Willow Glen Middle has served the community of San José for nearly 75 years. Our school was built in 1950, and was formerly called Edwin Markham Middle School, named after famous poet Edwin Markham (1852-1940). Markham taught literature in El Dorado County until 1879, when he became Education Superintendent of the County. Markham attended an early college in Vacaville, where he studied literature, and eventually completed his classical courses in 1873 in Santa Rosa. At the time of his death, he'd amassed a huge personal library of 15,000+ volumes. Edwin's correspondents included Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Carl Sandburg and Amy Lowell. Today, Willow Glen Middle has a team of 97 employees who serve nearly 1,200 students in grades 6-8.
2105 Cottle Avenue
San Jose
CA
95129
2105 Cottle Avenue, San Jose, CA
(408) 535-6277
wgms.sjusd.org