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Walt Whitman Middle School (Cluster: 4; Grades: 7-8) is located in Alexandria. It primarily feeds into Mount Vernon High School. The school is named after the famous poet Walt Whitman. Its mascot is the Wildcat.
Recently, Walt Whitman Middle School and Mount Vernon High School received a $1.25 million STEM (Science, Technology, Energy, and Mathematics) grant to provide the resources to promote critical thinking in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, English, reading, the arts, and history.
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—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
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—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
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