Pin Oak Middle School is a secondary school that is located in Bellaire, Texas, United States. Pin Oak, which serves grades 6 through 8, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. It is located near the intersection of the 610 Loop and U.S. Route 59 (Southwest Freeway). From 2002 to 2004 Suzanne Sutherland was principal. From 2004 to 2010 Michael McDonough was Principal . From December 2009 to July 2010 Amy Simson was the interim principal. As of 2011 Susan Monaghan is the principal.
Pin Oak Middle School, which was built in 2002 to relieve nearby middle schools, is an "application-only" school that accepts students by application. Anyone living in Houston ISD may apply for the Foreign Languages magnet program, while pupils who are zoned to Johnston Middle School, Jane Long Middle School, or Pershing middle schools may apply to Pin Oak's regular program. The 174,500-square-foot (16,210 m2) building sits on an 18-acre (73,000 m2) campus.
Pin Oak Middle School has the foreign language magnet program. Languages offered at Pin Oak include Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, and Hebrew. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2008. The Bellaire Examiner stated in 2010 "Pin Oak’s innovative magnet and Vanguard programs have earned it honors and many more applicants each year than it can accept." Isaiah Carey of KRIV-TV said that Pin Oak "is seen as one of the best in HISD for learning and education,"
A contest called "Pin Oak Idol", a spinoff of American Idol, is held annually at Pin Oak Middle School.
Pin Oak is across the street from the Houston Community College System's West Loop Center and the Challenge Early College High School (which is located inside HCC's West Loop Center), both of which are located in the city of Houston (Glenmont Street is on the border of Houston and Bellaire).
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