Plaza Middle School

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Plaza Middle School (PMS) is an old middle school found in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. Plaza was first established in 1969, with no recent major renovations. Plaza has been voted one of the cleanest middles schools in Virginia. Plaza's mascot has been the Trojan, and there have been several versions of the moscot, changing in the 06-07 school year. Plaza Middle is home to three years of the MYP International Baccalaureate program, first starting 2002-2003 school years. The schools has a total of about 1150 students, including the zoned, disabled, and the MYP students.

School Incidents

In recent years, Plaza has been known for trouble occurring leading to news broadcast. During the 2006-2007 School year, it was reported that a student taped other students beating up a boy in the men's restroom. Last year, there was a student with a gun in his possession near a bus stop before school. During the 2000-2001 school year, an 8th grade student threatened to blow up the 8th grade hallway. The student indeed had an "explosive" device hidden in his locker. But authorities ruled that this device, if activated, would have caused only minimal damage to the locker. The student was sentenced to a detention center. The has also been recent incounters with marijuana in the mat room in the year 2006-2007. The student was found and was assigned OSS. In the recent years, a boy suffered fom a massive stroke. in the 8th grade hallway. He went to the hospital in an ambulance and never made it throught the night. He will be remembered.

Trivia

• Plaza houses the only Planetarium in all of Hampton Roads.

Sports