Mesa Public Schools

Mesa Public Schools
Location
63 E. Main Street, #101
Mesa, AZ 85201
District information
Type Public
"Unprecedented Excellence in Education."
Established 1946
Superintendent Michael Cowan
Budget $563,410,419 (12-13)
Students and staff
Students 63,600(11-12)
Other information
Website http://www.mpsaz.org/

Mesa Public Schools (incorporated as Mesa Unified School District #4) is the unified school district for the city of Mesa, Arizona, United States. With approximately 69,000 students, it is the largest, in terms of student enrollment, unified school district in Arizona.

MPS serves most of the city of Mesa, plus small portions of Tempe and Chandler.

The district includes 57 elementary schools, 11 junior high schools, six comprehensive high schools, and several alternative schools.

The educator Jack Taylor served on the school board for eight years. He was also the mayor of Mesa from 1966 to 1972; thereafter a member, consecutively, of both houses of the Arizona State Legislature; a native of Sonora, Texas, he is interred at Mesa City Cemetery[1]

Schools

High schools

High schools (9-12) as listed by Mesa Public Schools:[2]

School Dobson Mesa Mountain View Red Mountain Skyline Westwood
Opened 1983 1898,
1909 ("Old Main")
1972 (current building)
1976 1988 2000 1962
Colors Blue,
silver
Purple,
gold
Blue,
red
Maroon,
black
Gold,
green
Orange,
blue
Mascot Mustangs Jackrabbits Toros Mountain Lions Coyote Warriors
Principal Matthew Gehrman Jim Souder Greg Milbrandt Dr. Ryan Steve Green Shawn Lynch
Athletic
conference[3]
5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A
Enrollment
(2010-10-1)[3][4]
2,629 3,513 3,176 3,401 2,649 3,108
Website(s) Official Official Official Official Official Official

Junior high schools

Junior high schools (7-8) as listed by Mesa Public Schools:[5]

School Carson John C. Fremont Kino Poston Rhodes Shepherd Smith Stapley Taylor
Colors Red,
black,
white
Purple,
white
Forest green,
gold
Teal,
black,
white
Maroon,
gold
Gray,
blue
Navy,
gold
Vegas gold,
maroon
Gold,
black
Mascot Cougars Falcons Kolts Panthers Roadrunners Stallions Sidewinders Sabercats Trojans
Principal Ray Chavez Patricia Christie Jodi Dean Allen Flax Kirk Thomas Eileen Cahoon Casey Eagleburger Ken Erickson Gina Piraino
Website(s) Official Official Official Official Official Official Official Official Official

Mesa Public Schools operated two other junior high schools until 2009-2010 school year.

Hendrix Junior High School consolidated with the adjoining Frost Elementary School as the K-8 Summit Academy with an International Baccalaureate Program. Hendrix had the husky as its mascot and used the colors red and gray.[6]

Powell Junior High School (colors red, white, and blue, mascot the Patriots)[7] closed in May 2010. The former campus serves as the Mesa Educational Center, home to the district's Community Education Department, East Valley Academy and Crossroads.[8]

Mesa Jr closed at the end of the 2011-2012 school year and was demolished in January 2014 - Plans for new park in 2014 are upcoming Brimhall closed at the end of the 2011-2012 school year - convert to Franklin school

Name notes

Elementary schools

Elementary schools (K-6) as listed by Mesa Public Schools:[9]

  • Adams
  • Anne M. Lindbergh
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Benjamin Franklin Elementary - West Campus
  • Bush
  • Crismon Elementary
  • Dilworth Brinton
  • Edison
  • Eisenhower Center For Innovation
  • Entz
  • Falcon Hill
  • Fernando
  • Field
  • Franklin at Alma
  • Franklin at Brimhall
  • Hawthorne
  • Hermosa Vista
  • Highland
  • Holmes
  • Irving
  • James Madison
  • Jefferson
  • John K. Kerr, M. D.
  • John Philip Sousa
  • Jordan Center For Early Education
  • Keller
  • Las Sendas
  • Lehi
  • Lincoln
  • Longfellow
  • Lowell
  • MacArthur
  • Maria
  • Nathan Hale
  • Patterson
  • Pedro Guerrero
  • Pomeroy
  • Porter
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Ramón S. Mendoza
  • Red Mountain Ranch
  • Redbird
  • Riley
  • Robson
  • Roosevelt
  • Salk
  • Sandra Day O’Connor
  • Sirrine
  • Stevenson
  • Taft
  • Veora E. Johnson
  • Washington
  • Webster
  • Whitman
  • Whittier
  • Wilson
  • Zaharis
  • Zedo Ishikawa

Frost Elementary consolidated with the adjoining Hendrix Junior High in 2010-11 to become the K-8 Summit Academy.

Alternative school

Alternative schools (named "Focus Schools" by the district) as listed by Mesa Public Schools:[10]

Name Grades Website(s) Details
American Family Education K-12 Official self-paced leadership academy
Crossroads 7 - 12 Official Small school environment
Eagleridge Enrichment Program K - 8 Official Home schooling enrichment program
East Valley Academy 9 - 12 Official Small school environment with more flexible hours and a credit recovery program
EMECEC
(East Mesa Early Childhood Education Center)
Preschool Official Special education preschool services
Mesa Academy For Advanced Studies 4 - 8 Official Rigorous curriculum program preparing for advanced courses in high school
Mesa Distance Learning Program K - 12 Official Computer-based online learning program
Riverview High School 9[?] - 12 Official Referral-only school for students with discipline issues
SHARP School Official Alternative needs program for students with qualifying disabilities
Summit Base (Summit Academy) K - 6 Official
Summit Climb (Summit Academy) 7 - 8 Official
Superstition High School 7 - 12 Official Small school environment

See also

References

  1. "Jerald Jackson Taylor". apnewsarchive.com. April 3, 1995. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  2. United States. "Mesa Public Schools » Schools". Mpsaz.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  3. 1 2 2011‐2012 2012‐2013 Conference Placement, Arizona Interscholastic Association, 2010-10-1
  4. For 2014-15, ninth-grade students were transferred to Dobson, Skyline and Westwood high schools. In 2011-12, Mesa, Mountain View and Red Mountain will welcome ninth-grade students.
  5. United States. "Mesa Public Schools » Schools". Mpsaz.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  6. Because the Mesa high schools also were involved with 9th grade athletics, they are in the AIA system: Hendrix's entry
  7. "Powell Junior High School". Aiaonline.org. 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  8. "Mesa's Powell Junior High to Close". Myfoxphoenix.com. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  9. United States. "Mesa Public Schools » Schools". Mpsaz.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  10. United States. "Mesa Public Schools » Schools". Mpsaz.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.

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