Marshall Ranch Elementary

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Marshall Ranch Elementary is a K-8 (kindergarten through 8th grade) elementary school. It is located in Glendale, Arizona in the Peoria Unified School District. It was built in 1992 and enrollment is around 720 students for K-8 grade levels. School starts at 8:40 A.M. Mountain Time, and ends at 3:40 Mountain Time. In 2006, Marshall Ranch was labeled "Highly Performing" as an achievement profile

1 Curriculum
2 Extra Curricular Activities
3 Jazz Band
4 Awards

[edit] Curriculum

Marshall Ranch's curriculum is kindergarten through 8th grade. With many subjects ranging from kindergarten level math, to high school honors algebra in 8th grade.

[edit] Extra Curricular Activities

Extra curricular activities are some of many programs offered at Marshall Ranch Elementary, outside the school day. Current extra curricular activities include;

Student Council; A council of students (usually comprised of 7th-8th graders, with some lower grades as well) that would act as a voice in what the school can do to change anything or to add something to a program, or to create a new program.

Scholastic Bowl; A team of about 10 (+,-) students, comprised of 7-8th graders that compete with other school teams in an academic competition that would be comprised of many different academic subjects, ranging anywhere, but not limited to, math, history, current events, technology, etc in a round-robin type game layout.

NJHS; NJHS stands for National Junior Honor Society, and is open for application to students in the 7th and 8th grade levels. In order to apply, students must have a certain GPA (grade point average) depending on what level they are applying for. They must also need a certain amount of community service hours.

Previous and discontinued programs include:

MRTV; an in-school TV news broadcast, filmed each week, telling current events and school activities.

[edit] Jazz Band

One of the most prestigious clubs outside of the school day would be the jazz band program. In the 2004-2005 school year, the Marshall Ranch Jazz Band 1 was invited to play at the International Association for Jazz Education, or IAJE. The elementary band was one of only two elementary bands in the United States to be invited to play at the International Assoctiation. The prerequisities of being in the Jazz band is that you must be in the concert band, which is also very professionally coordinated and perform. Jazz and concert bands exceed many of other schools and high schools that have jazz and concert bands.

[edit] Awards

In 2002, Marshall Ranch Elementary was labeled an "A+" school by the PUSD educational board. And in 2006, Marshall Ranch was labeled "Highly Performing" as an achievement profile.