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Enrollment: 513
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 25 to 1

School Facilities
Number of Classrooms: 41
Number of Computers: 101

School Board District 1
Representative
Pat Hugley Green

Principal
Sonja Coaxum

Assistant Principal
Sandra Pirkle

Secretary
Carla Wilson

Fort Junior High School was fully accredited in 1978.  The school was constructed to serve the educational needs of students in northeastern Muscogee County.  The school was awarded the School of Excellence Award in 1985.  In 1992, Fort officially moved from a junior high to a middle school concept.  The school was named in memory of T. Hicks Fort.  Mr. Fort was judge of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit and was a member of the Board of Education from 1910 until 1941, serving as the chairman from 1924 until 1941.  Fort Middle School is located at 2900 Woodruff Farm Road, on property donated to the school district by the T Hicks Fort family.

Partners in Education

• Panasonic Battery
• MEDDAC

• School of Excellence
• State Partner in Education
• Academic Bowl Team-District Winner
• Basketball Champions
• Competed at the National Level for National History Day
• Gifted Education project displayed at NASA Center
• Superior Rating Orchestra Festival (District Level)
• All-State Choral participants
• GMEA District trumpet audition winner
• Gateway School Award
• Exchange Club Young Citizen Award
• State History Day Winners
• T. Hiram Stanley Award
• Steeple Chase Art Competition Winners
• Lion's Club Poster Winners
• Page Bowl Academic Competition-1st place School District Competition, 1st place Regional Competition, State Semi-finals:  One of Top Eight Georgia Teams
• National History Day Regional Competition-1st place Junior Division Exhibit, 2nd place Junior Division Performance
• National History Day State Competition-3rd place/Honorable Junior Division Exhibit
• Science Fair-One entry 1st place in Region and State, two 2nd place entries, two 3rd place entries
• Science Fair State Winners-one 1st place entry

The mission of Fort Middle School is to promote the intellectual, social, emotional and physical development of our students in a safe, challenging environment so that they become confident, self-disciplined, productive members of a global society.

School Programs

• Special Education
• Gifted Education
• STAR-advisor/advisee program
• GREAT-Gang Resistant Education and Training
• ESOL
• Music and P.E.
• Reading Program

• Sister School - Kiryu, Japan
• SmartGirls Program
• MiniTeacher Cadet Program
• Saturday CRCT Tutorials
• Customer Service Program
• Arbor Day Program
• Passport to Manhood Program
• Keep Columbus Beautiful
• MEDDAC Tutorial Program

• Sports - Football, Basketball, Track, Soccer, Cheerleading, Volleyball, Dance Team
• Clubs - Academic Club, Art Club,  MathCount and Math Team, FCCLA,  Drama Club
• Yearbook Staff
• Junior Civitan
• National Junior Honor Society
• Science Olympiad

• MBIA provides incentives for students who make grades of "B's" and above
• Honor Roll
• Award of Excellence
• Perfect Attendance
• MBIA Award for Excellence
• Educational Field Trips
• Student Competition
• Patriot of the Month

• Parents are sponsors of Fort Family Night, the Book Fair and the Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
• Parents support Fort's Partner in Education during Japan Week.
• Booster Clubs
  Keep Columbus Beautiful
• CRCT Tutorials
• Local School Council