Mayde Creek High School

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Mayde Creek High School is a public high school located on Groschke Road, Harris County, Texas and is part of the Katy Independent School District.

Mayde Creek serves the portions of the city of Houston located in Katy ISD, including Addicks. Mayde Creek also serves many unincorporated communities in Harris County.

The school, which has a Houston address, opened in 1984 with an enrollment of 860 students, and its projected enrollment for 2005-6 was 2,864. O.D. Tompkins serves as the current principal of Mayde Creek. The school itself is divided into two sections, the smaller of which serves as the "Ninth grade center". Recent additions to the campus include the performing arts building.

The "Rampage" is the official newspaper of Mayde Creek.

The "Paladin" is the name of the yearbook.

Mayde Creek, under the nickname "Rams" competes in all major girls and boys sports. Its school colors are Kelly Green and White.

1 Student body
2 The March 29 Walk Out
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Student body

During the 2005-2006 school year, Mayde Creek had 2,718 students. [1]

30% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch.

During the 2004-2005 school year, a senior prank was performed on their own school when students toilet papered the entire school and spray painted vulgar pictures all over the walls. Several students were sent to jail and prom was almost canceled.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] The March 29 Walk Out

On Wednesday, March 29, 2006, about 35 Mayde Creek students participated in La Gran Marcha, in response to H.R. 4437. The majority of the students were of Latino ethnicity.

They walked out of school and marched to the Harris County Courthouse Annex, located on Clay road, several miles away. They congregated at the parking lot, in front of the Courthouse entrance.

The students had received warnings about disciplinary action, however, the students marched anyway. The reported punishment was to be five days of in-school suspension, and those who were seniors would not be allowed to participate in the senior trip/outing [2].