User:Mikelolggmrox/Oak Hill Middle School (Newton Massachusetts)

Oak Hill Middle School is a public school that located at Newton, Massachusetts. It used to be shut downed due to the decrease of student in middle school.

History
Oak Hill Have a long history that back in the 1900s. School are located at Newton's Oak Hill district. In 1920s and 30s the population grow quickly in Newton that is necessary to build a new school to help the growth Oak Hill community. In 1929, Mayor Edwin O. Childs suggested to build a school in Oak Hill. In 1935 the land of the new school were bought by the cit y council. The Federal government will pay the bill for the construction.

First school build in 1936 were being shut down in 1984 due to declining school enrollment in Newton. The building are being rented to Solomon Schechter Day School and Montessori school. The school was re-opened as the Oak Hill Middle School in September 1997. Renovations included the demolition of the west side of the building and the addition of a new wing to accommodate its 614 students.In the summer of 2020, construction began on a new addition to the 1997 wing. When completed for the start of the 2021-22 school year, it will include three new classrooms, common areas, a small-group workspace, two offices, and two restrooms, as well as a new fitness center.

Building
The Oak Hill School and the library were constructed in 1936 and were designed by the firm of Densmore, Le Clear, & Robbins, a prominent local firm with many buildings in Boston and Cambridge. The original school was built on Wheeler Road based on a rectangular plan. The building had two stories and a basement, and it included a library wing (used today as an art room) on the east side connected to the school main building.Like many of the school buildings of this time period, Oak Hill was built in the Georgian Revival style with distinctive architectural features and beautiful exterior details. It is constructed of red brick and trimmed with a cornice as well as a cast stone door and window surrounds. The main building includes a hipped roof, and the library wing has a gable roof. The main building has symmetrically placed doors at each side of the street. The entrance doors and the windows above the doors are set within cast stone surrounds, and the windows have cast stone sills. Up to 2022/5/14, there is 661 student in this school. The ratio between student and teacher are 10.6:1 Oak Hill have a higher average grade than newton public school district on English, science and math. Oak Hill also have a higher average grade than the state on math and science.