Maple Grove Senior High School

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Maple Grove Senior High School
Location
Information
Principal Wendy Loberg
Students approx. 1847
Type Public
Mascot Leafy the Crimson Leaf
Established 1996
Colors crimson and gold
Homepage http://www.district279.org/sec/mgsh/

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

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[edit] School history

Maple Grove Senior High (MGSH) was the third public high school built by Osseo School District 279 and it opened in 1996 with a student population of approx. 1847. MGSH is the only public 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 Senior High is part of the Northwest Suburban Conference alongside other notable sports high schools such as Champlin Park High School and Osseo Senior High School. MGSH has one of the best sports programs in the conference and is one of the top competitors in the conference. The Crimson have had athletes such as Curt Carlson (swimming) and Trent Johnson (offensive lineman) and have graduated many top athletes to top sports colleges around the nation. Despite being known for its football, swimming, and hockey programs, MGSH has very good basketball, soccer, baseball, wrestling, 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. The Crimson lost the 6-5A section title to number 2 seed Wayzata.[1]

Maple Grove Senior High's Boy'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 tournament 5 times and has finished second in the state. MGSH's basketball team has also advanced to the state tournament twice, and finished 2nd in the state in 2000. The Maple Grove Dance Team has won 3 state championships in the last 5 years. Both Swimming and Diving teams have been very successful. The Boy's team has won 7 consecutive conference titles, and the Girls team won state in 2007, and they have won 7 conference titles in the last 8 years. The Girls Cross Country team has made it to the state meet 3 times.

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
Soccer, Girls
Cross Country, Boys
Cross Country, Girls
Football
Vollyball, Girls
Tennis, Girls
Swimming and Diving, Girls 1 [1]
Winter Basketball, Boys
Basketball, Girls
Adapted Floor Hockey 4
Nordic Skiing, Boys
Nordic Skiing, Girls
Hockey, Boys
Hockey, Girls
Dance Team, Girls 3
Gymnastics, Girls
Swimming and Diving, Boys
Wrestling
Spring Baseball, Boys
Track and Field, Boys
Track and Field, Girls
Tennis, Boys
Softball, Girls
Lacrosse, Girls
Total 8

[edit] Clubs

Anime Club, Chess Club, French Toast, Salon 361 (a philosophical discussion club), D20 Alliance (Dungeons and Dragons, Axis and Allies), National Honor Society, Wii-tards Anonymous (Unofficial), John Gower Fan club (Unofficial).

[edit] Fine Arts

MGSH is home to many performing arts

Musicals (performed in the fall). One-Acts (performed in the winter). 3-Act play & 24 hour plays (performed in the spring). In the 2006-2007 school year, fine arts performances included the musical "Hello Dolly!", one-act plays "Little Box of Oblivion" and "Sorry Wrong Number", as well as "The Little Prince" and student-written plays for the 24-hour play productions.

The fall musical of the 2007-2008 school year was "Seussical the Musical" starring Harshil Shukla as The Cat in the Hat, John Neumann as Horton the elephant, and Kara Shwartz as Gertrude. Performances were on November 9th, 10th, 16th, and 17th at 7:00 pm and November 18th at 3:00 pm.

The band program includes a summer marching band, pep band, and jazz band. The orchestra program has an extracurricular fiddle club.

[edit] Academic Teams

Maple Grove Senior High's Destination Imagination program has been quite successful 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.

The Maple Grove Senior High math team, lead by Mr. Gove, has also been quite successful and has participated in the state meet 2 of the past 3 years.

[edit] Student Government

The student government at Maple Grove Senior High is known as Crimson Cabinet and consists of 5 sophomore, 6 junior, and 7 senior representatives. Junior and senior representatives are elected in the spring of the previous year and sophomores are elected shortly following the beginging of the school year in which they serve. The officers of the Crimson Cabinet for the 2007-2008 school year include President Chelsea Boettner, Vice President John Neuman, Secretary Julie Knutson, and Treasurer Chad Heise. 2008-2009 senior representatives include John Neumaan, Julie Knutson, Ben Cichanski, Abby Isaacson, Katie Kaufman, Erica Kyriakedes, and Megan Geisen.

[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 activities more residents of Maple Grove and the surrounding areas are sending their children to Maple Grove Senior High.

[edit] Notable Alumni And Current Students

  • Curt Carlson - Minnesota Gophers swimmer, 2006-2007 Minnesota Swimmer of the Year
  • Matthew Miller - NCAA football 2008 online football, achieved the #17 rank in the world

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