Garland V. Stewart Middle Magnet School
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Garland V. Stewart Middle Magnet School, normally referred to as "Stewart", opened as Don Thompson Vocational High School in 1945 on West Spruce Street in Tampa, Florida
, USA. Don Thompson was a school that was for segregated Tampa, FL for Blacks. The building later housed Blake High School before becoming Stewart. The school is named in honor of Garland V. Stewart, the first African American to serve as Assistant Superintendent for the School District of Hillsborough County
. Stewart has 950 students in grades 6-8. The school mascot is the Yellow Jacket's.
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, USA. Don Thompson was a school that was for segregated Tampa, FL for Blacks. The building later housed Blake High School before becoming Stewart. The school is named in honor of Garland V. Stewart, the first African American to serve as Assistant Superintendent for the School District of Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County, Florida
As of the census of 2000, there were 998,948 people, 391,357 households, and 255,164 families residing in the county. The population density was 951 people per square mile . There were 425,962 housing units at an average density of 405 per square mile...
. Stewart has 950 students in grades 6-8. The school mascot is the Yellow Jacket's.
Special programs
- Stewart is a NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Explorer School, one of only 50 in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and only two in FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. The schoolSchoolA school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
receives over $3000 in grant money each year from NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
, along with visits and video conferences with NASA engineers. NASA provides summer workshops for Stewart's teachers.
- Project Lead The Way is a pre-engineering program that allows students to use advanced CAD (Computer-Aided Drafting) software and a woodshop. These students are picked based on Math and ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
Teacher recommendations.
- John Glenn Top Gun Academy is a club for all grades that caters to advanced aerospace-interested students. The club's members take an annual trip to the Kennedy Space CenterKennedy Space CenterThe John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA installation that has been the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for America's civilian space program...
, paid for by donors such as Brighthouse Networks and KB HomeKB HomeKB Home is a homebuilding company based in the United States, founded in 1957 as Kaufman & Broad in Detroit, Michigan. It was the first company to be traded on the NYSE as a home builder and is a Fortune 500 company...
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- Wheelbrator is an environmental studies club. The club takes full advantage of Stewart's prime position on the Hillsborough RiverHillsborough River (Florida)The Hillsborough River is a river located in the state of Florida in the USA. It arises in the Green Swamp near the juncture of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties, and flows through Pasco and Hillsborough Counties to an outlet in the city of Tampa on Tampa Bay. The name Hillsborough River first...
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- National Junior Honor Society
- Young Eagles Stewart shares a special relationship with the Tampa chapter of the Young EaglesYoung EaglesYoung Eagles is a program created by the US Experimental Aircraft Association designed to give children between the ages of 8 to 17 an opportunity to experience flight in a general aviation airplane while educating children about aviation. This program is offered free of charge with donations and...
Association. The Young Eagles group provides opportunities for Stewart Students to ride in small aircraft. One Stewart Teacher owns his own airplane and participates in these activities. Stewart is located on the Hillsborough river, by Blake High School.
Other programs
Stewart has a full band and orchestra program. There are nine computer labs to create a 2:1 student to computer ratio. Stewart also has a full-sized gym. The I Can Learn! labs teach Algebra 1 to seventh grade students on a computer system. Stewart Students participate in Math League, Math Counts, and Worlds Of Wisdom (geographyGeography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
/History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
Tournament) competitions.