Hornedo Middle School

Hornedo Middle School is a middle school located in northwest El Paso, Texas. It serves about 1,200 in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. The school colors are navy, white, and silver. The school's current location opened to students in August 2010. Since May 2015, the principal has been Micaela Varela.[2]

Hornedo Middle School
Address
6101 High Ridge Drive

El Paso
,
TX
79912

United States
Coordinates31.871050°N 106.522069°W / 31.871050; -106.522069
Information
Typepublic middle school
Established1994
School districtEl Paso Independent School District
PrincipalMicaela Varela
Faculty67.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades6th – 8th
Enrollment1,304 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.32[1]
Campus typesuburban
Color(s)Navy, White, and Silver
Team nameTornadoes
Websitehornedo.episd.org

History

Hornedo Middle School is named for Manuel Diaz Hornedo, an El Paso educator, physician, public health administrator, and cancer researcher.[3] Its original location was constructed from 1992 to 1993 to house Franklin High School's freshmen. It opened in August 1993. In 1994 Franklin moved to a larger building on the same property and Hornedo was opened for the 1994-1995 school year housing sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. In early 2007, the El Paso Independent School District decided to make Hornedo an eighth and ninth grade school, and for the 2007–2008 school year Franklin housed tenth to twelfth grade students, and Hornedo sixth and seventh grade students attended the newly built Brown Middle School, located approximately two and a half miles northwest of Hornedo. In 2008, construction began on the new Hornedo Middle School facility, which opened in 2010. The district also constructed three elementary schools at the same time.[4]

Extracurricular offerings

The school mascot is the Tornado. In 2016 the 7th-grade football team won the Division 1 district championship with no points scored against them.[5]

Hornado's Tech Club has won Best in State at the Texas State Technology Student Association Competition and Conference for several years running in the 2010s.[6]

References
  1. "HORNEDO MIDDLE". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  2. "Polk Elementary principal to lead Hornedo Middle School in West El Paso". El Paso Times. May 19, 2015.
  3. "About Us". Hornedo Middle School. El Paso Independent School District. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  4. Lindsey Anderson (October 13, 2016) [October 11, 2016]. "Times Town Hall and FAQs about EPISD's $668.7M bond". El Paso Times.
  5. "Action Shot: Hornedo Middle School wins championship". El Paso Times. November 23, 2016.
  6. "Hornedo Students Create Best Video Game in Texas". El Paso Herald-Post. May 9, 2016.
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