Swift Middle School

Mary Jean Mangione

"We will never know to what heights we may soar, 
until first we spread our wings!"
Swift Middle School Motto

Dear Students, Parents and Families,

Our Swift Eagle is a great school mascot as it represents courage, strength and individuality.  These are all characteristics we encourage our students to develop and which are reiterated in daily lessons and through interaction within our Swift community. Middle school can be challenging as students are indeed 'tweeners' and seeking to define themselves as individuals.  However, it is this very situation that also makes middle school such an exciting time. Students are developing and refining their personal goals and characteristics, as well as looking to the future.  In pursuit of this, our students are fortunate to be supported by school counselors, school psychologists and a school nurse here at Swift.  These members of the Support Staff are available every day to help students in many ways including arranging individual meetings, mediating issues, problem-solving, etc.  Our school counselors also teach in our Unified Arts rotation and create and implement lessons specifically designed to meet the needs of this unique age group.  Parents and guardians can call the support staff at any time as well, and are encouraged to contact members of this group with any concerns.

 Please feel free to contact me at any time.  I can be reached at Swift at 945-4830 from 8 AM until 5 PM each day or through my web site at mangionema@watertownps.org .