First Colony Middle School
Opened in 1985 with a population of 500 students, First Colony Middle School currently has an enrollment of more than 1,200 students. Since 1995, First Colony Middle School has served as a Texas Mentor Campus and, in 2000, was named a National Blue Ribbon School.
First Colony Middle School is committed to fostering academic excellence while developing the individual strengths and talents of its students, faculty, staff and community. By addressing the unique needs of early adolescents in a supportive and caring environment, the school furthers their development as independent, thinking citizens of character.
The rigorous curriculum at First Colony reflects the goals and target areas of importance identified in its mission statement. The curriculum offers a broad range of elective courses reflecting the interests and needs of students.
Scores from the spring 2007 TAKS test earned First Colony recognized status:
- Reading, 96% passing
- Math, 91% passing
- Writing, 97% passing
- Social Studies, 96% passing
First Colony Middle School will serve all Riverstone neighborhoods north of Oilfield Road.
Additional highlights:
- First Colony Middle School has computers and television monitors in each room.
- First Colony Middle School students who were a part of the 2005 Math Counts program won the National Championship in a combined effort with Fort Settlement Middle School. The program was sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers and supported by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. As winners of this prestigious honor, the students had the opportunity to meet President George W. Bush in the Oval Office. In 2006, First Colony made an encore appearance at the national Math Counts competition, with the Texas team ranking fourth and First Colony student Kevin Chen finishing as a semifinalist.
3225 Austin Parkway
Sugar Land, TX 77479
(281) 634-3240
Fort Settlement Middle School
The only middle school in Fort Bend Independent School District to be rated exemplary by the Texas Education Agency, Fort Settlement is committed to meeting the unique needs of its students by fostering a community of academic excellence and social responsibility.
Opened in 2001, the school has rigorous academic standards, evidenced by students’ impressive performance on state-mandated TAKS tests. Ninety-nine percent of students passed all portions of the TAKS test—reading, writing, social studies and math—in spring 2007.
Fort Settlement has garnered attention on a national level—as a 2007 No Child Left Behind—Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.
Dedicated teachers work not only to guide students through middle school, but also to help them become lifelong learners. The curriculum is grounded in solid academic standards customized to middle school-age children. Teachers and administrators are cognizant of the concerns of adolescents and work to create a climate of both intellectual development and a caring community.
Parents are intensely involved in the school, with Fort Settlement’s PTO raising a tremendous amount of money to support student learning. Thanks to PTO efforts, the school has a digital video security system, a track and additional classroom equipment including microscopes, telescopes, atlases and more. The PTO also funds the summer library program. Safety was a PTO priority in 2007, with money raised to relocate the school’s courtyard fence to enclose the walkway doors used by students and staff.
Additional highlights:
- Duke University recognized 30 Fort Settlement seventh-graders for their high scores on college entrance tests (SAT and ACT) in 2005.
Fort Settlement students won first place at the Mars Rover Competition, hosted by the University of Houston in 2004.
Three Fort Settlement students achieved perfect scores during the American Mathematics Competition among a field of 200,000 middle-schoolers. - Twelve Fort Settlement students earned National Honor Roll status and another seven received merit recognition in 2003.
Fort Settlement’s Math Counts team won first place in competition against 15 of the state’s top Math Counts teams in 2002.
Fort Settlement received Gold Performance Acknowledgement by the Texas Education Agency in 2002.
5440 Elkins Road
Sugar Land, TX 77479
(281) 634-6440
