january, 2010 mesa public schools no better place to learn

January, 2010January, 2010

MESA PUBLIC MESA PUBLIC SCHOOLSSCHOOLS

No Better Place to LearnNo Better Place to Learn


The Mesa Unified School DistrictIs the State’s Largest

67,220 STUDENTS filled Mesa’s

7,421,133 SCHOOL BUILDINGS in(Total Sq. Ft.)

87 SCHOOLS & A VARIETY OFFOCUS PROGRAMS on

1,408 ACRES OF LAND (at school sites)

200 SQUARE MILES.


A Menu of Services and Personnel2009-2010

3,9543,954 TEACHERS TEACHERS (includes all (includes all certified contract employees)certified contract employees)instructinstruct

67,22067,220 STUDENTS STUDENTS with thewith theassistance ofassistance of

5,7155,715 OTHER WORKERSOTHER WORKERS who who support instruction by offering support instruction by offering a variety of services (includesa variety of services (includesall classified staff, contract andall classified staff, contract andnon-contract)non-contract)



55,35355,353 MEALS served dailyMEALS served daily8 million per year8 million per year

989989 FOOD SERVICES FOOD SERVICES EMPLOYEESEMPLOYEES(includes 370 student employees)(includes 370 student employees)

57.9%57.9% FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHFREE AND REDUCED LUNCH(Based on Elementary Schools (Based on Elementary Schools enrollment)enrollment)

131131 NURSES AND HEALTHNURSES AND HEALTHASSISTANTSASSISTANTSproviding health services.providing health services.



407407 EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES providing a cleanproviding a cleanhealthy classroom environmenthealthy classroom environment

6464 EMPLOYEESEMPLOYEES caring for caring for 1,3661,366 ACRESACRES of grass, athletic fields & of grass, athletic fields &

courtscourts 116116 EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES (Plumbers, (Plumbers,

electricians, carpenters, painters, electricians, carpenters, painters, refrigeration technicians and refrigeration technicians and other maintenance people) keepingother maintenance people) keepingschools in good repairschools in good repair

24 MECHANICS (plus 38 staff members) maintaining approximately

506 BUSES 724 BUS DRIVERS and other transportation

staff 34,000 MILES per day transporting 19,000 STUDENTS per day and 7,500 FIELD trips per year 449 VEHICLES, operations work trucks,

Food and Nutrition delivery trucks, security vehicles


GRADUATESGRADUATESCLASS OF 2009CLASS OF 2009

DobsonDobson 605605

Mesa HighMesa High 725725

Mountain ViewMountain View 799799

Red MountainRed Mountain 835835

SkylineSkyline 545545

WestwoodWestwood 582582

EVAEVA 78 78

Total GraduatesTotal Graduates 4,229 4,229


$50,387,991$50,387,991

In ScholarshipsIn Scholarships

Offered to 1,111 graduating seniorsOffered to 1,111 graduating seniors


Points of PridePoints of Pride

Entz Elementary is a 2009 Blue Ribbon School. The U.S. Department of Education announced that Entz Elementary was named a 2009 National Blue Ribbon School. It is among four Arizona public schools to receive the recognition.

Recent National Blue Ribbon Schools are Franklin West Elementary, Franklin Northeast Elementary, and Longfellow Elementary



A Red Mountain High School student, was recently selected as a Flinn Scholar. Only 20 students from Arizona are selected each year from 400 applications. The scholarship, which offers more than $60,000 in benefits, provides full tuition to an Arizona university for four years as well as a yearly stipend. After the freshman year, scholars attend a three-week seminar in Eastern Europe. They also have an additional paid travel abroad option.

Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies students who won the Elementary Grand Champion School award in the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair. Several students also received individual first place honors. The Academy and Mesa High School also had many other students who placed in the top three of their category in this statewide competition.



Students from Dobson, Mesa, and Red Mountain high schools who achieved state champion status in the Arizona Future Problem Solving Bowl. This academic competition was created to help students think more creatively and productively about critical issues. These students will move to the international competition at Michigan State University later this month. (2009)

America’s Promise Alliance ranks Mesa Public Schools No. 1 in graduation rates among the nation’s 50 largest cities. Standard and Poor’s named MPS an AcademicOutperformer. The district has also been honored in Education Week, Newsweek and Money magazine, which listed us among the Best 100 Districts in America.



Mesa students earned team and individual state championship standing in Academic Decathlon, We the People, Forensics League, All-State Music Festival, Arizona Science and Engineering Fair, Arizona Future Problem Solving Bowl, Career and Technical Education competitions, Presidential Scholar competition, National Academic League, the National Stock Market Game, World Scholars Cup, track and field, swimming,wrestling, diving, girls tennis, spirit line, cheer, pom and stunt competitions.

Porter honored by National Network of Partnership Schools. At Porter Elementary, principal Tony LaMantia and his staff saw the need for parents to have a place of their own. With funding from a Walmart Neighborhood Store, Porter opened a Parent Resource Center. Porter was featured in a recent publication of the National Network of Partnership Schools.



All six MPS high schools were honored in the 2009 Best High Schools Search by U.S. News & World Report and School Evaluation Services.

America's Choice and the Council of Great Urban Schools commended MPS for having the lowest high school dropout rate among the country's large urban districts.

Standard and Poor’s named MPS an Academic Outperformer.



Space MissionsThe district’s Space Integration Module program, a Boeing-MPS partnership, will be featured at the National Science Teachers Association regional conference in Phoenix in December (2009). It will also be in the spotlight at the Space Exploration Educators Conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston in February.


TOTAL TOTAL

YEAR ENROLLMENT YEAR ENROLLMENT

1945 3,429 1996 70,318

1950 6,208 1997 70,000

1955 8,933 1997 70,793

1960 12,171 1999 72,125

1965 17,673 2000 73,738

1970 22,590 2001 73,981

1975 31,266 2002 47,507

1980 38,142 2003 47,737

1985 51,321 2004 74,916

1990 63,063 2005 71,851

1991 64,455 2006 74039

1992 65,952 2007 72,523

1993 67,488 2008 72,0001995 70,098 2009 67,220


ATHLETICSATHLETICS

State Championships*State Championships*

BaseballBaseball 7 7 BasketballBasketball 2525FootballFootball 23 23 GolfGolf 1414TrackTrack 32 32 WrestlingWrestling 6 6SoftballSoftball 4 4 VolleyballVolleyball 4 4Cross CountryCross Country 13 13 GymnasticsGymnastics 7 7SoccerSoccer 2 2 TennisTennis 7 7Swimming & Diving Swimming & Diving 10 10

*Represents both Boys and Girls from 1908 to present*Represents both Boys and Girls from 1908 to present


ATHLETICSATHLETICS

2008-20092008-2009

5,8485,848 Games, Matches and Meets were held Games, Matches and Meets were held for students’ participation in sports for students’ participation in sports eventsevents

7,4547,454 Students participated in interscholastic Students participated in interscholastic athleticsathletics


NATIONAL MERITNATIONAL MERIT

““Each year a total of some 55,000 high school Each year a total of some 55,000 high school students are honored in the National Merit Program students are honored in the National Merit Program and the National Achievement Program and more and the National Achievement Program and more than 10,500 of the most outstanding participants than 10,500 of the most outstanding participants receive scholarships worth a total of $50 million for receive scholarships worth a total of $50 million for college undergraduate studycollege undergraduate study.” .” -- -- National Merit Scholarship CorporationNational Merit Scholarship Corporation

2008-2009 National Merit Finalists2008-2009 National Merit FinalistsDobsonDobson 55Mountain ViewMountain View 66Red MountainRed Mountain 77SkylineSkyline 22


PERFORMING ARTSPERFORMING ARTS

Mesa teens earned 65 choral, 25 Mesa teens earned 65 choral, 25 orchestra, 20 band and 4 harp orchestra, 20 band and 4 harp positions at the All-State Festival positions at the All-State Festival (2009).(2009).


PERFORMING ARTSPERFORMING ARTS

8,439 Number of students who participate in elementary band and orchestra on a weekly basis

3,708 Number of students who participate in junior high band, orchestra, and chorus on a weekly basis

352 Number of students who participate in junior high guitar, theory, harp and steel drum programs on a weekly basis

2,179 Number of students who participate in high school band, orchestra, and chorus on a weekly basis

325 Number of students who participate in high school guitar, theory, harp and steel drum programs on a weekly basis

15,003 Total number of students who participate in instrumental, vocal or other music classes on a weekly basis


ACT and SATACT and SAT

With an average composite score of 23.5 on the With an average composite score of 23.5 on the ACT, Mesa students (2009 graduating class) scored ACT, Mesa students (2009 graduating class) scored well above state (21.9) and national (21.1) averageswell above state (21.9) and national (21.1) averages

On the SAT, Mesa Public Schools Class of 2007 On the SAT, Mesa Public Schools Class of 2007 outperformed the previous class, as well as the state outperformed the previous class, as well as the state and nation as follows:and nation as follows:

CriticalCriticalReadingReading** MathMath WritingWriting

MPSMPS 522 522 547 547 499 499Arizona Arizona 516 516 521 521 497 497NationalNational 501 501 515 515 493 493

*Formerly Verbal*Formerly Verbal


ACT COMPOSITE SCORESACT COMPOSITE SCORES1990-1991 through 2008-20091990-1991 through 2008-2009

19.019.520.020.521.021.522.022.523.023.524.0

1990

-91

1992

-93

1994

-95

1996

-97

1998

-99

2000

-200

1

2002

-200

3

2004

-200

5

2006

-200

7

2008

-200

9Mesa Arizona National


SAT Critical ReadingSAT Critical Reading(Formerly Verbal) Trends(Formerly Verbal) Trends

1995-1996 through 2008-20091995-1996 through 2008-2009

SAT - Critical Reading (Formerly Verbal)

480490500510520530540550

1995

-199

6

1996

-199

7

1997

-199

8

1998

-109

9

1999

-200

0

2000

-200

1

2001

-200

2

2002

-200

3

2003

-200

4

2004

-200

5

2005

-200

6

2006

-200

7

2007

-200

8

2008

-200

9

District Arizona National


SAT Math TrendsSAT Math Trends1995-1996 through 2008-20091995-1996 through 2008-2009

SAT Math

480490500510520530540550560570

1995

-96

1996

-97

1997

-98

1998

-99

1999

-200

0

2000

-200

1

2001

-200

2

2002

-200

3

2003

-200

4

2004

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5

2005

-200

6

2006

-200

7

2007

-200

8

2008

-200

9District Arizona National


SAT WritingSAT Writing2005-2006 through 2008-20092005-2006 through 2008-2009

SAT Writing

485

490

495

500

505

510

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2009 2008-2009

District Arizona National


ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGEENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGESERVING 6,500 STUDENTSSERVING 6,500 STUDENTS

REPRESENTINGREPRESENTING

Countries: 54 (e.g., Syria, Italy, Thailand)

Languages: 41 (e.g., Croatian, Spanish, Taiwanese)

Hispanic: 18 (e.g., Brazil, Mexico)

Native American: 6 (e.g., Apache, Pima)




Countries:

American Samoa Iran Saudi Arabia

Argentina Iraq Serbia

Bolivia Japan South Africa

Bosnia Kenya South Korea

Brazil Kuwait Spain

Cambodia Lebanon Sudan

Chile Malaysia Syria

China Mexico Taiwan

Columbia Micronesia Thailand

Cuba Netherlands Tonga

El Salvador New Zealand Turkey

Ecuador Nicaragua Uganda

Ethiopia North Korea United Arab Emirates

Germany Pakistan Venezuela

Guam Paraguay Vietnam

Guatemala Peru Zambabwe

Haiti Philippines Zambia

Honduras Puerto Rico

India Russia




Languages:

Afrikaans Filipino Russian

French Gujarati Samoan

Amharic Hungarian Serbo-Croatian

Arabic Italian Somali

Armenian Japanese Spanish

Bengali Korean Swahili

Bosnian Kurdish Tagalong

Bulgarian Laotian Thai

Cambodian Latvian Taiwanese

Chinese/Cantonese Lebanese Tongan

Chinese/Mandarin Maya Turkish

Creole Persian Urdu

Croatian Polish Vietnamese

Farsi Romanian


MPS DROPOUT RATEMPS DROPOUT RATE

The MPS dropout rate for grades 7-12 was 2.99 percent and grades 9-12 was 3.66 percent in 2006-2007. This is well below state and national dropout rates.


ADVANCED PLACEMENTADVANCED PLACEMENT

Last spring, 1,300 students took 2,172 AP exams and scored high enough on 83 percent of the tests to qualify for college credit.

Students performance on the AP exams means a savings of thousands of dollars in college expenses.


ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMSPROGRAMS

Focus Schools

Crossroads

East Mesa Early Childhood Education Center

McKellips Middle School

Riverview High School

S.H.A.R.P.

Sundown High School

Superstition High School


ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMSPROGRAMS

Choice Programs and Schools

Biotechnology AcademyEagleridgeEast Valley Academy HighFranklin (Basic) Elementary Schools (four campuses)Franklin Junior High Schools (7th grade)Health Science High SchoolsHighland Arts Integrated Program HomeboundK-12 International Baccalaureate ProgrammeMesa Academy for Advanced StudiesMesa Distance Learning ProgramMontessori Programs (three campuses)Sunridge Learning CenterWorld Studies Academy


TEACHERS ARE ASSISTED BYTEACHERS ARE ASSISTED BYTHESE RESOURCES ANDTHESE RESOURCES AND

DEPARTMENTS:DEPARTMENTS:

Creative Arts Special Education

Basic Skills Psychological Services

Science Guidance Services

Social Studies Summer School

Athletics, K-12 P.E. Performing Arts

Community Education Career and Technical Education

Title I Parent University

Math Homework Hotline English Language Acquisition

Extended Learning/Advanced Placement


ATHLETICSATHLETICSDobson High School State ChampionshipsDobson High School State Championships

Cross Country – Boys 1997

Swimming & Diving – Boys 1987

Swimming & Diving – Girls 1987

Football 1987

Softball 1990

Track – Boys 1991

Tennis – Boys 1995

Soccer – Boys 1999

Basketball – Boys 1997

Golf – Boys 2003


ATHLETICSATHLETICSMesa High School State ChampionshipsMesa High School State Championships

Baseball 1927, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1958

Basketball – Boys 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1936, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1988, 2004

Football 1928, 1933, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1990, 1992

Golf` 1957, 1979

Track – Boys 1950, 1952, 1962, 1982, 1988

Wrestling 1977, 2006, 2007, 2008

Softball 1988

Tennis – Boys 1950, 1951, 1952


ATHLETICSATHLETICSMountain View High School State ChampionshipsMountain View High School State Championships

Basketball – Girls 1988, 1998

Basketball – Boys 1987, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Football 1978, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002

Volleyball 1984, 1988, 1999

Gymnastics – Girls 1986, 1987

Golf – Boys 1987, 1991, 1992

Cross-Country – Boys 1987, 1991, 1992


Tennis – Girls 2008

Baseball 1990, 1998

Track – Boys 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004

Track – Girls 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997

Swimming – Girls 1998

Wrestling 2000


ATHLETICSATHLETICSRed Mountain High School State ChampionshipsRed Mountain High School State Championships

Cross-Country – Girls 1991

Track – Girls 1992, 1996

Golf – Boys 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Wrestling 1994

Football 2001

Softball 2006


Basketball – Girls 2007


ATHLETICSATHLETICSSkyline High School State ChampionshipsSkyline High School State Championships

Track - Girls 2006, 2007

Track – Boys 2006

Swimming – Boys 2006


ATHLETICSATHLETICSWestwood High School State ChampionshipsWestwood High School State Championships

Cross-Country – Boys 1964, 1967, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

Football 1964, 1988

Gymnastics – Girls 1976

Swimming – Boys 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976

Track – Boys 1965, 1969, 1973, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999

Track – Girls 1976, 1977, 1987, 1988, 1989

Volleyball – Girls 1993

Softball 1982


SCHOOL DISTRICTSSCHOOL DISTRICTSESTABLISHEDESTABLISHED

1879 Lehi Elementary School District

1882 Mesa Elementary School District

1885 Alma Elementary School District

18##* Highland Elementary School District

1887 Jordan Elementary School District

1894 Nephi Elementary School District

*Exact date not known


Mesa Union High School District #207Mesa Union High School District #207Established December 26, 1907Established December 26, 1907

Elementary Feeder Districts:

LehiJordanAlmaMesaNephi

Highland


Elementary Schools DistrictsElementary Schools DistrictsConsolidated intoConsolidated into

Mesa Elementary District #4Mesa Elementary District #4July 1946July 1946

These Districts Included:

Mesa Elementary School District

Alma Elementary School District

Jordan Elementary School District

Lehi Elementary School District


Three MPS

Historical Milestones

1945-1946 Elementary and high school districts consolidated under one administration.

1945-1946 Schools were desegregated.

1951-1952 Changed from a 8-4 organization plan to a 6-3-3 plan and Mesa Junior High was born. Mesa Junior High was called East

Junior High until 1965 when it was renamed to Mesa Junior High.


MESA SUPERINTENDENTSMESA SUPERINTENDENTS

1907- 1909 John Loper, Both Mesa and Mesa HS Districts (Two School Boards)

1909-1914 H.Q. Robertson

1914-1917 G. C. Sherwood

1917-1920 H.E. Matthews

1920-1932 Herman Hendrix

1932-1937 O.P. Greer

1937-1946 Rulon T. Shepherd

1946-1954 Harvey L. Taylor (Mesa combined 1953-1967Rulon T. Shepherd (One School Board/Two Districts)

1967-1984 George Smith

1984-1999 Jim Zaharis

1999-2000 Dale Frederick

2000-2009 Debra Duvall

2009 - Present Mike Cowan

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