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Pershing, located in the Braeswood Place neighborhood, serves grades 6 through 8 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District. A sign marking Braeswood Place Braeswood Place is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... The Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center The first Hattie Mae White Administration Building. ...

Pershing has a neighborhood program, a Pre-AP Gifted and Talented program, and a fine arts program. Pershing is seeking to obtain IB approval. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ...

History

Pershing Middle School

West University Place Pershing Junior High School [1], which was named after John J. Pershing, was established in 1928. Pershing originally was connected to West University Elementary School (which was located in the city of West University Place after the city incorporated in 1938); the school moved to its own campus at 7000 Braes Boulevard in Houston in 1948 [2] [3]. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 840 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 840 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... John Joseph Black Jack Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948) was an officer in the United States Army. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... West University Place, often called West University, or West U in short, is a city located in Harris County, Texas. ... West University Place, often called West University, or West U in short, is a city located in Harris County, Texas. ...

Originally Pershing was an all-white school; it was desegregated in 1970.

Originally, Houston ISD planned to remodel Pershing's 1948 campus. When HISD found that building a new campus from scratch would be more cost-effective, HISD decided to pursue that goal.

Construction started on Pershing's brand new two-story 216,000 square foot campus at 3838 Bluebonnet (on the same site as the old campus) during the summer of 2005. Construction was expected to end in Summer 2007, and the new campus was originally expected to open in Fall 2007 [4]. The lead architect for the campus was PGAL, with Gilbane as the lead project manager. The original budget was $16,900,000 United States dollars. The construction costs totaled $24.4 million, and the final costs, including books, computers, and architect engineers, totaled $31 million. USD redirects here. ...

The new building opened on Thursday, January 18, 2007; originally the building was slated to open the previous day, but weather conditions lead to the temporary closing of all HISD schools for January 17 [5] [6].

Pershing Middle School's campus prior to the addition of lettering

Portions of the former Pershing building remain because many chimney swift birds appeared in the chimney. The Migratory Bird Act makes the act of tearing down the Pershing chimney illegal [7] ("Flight of the chimney swifts," West University Examiner, July 17, 2007). In March of 2008 the Pershing Fine Arts will be playing at Carneige Hall. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 844 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 844 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Binomial name Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758) The Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a small swift. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Location

Pershing Middle School's former 1948 campus, scheduled for demolition

Pershing is located within the Braeswood Place neighborhood. Pershing is surrounded by single family houses; it is also next door to Mark Twain Elementary School and the Weekley Family YMCA. The McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library is walking distance from Pershing. Some Pershing students walk to the Braes Heights Shopping Center in the city of Southside Place. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1215, 436 KB) Summary Pershing Middle School in Houston WhisperToMe took this picture and has released it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1215, 436 KB) Summary Pershing Middle School in Houston WhisperToMe took this picture and has released it into the public domain. ... Mark Twain Elementary School Mark Twain Elementary School is a public primary school located at 7500 Braes Boulevard in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Not to be confused with YWCA. This article is about the association. ... The John P. McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library, located in the Braeswood Place neighborhood The Houston Public Library Heights Branch Meyer Branch Eleanor K. Freed Montrose Branch Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ... Southside Place is a city located in Harris County, Texas. ...

Neighborhoods served by Pershing

Pershing, which is located in the Braeswood Place neighborhood, serves several areas of Houston that are in and out of the 610 Loop, including Braeswood Place, Linkwood, Knollwood Village, Woodshire, Woodside, Westridge, Southgate, Old Braeswood, Morningside Place, Westwood, a portion of Maplewood, Sunset Terrace, and a small portion of Meyerland. In addition to portions of Houston, Pershing also serves the cities of Bellaire, Southside Place, and West University Place. A sign marking Braeswood Place Braeswood Place is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... Interstate 610 is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ... Southgate is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Old Braeswood is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Morningside Place is a subdivision located in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Maplewood Maplewood is a community in Houston, Texas. ... Sunset Terrace is an Inner Loop neighborhood of Houston, Texas, United States in an area roughly bounded by Westpark Drive to the north, Weslayan Street to the west, Bissonnet to the south, and Edloe Street to the east. ... Meyerland is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... Another sign at the edge of the city limits. ... Southside Place is a city located in Harris County, Texas. ... A sculpture with the logo of the city of West University Place An electronic sign in the center of West University Place West University Place, often called West University or West U for short, is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land...

The Lakes of 610 apartment complex in Houston is served by Pershing.

School uniforms

All Pershing students as of 2007 are required to wear a school uniform consisting of a T-shirt or a polo shirt with Pershing Logo (can be purchased at school) and a pair of khaki bottoms (trousers, shorts, or skirts). All students must wear ID badges. T-shirts going below the wrists must be tucked into the bottom garments. Students in Bangkok Over one thousand students in uniform during an assembly at a secondary school in Singapore. ... 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. ... 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. ... German identity card with a KINEGRAM® A piece of identification (ID) is a document designed to verify aspects of a persons identity. ... 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 [8]; 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

Houston-area apartment complexes zoned to Pershing advertise the school assignments to attract families

During the 2005-2006 school year, Pershing had 1,701 students [9]. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 867 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 867 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

• 35% were White
• 31% were African-American
• 23% were Hispanic
• 10% were Asian
• Less than 1% were Native American

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Feeder patterns

Elementary schools that feed into Pershing include:

• Condit
• Mark Twain
• West University

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• Horn
• Longfellow
• Lovett
• Red
• Roberts
• Shearn
• Herod

The majority of students who are zoned to Pershing either go to Bellaire High School or Lamar High School. A few areas zoned to Pershing feed into Madison High School, Westbury High School, and Lee High School (all pupils zoned to Lee may also choose to go to Lamar or Westside High School). Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School is a primary school located at 3614 Murworth in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77025. ... Roberts Elementary School Oran M. Roberts Elementary School is a primary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Bellaire High School is a magnet/IB school located at 5100 Maple Street in Bellaire, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77401. ... 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. ... James Madison High School is a public secondary school located at 13719 White Heather in Houston, Texas. ... Westbury High School Westbury High School is a secondary school located at 11911 Chimney Rock in the Westbury neighborhood of southwest Houston, Texas. ... Lee High School (names after Robert E. Lee and formerly named Robert E. Lee High School) is a secondary school located at 6529 Beverly Hill in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77057. ... Westside Wolf Logo Westside High School is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas. ...

All students zoned to Pershing have the option to attend Pin Oak Middle School. Pin Oak Middle School Pin Oak Middle School is a secondary school that is located in Bellaire, Texas. ...

Notable alumni

• Dennis Quaid
• Randy Quaid
• Jaclyn Smith
• Marvin Zindler, KTRK ABC-13 news reporter who ended the Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas. He appeared at the school's 75th anniversary in 2003.
• A. J. Foyt, Jr. (also attended Hamilton Middle School and Lamar and San Jacinto high schools)

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External links

• Pershing Middle School home page
• Pershing Middle School library
• http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/782/billtext/HR00172F.HTM - Capitol bill regarding Pershing Middle School