Oak Avenue Intermediate School
| Oak Avenue Intermediate School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 6623 North Oak Avenue Temple City, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°07′08″N 118°03′56″W / 34.11884°N 118.065562°WCoordinates: 34°07′08″N 118°03′56″W / 34.11884°N 118.065562°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Temple City Unified School District |
| Principal | Lawton Gray |
| Staff | (vary) |
| Grades | 7–8 |
| Number of students | 976 |
| Color(s) | Royal blue and gold |
| Athletics | Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, Soccer |
| Mascot | Royal Lion |
| Website | [1] |
Oak Avenue Intermediate School is a two-year public intermediate, junior high, or middle school, located in Temple City, California, in the west San Gabriel Valley.
Lawton Gray, formerly dean of students and assistant principal at Temple City High School, was named principal in April 2007.
The Temple City Unified School District was established on July 1, 1954 and incorporated Oak Avenue Intermediate School, formerly part of the Pasadena Unified School District. Before 1956, Temple City public school students would attend Pasadena High School after Oak Avenue, but in 1956 the first 12th grade class in the district graduated at Oak Avenue.
Students at Oak Avenue must take Mathematics, English, Social Studies, Science, and Physical Education for the full two years, but may choose an elective class. Typical elective classes include Beginning and Advanced Art, Auxiliaries, Computers and Computer Graphics, Film Studies, Media Literacy, Marching Band, Orchestra, Chorus, Yearbook, and STEAM.
Oak Avenue's music program offers two departments; band, consisting woodwind instruments, such as the flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone (including alto, tenor, and baritone), the brass instruments: trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba, baritone and percussion instruments starting at the Intermediate level (see below); while orchestra consists of strings, such as violin, viola, cello, and bass—a symphony orchestra, in contrast, combines winds, percussions, and strings into a single body. The band and orchestra manage to combine once every year to form a symphony orchestra in able to play a specific song to the entire school.
Both departments have three levels of proficiency; beginning, intermediate, and advanced. The advanced band is given the further sobriquet of "Royals Concert Band". Each year the departments participate in different events. The Royals Band, for example, marches in various parades throughout the school's second semester. In 2006, the Royals Band won their first ever sweepstakes with a score of 92.2 and in 2007, they won another sweepstakes at Laguna Beach with a score of 90.6.
On March 28, 2006, Oak Avenue's various bands and orchestras received a rating of Superior from The Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA). The ratings, assigned to numerous schools, forego any placement, therefore no school can "win." Possible ratings include (from highest to lowest) Superior, Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor. Although these ratings are set by experienced music educators, the ratings received are not as important as the learning process preceding performances. In March 2007, for the first time in Oak Avenue's history, all bands and orchestras received a unanimous Superior rating.
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