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D. Russell Parks Junior High School is a junior high school located in Fullerton, California, United States, serving students in seventh and eighth grades, as part of the Fullerton School District. The school has been recognized on two separate occasions as a Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. Parks' mascot is the Panthers. As of the 2004–05 school year, the school had 960 students and 39 teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 24.6.〔(National Center for Education Statistics data for Parks Junior High School ), accessed May 4, 2007.〕 When the school opened, the student population was over 90% White.〔 With demographic changes in the ensuing years, the school (as of the 2003–04 school year) has become majority minority, with 57% Asian, 13% Hispanic and 28% White.〔 As documented in the school's application for its second Blue Ribbon award, student test scores greatly exceed state averages, exemplified by the fact that 61% of eighth graders taking the California State Standards Test scored "At or Above Proficient," in contrast to 30% of students statewide.〔 Parks JHS mainly feeds into Sunny Hills High School and Troy High School. Both high schools offer students a challenging academic career through their International Baccalaureate programs. ==History== Parks was built in 1972〔(Parks Junior High School 2004 Blue Ribbon Schools Program application ), accessed May 4, 2007.〕 in honor of Dr. D. Russell Parks, former Superintendent of the Fullerton Public Elementary School system. The school is located in Fullerton on the corner of Rosecrans Avenue and Parks Road, formerly an unconnected section of Brookhurst Avenue. The street was renamed in order to conform with a rule instituted by Dr. Parks himself maintaining that schools be named after the streets on which they reside. The school was constructed to blend in with the surrounding hills and trees. The interior of the school was designed as an open structure, with movable walls and open doorways.〔 In 2011 the colors are changed into Black and Gray 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parks Junior High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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