HADLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
   
QUICK FACTS

Student Population – approx. 840 students

Teacher Population – approx 57 teachers and 25 other staff

School Vision – Hadley is a safe learning community where academic excellence is  expected and achieved.

School Mission – The mission of Hadley Middle School is to create a culture of learning that maximizes student growth and achievement.

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COLORS The Hadley school colors are Columbia Blue and White.  Students and staff are encouraged to wear our colors, official Hadley shirts, or other items demonstrating school spirit on game days.

 

HISTORY

The W.S. Hadley Middle School was named for a man who lived on the West Side for many years. William Spencer Hadley was born in Richland, Iowa, on January 18, 1866. He moved to Beloit in 1876 and attended public schools in Beloit. After finishing his education, he became a school teacher for several years.

In 1901 Mr. Hadley moved to Wichita and was in the banking business in Wichita most of his life. For many years he was president of a bank on the west side and was active in the West Wichita Commercial League. He served as a member of the Board of City Commissioners and was at one time president of the Board of Trustees of Friends University. He maintained a very active interest in Friends University, in the University Friends Church, and in the national affairs  of Friends churches.

Hadley School was planned several years ahead of its actual use. The site was purchased from Ernest Clark and Mrs. Florence Davis. It was farm territory at the time, and the farm had been in the Clark family for many years. This site and the site for Bryant Elementary School were bought in cooperation with the Park Department, which owns the area immediately west of the two schools. The Park Department made a large area available to the community for school and park activities.

Leaper and Gilbert, architects, were commissioned to draw the plans and specifications for the building, and the contract was let in January of 1957. The building and site cost approximately $1,400,000. The building has about 103,000 square feet to serve approximately 1,000 pupils.

Hadley Junior High opened in the fall of 1958 with an enrollment of 432. To justify the opening of the school, the boundary line was set two blocks south of Central Avenue. In the fall of 1960 the city annexed Country Acres and Westlink, and by the fall of 1961 the enrollment was 830. The enrollment steadily increased to a peak of 1,423 in 1969. The increased enrollment required the use of portable classrooms, and 16 were placed on the site during the period of expanding pupil population.

The purchase of Madonna High School to serve as a junior high on the west side brought about a revision of boundaries in 1971. This helped to eliminate the need for portables, and they were removed as the pupil population stabilized. Internal revisions have included converting an industrial technology room to two classrooms. School population again increased and by 1995 it approached 1,000 students, necessitating the use of nine portables.

In the fall of 1988, all ninth graders were moved to high schools leaving seventh and eighth graders. In the fall of 1989, all junior high schools became middle schools (6-8). In the past, approximately 400 sixth graders came from Wilbur Middle School each year, for one year only, to relieve their crowded school.

 














Principal: Mr. Charles Wakefield
Assistant Principals: Ms. Brenda Young, Ms. Trish Peters


Hadley Middle School 1101 Dougherty Wichita, KS 67212
phone:316-973-7800
fax: 316-973-7816 


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