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Langston Hughes Middle School (Cluster: 8; Grades: 7-8, website), named for the African-American poet Langston Hughes, is a public school in Reston in unincorporated Fairfax County. The principal is Aimee Monticchio.
The school was established in 1979 as Langston Hughes Intermediate School, and shared a building with South Lakes High School for the first year, and part of the second year of the school's history. The mascot is the panther, while the school colors are Navy Blue and Grey.
The school is built on the same floor plan as Rocky Run Middle School and feeds into South Lakes High School for grades 9-12. It is an "International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program" school in conjunction with South Lakes, and is also part of the "Model Campus" of South Lakes and Terraset Elementary school. All three schools share the same track, fields, etc.
There are seven teams (students are grouped into teams where kids on a specific team generally have the same core teachers) at Hughes. The seventh grade teams are named Comets, Super Nova, and Gamma Rays. Eighth grade teams are named Lasers, Stars, and Galaxy. There is one eighth and seventh grade team, the Meteorites.
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