Plaza Middle School is a middle school

Middle school

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 in Virginia Beach, Virginia

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, United States

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. The school was first established as Plaza Junior High in 1969 and has not since been significantly renovated.

Plaza's mascot is the Trojan, and there have been several versions of the mascot most recently that of the 06-07 school year.

Plaza Middle is home to three years of the MYP International Baccalaureate program

IB Middle Years Programme

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, first starting 2002-2003 school years. The school has a total enrollment of about 1160 students.