Richard Garvey Intermediate School
Richard Garvey Intermediate School is a public middle school located in Rosemead, California. It is one of the two intermediate schools in the Garvey School District. The school consists of grades 7th and 8th and is recognized as California Distinguished School.
History
From 1893 to 1894, a petition was filed for to create a school in Rosemead, and was approved on March 30, 1894. The first teacher, Alica McCollum, opened the school to forty children.
As the school grew, a new building was erected facing Jackson Avenue. It was severely damaged in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. The main building that remains was completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration.
Today
Richard Garvey Intermediate School now lies on an area of 12.4 acres (50,000 m2). The student population is over 800 students from the 7th and 8th grades. There are five permanent buildings and two portables which house classrooms, as well as a gymnasium which was completed in 2008.