R.O.C.K.
Synonym for care, selflessness, generosity, and care.
What is Kindness?
The man we named our school after.
Who is Washington Irving?
Washington Irving is famous for this.
What is writing? or What is literature?
The date of the first day of school this year for students.
What is August 22, 2022
Washington Irving was born in this major US city in the late 1700's
What is New York City or What is Manhattan, New York?
A feeling of admiration or appreciation for someone else.
What is respect?
True or False:
Irving was a 6-8 school when it first opened.
Washington Irving Middle school is part of this region within the FCPS school system.
What is region 4?
Students who display the ROCK all quarter and are positive influences to the WIMS culture receive this award.
What is Horsemen Hero?
What novel is Washington Irving famous for. The plot centers around a Dutch town known for ghosts.
What is Sleepy Hollow?
R.O.C.K. stands for this.
What is Respect, Ownership, Communication, and Kindness?
Irving opened its doors as a school for the first time in this year.
What is 1960?
Our mascot
What is the Headless Horseman?
The name of the student newspaper puplication.
What is the ROCK Report?
WIMS has about this many staff members in the building.
What is 120-150?
*Anywhere in that range is acceptable*
The exchanging of information
What is communication?
True or False:
It was decided early on in the planning for middle schools that ALL middle schools with the 1960's would be named for famous authors or poets.
What is true?
WIMS Address
What is 8100 Old Keene Mill, Springfield, VA, 22152
We do not have after-school activities on these days of the week.
What are Wednesday (first one of the month) and Friday?
Washington Irving also wrote this short story about a Dutch man who slept for 20 years and woke up after the American Revolution to a very different world.
What is Rip Van Winkle?
The rock outside now has over this many coats of paint.
What is 100?
The decade all FCPS schools, including Irving changed their name from intermediate schools to middle schools.
What is the 1990's?
The motto that is on the sign out front of our school.
What is "The legend lives on?"
WIMS has about this many clubs offered after-school
What is 30?
In 1842, Washington Irving was appointed the ambassador to this country.
What is Spain?