The official dedication of Bobby Shaw Middle School will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the new campus, 1201 E. Houston Ave.

Students, teachers and principals at Bobby Shaw Middle School walked through the doors of their new building when classes resumed Sept. 29, two weeks after Hurricane Ike struck the Houston-Galveston area. Students and staff started the school year in the old Southmore Intermediate building.

The campus is named in honor of 1940 Pasadena High School graduate Robert Kar “Bobby” Shaw, who was a Musician Second Class of the United States Navy, lost his life on the USS Arizona, the infamous battleship that sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Construction of the building was funded by a bond issue approved by district voters in 2004.

The opening of the campus continues the district’s move to the Middle School Concept, which is designed to give students a smoother academic transition into intermediate school. The campus houses fifth and sixth grade students that live in the Mae Smythe Elementary, Pomeroy Elementary, South Shaver Elementary and Morales Elementary attendance zones.