| Submission declined on 19 October 2024 by CoconutOctopus (talk). This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
|  |
Charles D. Owen Middle School (often called Owen Middle School) is a public middle school in Buncombe County, offering to teach kids and teenagers grades 6-8. Owen Middle School is located at 730 Old US Hwy 70,Swannanoa North Carolina. It's current Principal is Bradley McMahan
Facts
editOwen Middle school's mascot is the Owen Warcolt and the colors are maroon and grey. This school (as of 2024) is home to over 450 students, 2 counsellors and 35 teachers. The student to teacher ratio is 13:1. As of October 2024, there is 158 6th grade students, 143 7th Grade students and 156 8th graders. Owen Middle School students are 51% female and 49% male. 70.9% of all students identify as white, 16% are Hispanic/Latino, 5.0% of students are Black/African American and 7.4% are other races, or more than one race. 49% of Owen Middle students are economically disadvantaged.
| Elementary Schools | Middle Schools | High Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain Primary (K-3) | Owen Middle (6-8) | Owen High (9-12) |
| Black Mountain Elementary (4-5) | Swannanoa Valley Community school (9-12) | |
| WD Williams (K-5) |
Education
editAt Owen Middle, only 37% of students scored at or above the proficiency level for math and 45% of students scored above the proficiency level for reading. The school is ranked #390 in North Carolina Middle Schools, ranked on their performance on state-tests, graduation, and how well they prepare their students for high school.
Athletics
editThe most popular sport at Owen Middle is Boy's Soccer and Football, both during the fall season.
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| Football | Boy's Basketball | Girl's Softball |
| Girl's Volleyball | Wrestling | Boy's Baseball |
| Cross Country | Track | |
| Tennis | Girl's Soccer | |
| Boy's Soccer | Golf |
History
editThe building where Owen Middle School lies now was built in 1928 and called Black Mountain High School, which held grades 8-12. The High School was closed with the graduation class of 1954.
The following year, Swannanoa and Black Mountain schools unite to form a singular school, Charles D. Owen, named after the local textile tycoon, Charles Dexter Owen Jr. Black Mountain High School's old mascot was the Dark Horses and Swannanoa High School's mascot was the Warriors, which unites to form The Owen War Horses, which is still the current mascot for Owen High School. Two years later, Black Mountain College also closed it's doors. Both closes was a result of a lack of proper funds. Black Mountain College finally paid off all of their debts in 1962. In 1966-67 school year, children going to George Washington Carver Elementary School (The Black mountain school for African-Americans) were given the option to send their kids to Black Mountain Elementary. That year, 90 children joined all white schools, 65 black students enrolled into Black Mountain Elementary and 25 joined Swannanoa Elementary and soon after, Carver Elementary was shut down. There was no option for Black students to attend High School until (at the latest) 1971. In 1991, Owen High School moved locations to a part of the Presbyterian Home for Children campus, giving Owen Middle school the old campus. In 1991, both Owen High School and Owen Middle schooled opened there new locations. In that same year, Owen Middle School expanded to fit the growing community's needs. Since then, Owen Middle has been persevering through Buncombe County budget cuts and being severely underfunded for more than three decades.
Hurricane Helene efforts
editIn September 2024, Owen Middle School and the surrounding district was hit by Hurricane Helene. Owen Middle School was internally flooded and the Softball and Baseball fields were both destroyed. Go to the Owen Middle School website for more information.
Who was Charles D. Owen?
editCharles Dexter Owen, (known by Charles. D Owen) was born on October 17, 1904 in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to Dartmouth, Massachusetts, in 1930 and bought his own textile business, called Beacon Manufacturing. In the great depression, the mill became poor as workers started a strike, making Beacon mills shut down monthly. Owen III argued that Beacon should move their main plant further south, to access cheaper materials like water, cotton, and electricity. So, by 1936, all of the old plant's materials were shipped by train to the recently opened mill, located in Swannanoa, NC.
At 1 million Square Feet, it became the largest blanket factory under one roof in the whole world, making the already massive Swannanoa, NC, reach higher heights. Beacon cut costs, giving different jobs and wages based on race and gender, while they thrived during the Great Depression. The Owen family provided services, such as housing and healthcare to their employees, forcing them to stay at Beacon, because the majority of them could not afford housing during the depression. “The Mill controlled everything in Swannanoa from the price of haircuts to the price of groceries." Says Gene Mill, a local growing up in Swannanoa. "The Mill provided a fire department, maintained the streets, provided water and electricity, and just about every other need you could think of. There was even a grocery store owned by The Mill, called The Home Store, where I tasted my first Coca-Cola.” Beacon products have been used in TV shows, such as The Big Bang Theory, Twin Peaks, and The Andy Griffith Show. There's no doubt that Charles Dexter Owen shaped Swannanoa and the surrounding areas in an outstanding way... Charles Dexter Owen never got to see Owen Middle School, dying on December 2, 1990 at the age of 86 and was buried in Fletcher, North Carolina. Years later, in September of 2001, Beacon was burned down by a teenage arsonist. Beacon never came back.
Electives and Clubs
editOwen Middle has a lot of Encores/Electives, such as...
- Band
- Project Lead the Way
- Spanish
- Exploring Career Decisions
- Chorus
- Health/Physical Education
- Visual Arts
- Strings
Owen also has a lot of clubs, taking place afterword school.
- Active Stuff Sports Club
- Battle of the Books
- Board game club
- Cooking Club
- Dark City Voices
- D&D (Dungeons and Dragons)
- Intramurals
- Fuse Bead Club
- Global Arts
- Hispanic and Latino Americans Culture Club
- Math Essentials
- Math Counts
- Photography Club
- Reading Essentials
- Running Club
- Soccer Club
- Student Government (SGA)
- Video Game Club
- Yearbook Club
- Vision Club
References
edit[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
- ^ Charles D. Owen Website
- ^ US News Owen Middle Review and statistics
- ^ Beacon Fire-Business North Carolina article.
- ^ 1954 Black Mountain High School Yearbook
- ^ Black Mountain news story- Carver School for African Americans.
- ^ Black Mountain College website
- ^ Black Integration
- ^ Beacon Mills information-Swannanoa Museum
- in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
- reliable
- secondary
- independent of the subject
Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.