R
ippon Middle School
15101 Blackburn Rd.
Woodbridge, VA 22191
Rippon Middle School Web Site
Phone: 703.491.2171
Principal: Sheila D. Coleman
Assistant Principals: Denise Horbert , Stephanie A. Richardson
Guidance Director: Aida Hernandez
Date Opened: 1966
Number of Students:1210
Number of teachers: 85 (certified); (total staff) 125
School Colors: Green, Black, and White
School Mascot: Raiders
Rippon Middle School occupies a tract of land that was once a part of an historical estate established in 1725 by Richard Blackburn of Rippon, Yorkshire, England. The school was built in 1963 and until 1996 it was both an elementary and a middle school.
Rippon students reside in the Woodbridge and Dumfries areas. Some of the areas are historical and represent a deep rich past in Prince William County.
Rippon Middle School is a specialty school for math and science. The school has a Foreign Language Immersion Program for seventh and eighth grade students and provides an ESOL program for students who speak other languages and a Signet program for gifted students.
Enrichment programs at Rippon include after school SOL tutorials, math and reading intervention programs, computer labs to support science, social studies, language arts, math, and technology training along with modular labs for technology education and family and consumer science and a media based library.
In addition to the traditional interscholastic sports and clubs, Rippon supports a number of clubs and organizations such as National Junior Honor Society, Student Cooperative Association, Ecology Club, Chess Club, Literary Magazine, Art Club, Student Newspaper, Student Yearbook, Step Team, and Computer Club along with others. Rippon is also the home of award-winning dramas and musical productions.
Parents are encouraged to become involved in the PTSO, and other yearly activities promoted during the school year. Rippon needs parent volunteers to help in many of our student activities.
An excellent student body and teachers and administrators who strive to make Rippon one of the best middle schools in the county. Rippon is fully accredited by the State of Virginia and is recognized as a School of Excellence by the Prince William County School Board.
Revised: 7/18/07
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