William R. Satz School
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William R. Satz School is a two year public community middle school
located in Holmdel Township
, in Monmouth County, New Jersey
. The school building is physically connected to the Holmdel High School
.
The curriculum offers a wide variety of courses and extracurricular activities.
, Algebra
, science
, social studies
, art education
, creative arts
, computer education, physical education
, music education
, health education
, and world languages.
The typical selection of language courses offered include Chinese
, Spanish
, Italian
, French
, and Latin
.
The school also runs a Student Council
organization. Officers are elected at the start of every school year to address issues involving the district and community along with planning school spirit
events.
Academic clubs offered include the Continental Mathematics League, the New Jersey Math League, and Project Plus - a selection of several different contest for students to participate in including: Science Olympiad, Future City Engineers, National Geographic Bee
, Scripps National Spelling Bee
, Battle of the Books, Academic Bowl, and Buehler Challenger and Science Center.
In 2011, eighth grader, Ray Wang, from W.R. Satz School made it into the second semi-final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and the eighth grade team placed first in the state at the annual New Jersey Academic Bowl held at the Carl W. Goetz Middle School in Jackson, New Jersey.
Satz annually hosts plays, talent shows, musicals, and concerts, created by their Drama Productions club, Stage Crew, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Chorus, and Hand Bells.
Some other notable clubs include the Youth Alliance - dedicated to promoting a no-use message towards drugs and alcohol - a Multicultural Awareness Group (M.A.G.) which promotes the acceptance of multiple cultures within the society, and Student Ambassadors, an organization designed to promote an engagement between students and the community.
The school also allows their students to participate in the creation of their school newspaper and yearbook.
Eight graders participate in an annual trip to Washington D.C. in the spring.
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
located in Holmdel Township
Holmdel Township, New Jersey
Holmdel Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 16,773. Holmdel Township was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1857, from portions of Raritan Township .Holmdel is a suburb of...
, in Monmouth County, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. The school building is physically connected to the Holmdel High School
Holmdel High School
Holmdel High School is a comprehensive community four-year public high school located in Holmdel Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, operating as the only high school in the Holmdel Township Public Schools...
.
The curriculum offers a wide variety of courses and extracurricular activities.
Courses
Students are divided into separate "teams" in which the students rotate from course to course. Several courses offered include mathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Algebra
Algebra
Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and relations, and the constructions and concepts arising from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
, art education
Art education
Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings...
, creative arts
Creative Arts
Creative arts is the term used to describe different types of art. Specifically, to introduce fine art ideas, techniques, skills and media. It is generally used as an umbrella for Dramaturgy, Music , Graphic Arts/Cartooning, Performing Arts, Film and Publishing, Galleries and Museums and the Visual...
, computer education, physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, music education
Music education
Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...
, health education
Health education
Health education is the profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health...
, and world languages.
The typical selection of language courses offered include Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, and Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
.
Extracurricular Activites
The middle school students of Holmdel participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities ranging from a choice of academic clubs, bands, chorus, orchestra, athletic teams, and clubs that deal with the community such as the "Builders Club", sponsored by Kiwanis International and the "Bridges Program".The school also runs a Student Council
Student council
Student council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
organization. Officers are elected at the start of every school year to address issues involving the district and community along with planning school spirit
School spirit
School spirit is emotional support for one's educational institution. This can apply to any type of school, from grade schools to universities...
events.
Academic clubs offered include the Continental Mathematics League, the New Jersey Math League, and Project Plus - a selection of several different contest for students to participate in including: Science Olympiad, Future City Engineers, National Geographic Bee
National Geographic Bee
The National Geographic Bee is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The bee, held every year since 1989, is open to students in the fourth through eighth grade in participating American schools.The entities represented at the national level are all fifty U.S....
, Scripps National Spelling Bee
Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a highly competitive annual spelling bee in the United States, with participants from other countries as well. It is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W...
, Battle of the Books, Academic Bowl, and Buehler Challenger and Science Center.
In 2011, eighth grader, Ray Wang, from W.R. Satz School made it into the second semi-final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and the eighth grade team placed first in the state at the annual New Jersey Academic Bowl held at the Carl W. Goetz Middle School in Jackson, New Jersey.
Satz annually hosts plays, talent shows, musicals, and concerts, created by their Drama Productions club, Stage Crew, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Chorus, and Hand Bells.
Some other notable clubs include the Youth Alliance - dedicated to promoting a no-use message towards drugs and alcohol - a Multicultural Awareness Group (M.A.G.) which promotes the acceptance of multiple cultures within the society, and Student Ambassadors, an organization designed to promote an engagement between students and the community.
The school also allows their students to participate in the creation of their school newspaper and yearbook.
Eight graders participate in an annual trip to Washington D.C. in the spring.