Welcome to Zane Middle School

Zane Middle School has just completed an extensive remodel thanks to Bond Measure S. We are very proud of our “new” school. In addition to the improvements to the outside of our school, the interiors have become state-of-the-art classrooms designed to accommodate the latest technology and learning tools for the 21st century.

Zane continues to pursue academic excellence while encouraging a variety of activities that allow students to demonstrate and enjoy their newfound skills. Our Educational and Spatial Technology (EAST) lab, our music and performing arts classes, our science and technology departments as well as all of the many great activities in other departments are just a few of the outstanding programs that Zane provides for students.

Zane’s learning community is truly a partnership between the school, students, and parents. Parent input is valued, and leadership at all levels is shared among all stakeholders. Through this shared decision making a phoenix is rising, and that phoenix is the outstanding middle school of the future: Zane!

Major Achievements:

• Zane Middle School is proud of our students’ academic accomplishments as well as their excellence in extracurricular activities. Zane students have fielded championship teams in soccer, volleyball, basketball, and track.
• Zane students have been winners in History Day, spelling bees, Science Fair, and the Young Inventors Challenge.
• Our state Academic Performance Index (API) held steady again this year, placing Zane in the select group of schools achieving above 700.
• We have realized high achievement through improved collaboration and coordination of all ongoing programs, as well as by the embedding of a strong academic structure in the afterschool program. This academic focus throughout each day from zero period to period 8 is dynamically increasing student achievement.

Focus for Improvement

• Zane strives to challenge all students academically and prepare them fully to be leaders of the future. We use the California Standards Tests (CST), the CELDT (for English Learners) along with district-adopted and teacher-made assessments, to place students in appropriate classes in language arts and math.
• All teachers use ongoing assessments to determine their instructional program, and they place students in intervention classes to provide extra help if they are not achieving at grade level. We use the results of those assessments to determine when intervention has been successful.
• The Zane staff, in conjunction with parents, strive to make Zane the premier middle school in northern California. To that end, we coordinate our educational efforts and goals by keeping the improvement of student learning as our focus.

Zane is a wonderful school with a very dedicated and caring staff. Please come visit us; we would love to show you around. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate call.

Sincerely,
Teddie Lyons
Principal
(707) 441-2470

Where we are located

2155 S Street, Eureka, CA 95501
Phone 707-441-2470 • Fax 707-441-0286
Map to Zane Middle School

Zane principal Teddie Lyons talks with U.S. Representative Mike Thompson.

Teddie Lyons Principal (707) 441-2470

School Hours
6th - 8th Grade:
8:30 a.m. to 3:03 p.m.

On Mondays, all students start at 8:30 a.m. and are dismissed at 2:10 p.m.
Zane Bell Schedule

Zane Middle School Strategic Plan

Phase II 2002-2007

Mission Statement: The mission of Zane Middle School, an educational community rich with diversity, is to ensure that our students expand their knowledge and skills while enhancing their self-worth and personal responsibility within a nurturing environment that provides challenging learning opportunities tailored to the unique needs and interests of middle-level learners.

Objectives:

• Each student will make significant annual progress toward meeting or exceeding academic standards.
• Student performance on the California assessment system will meet or exceed Academic Performance Index (API) targets annually.
• Each student will develop and consistently demonstrate the interpersonal skills, confidence, respect and responsibility to successfully transition to high school and beyond.

Tactics:

• We will continue to develop effective and challenging programs and instructional techniques to support all students' ability to meet or exceed academic standards.
• We will create a nurturing environment that emphasizes the development of interpersonal skills, confidence, respect and responsibility throughout the school community.
• We will improve communication and collaboration in order to unite our entire Zane staff in creating a genuine middle school community.
• We will develop and implement plans to communicate to the public the distinct advantages and benefits of the extraordinary diversity of educational opportunities at Zane Middle School.