville, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, Churchill Road, and other elementary schools come to Cooper for middle school. School begins at 7:30 AM and ends at 2:20 PM. Cooper Middle's principal is Arlene Randall.

Books-A-Million has a business partnership with the school, having given its books for the school's book fair.

2004-05 Demographics
53.38% were male and 46.62% female. 77.48% were non-Hispanic Caucasians, 13.42% were Asian/Pacific Islander, 2.75% were Hispanic, 2.10% were African-Americans, and 4.44% were other.

Programs

The school offers a partial-Japanese language immersion program for those who have taken the language in elementary school. Another program at Cooper is Mobile Team Challenge, an experiential team-building low ropes course designed to support the learning and emotional environment for the students. Eighth graders have access to such electives as Journalism, Technology Education, Foreign Language, Music, Art, Drama, Tech Tools, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Special Education. Seventh graders have access to some of the above and are required to take the Wheel program which lets students explore four classes, one for each quarter, out of five possible classes.

Teams
Teams are organized by grade like high school sub-schools. Eighth grade teams are:
*Avalanche
*Team Fusion
*Tornadoes
Seventh grades teams are:
*Lightning
*Tidal Waves
*The Eclipse

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