Lanier Middle School
Achievement with Honor
Location
Houston, Texas, United States
Information
School district	HISD - Central Region
Principal	Lauren Askew (interim)
Students	1,284 (2007-2008)
Type	Public School (US)
Age range	11-14
Grades	6-8
Mascot	The Purple Pups
Teams	The Mighty Pups
Color(s)	Purple, White, and Red
Newspaper	The Purple Page
Established	1926
TEA Rating	Recognized (2006-2007)
Magnet	Partial: Vanguard/IBMYP
PTO	www.lanierpto.org
Homepage	www.lanierms.uni.cc

Sidney Lanier Middle School is a middle school located at 2600 Woodhead Street in Houston, Texas, United States, with a ZIP code of 77098. Lanier, which is a school of the Houston Independent School District, handles grades 6 through 8. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 833 KB) Summary Taken by WhisperToMe Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Houston redirects here. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... The Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center The first Hattie Mae White Administration Building. ... The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... This article is about the color. ... This article is about the color. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... The International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) is a five-year educational programme intended for students aged approximately 11 to 16 (grades 6-10 in the United States). ... Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary/elementary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two. ... Houston redirects here. ... The Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center The first Hattie Mae White Administration Building. ...

Lanier Middle School is located in Neartown and near Montrose and has both neighborhood non-magnet and Vanguard/IBMYP (of the International Baccalaureate) gifted/talented programs. Montrose is the name of a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... Montrose is known for its tattoo parlors and bars Montrose, also known as Neartown, is an area in west-central Houston, Texas. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ...

Lanier's speech and debate team won five consecutive national titles, one of which being at the 2004 National Junior Forensic League Speech and Debate Championships. The team obtained its most recent (as of 2007) title at the newly formed Middle School Forensic League's national tournament ^[1]. Jim Henley, a former Lanier debate teacher, unsuccessfully ran for the United States Congress against John Culberson. Henley retired after the 2006-2007 school year. ^[2] Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... John Abney Culberson (born August 24, 1956), American politician, has been the Republican congressman representing the Texas 7th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2001. ...

Lanier is also notable for offering high school-level classes to eighth graders in the Vanguard program, including Algebra 1, IPC, and Foreign Languages, consisting of Spanish, French, or German. The Lanier German team recently won third place in the Small School division at the Texas State German Contest, which was mostly against high school students. Unfortunately, next year, due to some new HISD regulations, Lanier will be unable to offer these classes, except for the foreign languages, but they will not count for any credit.

In 2008, 99% of Lanier's eighth graders passed the TAKS Reading, ranking them the highest in the city.

History

Lanier's mascot, the Purple Pup

Lanier opened in 1926 as one of HISD's first junior high schools. This school was named for a well-known Southern poet, Sidney Lanier. In 1926, the Purple Pup was adopted as Lanier's mascot. Sidney Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician and poet. ...

In 1935 students from Lanier created a petition to rename Woodhead Street, named after John Woodhead, to Higginbotham Street, after the principal, Blanch Bigginbotham. According to the article "Historic Houston Streets: The Stories Behind the Name," students at other schools used "Wood head" as a derogatory label for Lanier students, implying that they lacked intelligence. After hearing a testimony about Woodhead's character, the Houston City Council decided to keep the previous street name. The students apologized to E. S. Woodhead, John Woodhead's brother and a Houstonian. ^[3] 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

In the early 1980s, Lanier was converted into a middle school. In 1998, Lanier's first floor flooded due to Tropical Storm Frances. In 2001, Lanier was renovated, with the additions of a false ceiling and upgraded air conditioning. Recently, Barack Obama campaign stickers have been distributed and worn around the school by students. Tropical Storm Frances was the sixth tropical storm storm of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. ... “Barack” redirects here. ...

Lanier is unique in that it has an indoor pool, located in the basement. Students sometimes refer to the basement level of the school as the "Dungeon".

Neighborhoods Served

Several areas of Houston inside the 610 Loop are zoned to Lanier^[4], including Afton Oaks, River Oaks, Boulevard Oaks, Avalon Place, Southampton Place, Broad Acres, portions of the Neartown area west of Montrose Boulevard (including portions of Montrose west of Montrose Boulevard, Castle Court, Hyde Park, Richwood, Lancaster Place, and Cherryhurst^[5]), Weslayan Plaza, Oak Estates, Royden Oaks, Ranch Estates, Highland Village, Lynn Park, West Lane Place, Shadyside, Rice Village, most of Upper Kirby (areas of the district located west of Edloe and north of Westpark, residential areas located east of Edloe, west of Kirby, north of U.S. Route 59, and areas located east of Kirby). The Greenway Condominiums are also zoned to Lanier. Afton Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. ... River Oaks is an affluent community located in the geographic center of Houston, Texas (halfway between Downtown and Uptown). ... Boulevard Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Southhampton is a neighborhood located in Houston, Texas. ... Vintage shops along Westheimer Road—the main, and busiest, artery that traverses through Neartown Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas and is one of the citys major cultural areas. ... Montrose is known for its tattoo parlors and bars Montrose, also known as Neartown, is an area in west-central Houston, Texas. ... Highland Village is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Rice Village is a shopping district in Houston, Texas. ... Upper Kirby is a commercial district in Houston, Texas. ... U.S. Route 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ... Greenway Plaza is a master-planned development off of U.S. Highway 59 in Houston, Texas, five miles (8 km) west of Downtown Houston and three miles (5 km) east of Uptown Houston. ...

School Uniform

All Lanier students are required to wear school uniforms consisting of monogrammed LMS polo shirts in colors of red, black, white, or purple purchased at the school and pairs of khaki bottoms (trousers, shorts, or skirts) ^[6]. GSG leaders must wear maroon and green shirts. Students can also wear school club T-shirts during school on days in which they attend the club. This uniform was instituted at the start of the 1997-1998 school year. Students in Bangkok Over one thousand students in uniform during an assembly at a secondary school in Singapore. ... A Lacoste tennis shirt A polo shirt, originally called a tennis shirt and also known as a golf shirt, is a T-shaped shirt with a collar, (typically) two or three buttons down a slit below the collar, two small slits on the bottom of either side, and an optional... Khaki is a common material in military uniforms Khaki is a type of fabric or the colour of such fabric. ... Germanic trousers of the 4th century found in the Thorsberg moor, Germany Early use of trousers in France: a sans-culotte by Louis-Léopold Boilly. ... For other uses, see Shorts (disambiguation). ... A skirt is a traditionally feminine tube- or cone-shaped garment which is worn from the waist and covers the legs. ... T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ...

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform ^[7]; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is a branch of the state government of Texas and oversees public primary and secondary education in the state. ... In law, good faith (in Latin, bona fides) is the mental and moral state of honest, even if objectively unfounded, conviction as to the truth or falsehood of a proposition or body of opinion, or as to the rectitude or depravity of a line of conduct. ...

Student Body

During the 2006-2007 school year, Lanier had 1,328 students ^[8].

• 44% were White
• 31% were Hispanic
• 13% were African-American
• 11% were Asian
• Less than 1% were Native American

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Feeder Patterns

Zoned schools

Elementary schools that feed into Lanier ^[4] include:

• River Oaks ^[9]
• Poe (partial) ^[10]
• Roberts (partial) ^[11]
• St. George Place (partial) ^[12]
• Wilson (partial) ^[13]

All students who are zoned to Lanier are zoned to Lamar High School ^[14]. River Oaks Elementary School is a magnet vanguard school for the Houston Independent School District. ... Edgar Allan Poe Elementary School is a primary school located at 5100 Hazard Street in Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77098. ... Roberts Elementary School Oran M. Roberts Elementary School is a primary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Lamar High School Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77098. ...

Magnet schools

Some Houston-area pupils who attend other schools not in the Lanier feeder pattern (such as West University Elementary School) and/or reside outside of the Lanier attendance boundary choose to go to Lanier. West University Place, often called West University, or West U in short, is a city located in Harris County, Texas. ...

Some students in the Vanguard program at Lanier apply to gifted and talented and advanced academic programs at other schools such as Bellaire High School ^[15], HSPVA, Lamar High School, St. Agnes Academy, and Carnegie Vanguard High School. Bellaire High School is a high school located at 5100 Maple Street in Bellaire, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77401. ... High School for the Performing and Visual Arts The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA for short) is a secondary school located at 4001 Stanford Street in the Montrose district of Houston, Texas. ... Lamar High School Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77098. ... Saint Agnes Academy is a Dominican preparatory school for young women in southwest Houston, Texas. ... Carnegie Vanguard High School Carnegie Vanguard High School is a public secondary school in Houston, Texas. ...

Location

Lanier is located west of Houston's Neartown neighborhood. Lanier is nearby single family houses and small shops. A convenience store, a hardware store, and a few restaurants are near Lanier Middle School. Montrose (sometimes The Montrose) is the name of a neighborhood and also an area in Houston, Texas. ...

The Upper Kirby district, which is near Lanier, plans to establish a "teen center" at Richmond at Wake Forest geared toward students at Lanier, St. John's, Lamar, and other Upper Kirby schools and schools near Upper Kirby. Funding issues have delayed establishment of the center. ^[16] Upper Kirby is a commercial district in Houston, Texas. ... St. ...

Admissions Policy

Students zoned to Lanier automatically are eligible to attend the school, and are automatically able to attend the Vanguard program if they qualify.

For non-zoned students to attend Lanier, parents must submit Vanguard magnet application forms. ^[17] After submitting the forms, the students are separated into 2 groups, Tier One (the top students), and Lottery (everyone else). The Tier One students are automatically admitted to the school, while 275 of the 1000s of Lottery students are randomly drawn to attend Lanier. However, next year, this will change, so that all applying students will be placed in the lottery. All non-zoned students attending Lanier are in the Vanguard program.

Notable Alumni

• Walter Cronkite (Journalist)^[18][19]
• Denton Cooley (Heart surgeon)
• George Ducas (Singer)^[20]
• Fred Hofheinz (Former Mayor of Houston)
• Mark White (Former Governor of Texas)
• Emeka Okafor (Basketball player)^[18]
• Linda Ellerbee (Journalist)^[21]
• John Lucas III (Basketball Player)
• Joe Savery (Baseball Player)

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References

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External links

• Lanier Middle School Homepage
• Lanier Middle School PTO