Coordinates: 42°53′11″N 71°18′19″W / 42.88639°N 71.30528°W / 42.88639; -71.30528 West Running Brook Middle School is located in the town of Derry, New Hampshire, United States. The school was built in 1994 - 1995 and opened in September, 1995. The school has about 600 students in grades 6-8. Each grade has 2 pods, or teams. Each team has its own set of classrooms, teachers, and lockers.
The current principal of West Running Brook, since August 2006, is Leslie Saucier.
This school was built to alleviate the overcrowding at the town's only other middle school, Gilbert H. Hood. The school's name comes from Robert Frost's "West Running Brook." The poem describes a small brook located adjacent to the school.
Famous quotes containing the words west, running, brook, middle and/or school:
“The west was getting out of gold,
The breath of air had died of cold....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“This place is the longest running farce in the West End.”
—Cyril Smith (b. 1928)
“The only house
Beyond where they were was a shattered seedpod.
And below roared a brook hidden in trees,
The sound of which was silence for the place.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“There is nothing intrinsically better about a child who happily bounces off to school the first day and a child who is wary, watchful, and takes a longer time to separate from his parents and join the group. Neither one nor the other is smarter, better adjusted, or destined for a better life.”
—Ellen Galinsky (20th century)