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Welcome to our Course Database - Easily search through all the courses offered at Mesquite Junior High.
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Students interested in learning to perform Mexican folk music can participate in a Mariachi ensemble course as an elective. It concentrates on the development of note-reading skills, aural skills, rhythmic patterns, intonation, music history, and performance traditions.
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Take a look inside Mesquite Junior High and learn about our Mustang Family.
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Mesquite Junior offers the National Junior Honor Society, Student Council, Robotics, Code Club, Mariachi, Flute, Drama, Dungeons & Dragons, Page Turners, Chess, Ladies Club, and Men's Club.
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Mesquite Junior Athletics participates in the Gilbert Public Schools Superstition Junior High School Conference. Visit the Athletics section to learn more about Mesquite Junior's four seasons of athletics.
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![Mesquite Junior Principal, Kari Ramirez, with Battle of the Badge trophy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1733896689/gilbertschoolsnet/ovkux3bn9n9qtidwc2jp/BattleoftheBadge-1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1733896689/gilbertschoolsnet/ovkux3bn9n9qtidwc2jp/BattleoftheBadge-1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1733896689/gilbertschoolsnet/ovkux3bn9n9qtidwc2jp/BattleoftheBadge-1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1733896689/gilbertschoolsnet/ovkux3bn9n9qtidwc2jp/BattleoftheBadge-1.png","width":1080}])
Five Gilbert Junior Highs competed in the inaugural Battle of the Badge, hosted by the Gilbert Police Department, to promote exercise and strengthen the valuable bond between students and their dedicated Student Resource Officers
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Gilbert Public Schools is looking for enthusiastic job seekers to join our GPS Family! Join GPS for a Job Fair on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 4:00 to 6:00pm at Highland High School located at 4301 East Guadalupe Road.
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The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has released the 2023-24 School Letter Grades. For the 2023-24 school year Gilbert Public Schools has achieved an ‘A’ letter grade for our school district. Further, all GPS schools have achieved either an ‘A’ or ‘B’ letter grade, rating them as excellent or highly performing by the Arizona Department of Education.
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Mesquite Junior High brought together community members and the staff, students and families of Mesquite Junior to celebrate the opening of a one-of-a-kind campus project.
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Thank you for all of your efforts to ensure your child wears their student ID badge. We appreciate your support with this important safety and security initiative.
As we communicated at the beginning of this school year all of our students who ride a bus must have their Student ID Badges to ride the bus to and from school every day.
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Huge congratulations to our amazing students and staff at the Gilbert Adult Learning Program! We're thrilled to announce that they have been awarded ‘Excelling Program of the Year for Overall Adult Education Services' by the Arizona Department of Education for the second year in a row.
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Governing Board President and GPS leader Sheila Uggetti passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2024, leaving a powerful legacy in the district and public education as a whole. On Tuesday, September 17th employees across the district will be wearing green for Sheila, representing her favorite holiday, St.Patrick’s Day, and an opportunity to honor a true friend who was an inspiration to so many, in education and life.
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Congratulations to Gilbert Public Schools Athletic Director Steve McDowell on being inducted into the AIAAA (Arizona Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association) Hall of Fame.
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