About our school Washington Middle School is a traditional magnet school with approximately 400 students that focuses on a foundation in traditional learning. The school provides a warm, inviting, yet challenging learning environment that promotes good citizenship in a safe and orderly atmosphere. BTW has the only Junior National Honor Society in Newport News middle schools. One of the many accomplishments of BTW is the incorporation of a school dress code.
Research supports the idea that uniform dress redirects student attention from attire to academics.
This aligns very well with our focus on academic achievement and the total well being of the individual student. Instructional program BTW provides a strong instructional program that seeks to accelerate students academically and to instill a thorough understanding of subject matter. A tutorial program is in place to assist students both during the instructional day and after school during the activity period. College students, military personnel, and teachers provide the tutoring. One hundred percent of the instructional staff has committed time to the tutorial program to ensure the success of our students.