Maple Grove Senior High School

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Maple Grove Senior High School
Image:Crimson top.gif
Established	1996
School type	Public
Principal	Wendy Loberg
Location	Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States of America
Students	approx. 1847
Mascot	Crimson
Colors	Crimson and Gold
Website	http://www.district279.org/sec/mgsh/

Maple Grove Senior High is a public high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota on 9800 Fernbrook Lane North.

1 School history
2 School overview
3 Academic assessment
4 Sports
5 Clubs
6 Fine Arts
7 Academic Teams
8 Maple Grove and the Community
- 8.1 See Also
9 Notable Alumni And Current Students
10 Sources
11 External links

[edit] School history

Maple Grove was the third public high school built by Osseo School District 279 and it opened in 1996 with a student population of. Maple Grove was and is the only public senior high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

[edit] School overview

Maple Grove Senior High is one of three, three-year public high schools in the Osseo Area School District 279. It primarily serves the cities of Maple Grove and Osseo, but students from other areas such as Plymouth, Corcoran and Dayton also attend the high school. The racial makeup of the nearly 2000 students attending the school is 93% Caucasian, 3% Asian-American and 3% African-American, with the remaining 1% Hispanic or Native American. The school mascot is the Crimson, a red and gold maple leaf. The school offers vast extracurricular activities such as National Honor Society and an active student council. The school stresses academic and extracurricular success and has been successful in both fields. Students attending MGSH (and any other senior high school in the Osseo School District) must earn 64 credits out of 72 credits to graduate. Even though the Osseo School District uses the older senior high system of grades 10-12 instead of grades 9-12, a student must gain credits from junior high school once in 9th grade.

[edit] Academic assessment

In 2005 the school was ranked 85th out of 453 public high schools in Minnesota, and is the only high school in the Osseo Area School District to make it into the top 100 high schools in Minnesota. In 2006 Maple Grove was ranked 43rd out of 444 high schools in Minnesota. The school also made the AYP for the 2005-2006 school year and for the 2006-2007 school year.

In 2006, 99% of sophomores passed the Basic Standards Testing (BST). The school has been known to score 100% in the past. Students also consistently score far above average in reading and math tests when compared to other schools in the state. The school is also one of the few high schools in the state to have above average test scores and to have continuous academic success.

[edit] Sports

Maple Grove is part of the Northwest Suburban Conference alongside other notable sports high schools such as Champlin Park High School and Osseo Senior High School. Maple Grove has one of the best sports programs in the conference and is one of the top competitors in the conference. The Crimson have athletes such as Curt Carlson (swimming) and Ryan Wynn (linebacker) and have graduated many top athletes to top sports colleges around the nation. Despite being known for its football, swimming, and hockey programs, Maple Grove has very good basketball, soccer, baseball, and dance teams. In 2005, the Maple Grove Senior High football team had an undefeated 8-0 record (winning the Northwest Suburban Conference) and earned a No. 1 ranking in the state. Maple Grove lost the 6-5A section title to number 2 seed Wayzata (http://www.weeklynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=12&SubSectionID=12&ArticleID=1537) The following year, after graduating key players, the Crimson had a 5-4 record. Maple Grove Senior High's soccer team has twice been to the state tournament, and finished second in the state in 1998. Maple Grove Senior High's baseball team has also made it to the state championship and finished second in the state. Maple Grove's basketball team has also advanced to the state tournament twice. Because of the success of its sports teams, Maple Grove Senior High has many rivals in the school district and in the conference. Maple Grove Senior High's main rival is Osseo Senior High School in Osseo, Minnesota with other notable rivals including Park Center Senior High School in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota.

State Championships
Season	Sport	Number of Championships	Year
Fall	Soccer, Boys	1
	Soccer, Girls	align="center"
	Cross Country Running, Girls
	Football
	Swimming and Diving, Girls		^[1]
Winter	Alpine Skiing, Boys
	Nordic Skiing, Boys
	Hockey, Girls
	Dance Team, Girls
	Gymnastics, Girls
	Swimming and Diving, Boys
Spring	Baseball, Boys
	NAQT Quiz Bowl
	Golf, Boys	align="center"
	Tennis, Boys	align="center"
Softball, Girls
Lacrosse, Girls
Total		33

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Fine Arts

[edit] Academic Teams

Maple Grove Senior High's Destination Imagination program has been quite successfull in the past few years, and has been sending teams to the global final every year since the program was moved from Maple Grove Junior High School to Maple Grove Senior High. The coach for the Maple Grove Destination Imagination team is Heidi Schaupp.

[edit] Maple Grove and the Community

Maple Grove Senior High has a very close relationship with the community of Maple Grove and the Crimson sports teams well represent the city of Maple Grove, Minnesota. With continued academic success combined with vast extracurricular activites more residents of Maple Grove and the surrounding areas are sending their children to Maple Grove High.