July, 2008

July, 2008
72,000
7,372,000*
(Total Sq. Ft.)
87
STUDENTS filled Mesa’s
SCHOOL BUILDINGS in
1,390
200
SCHOOLS & A VARIETY OF
FOCUS PROGRAMS on
ACRES OF LAND (at school sites)
SQUARE MILES .

July, 2008
4,600
72,000
5,700
TEACHERS (includes all certified contract employees) instruct
STUDENTS with the assistance of
OTHER WORKERS who support instruction by offering a variety of services (includes all classified staff, contract and non-contract)

July, 2008
44,587
1,010
46%
130
MEALS served daily
8 million per year
FOOD SERVICES
EMPLOYEES
(includes 504 student employees)
FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH
(Based on Elementary Schools enrollment)
NURSES AND HEALTH
ASSISTANTS providing health services.

July, 2008
420
67
1,366
138
EMPLOYEES providing a clean healthy classroom environment
EMPLOYEES caring for
ACRES of grass, athletic fields & courts
EMPLOYEES (Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, painters, refrigeration technicians and other maintenance people) keeping schools in good repair
26
471
735
31,000
20,000
7,500
463
MECHANICS (plus 38 staff members) maintaining approximately
BUSES
BUS DRIVERS and other transportation staff
MILES per day transporting
STUDENTS per day and
FIELD trips per year
VEHICLES, operations work trucks,
Food and Nutrition delivery trucks, security vehicles

July, 2008
Dobson
Mesa High
Mountain View
Red Mountain
Skyline
Westwood
EVA
Total Graduates
527
583
90
4,292
645
765
820
816

July, 2008
$41,803,837
In Scholarships

July, 2008
Points of Pride
Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education recognized the district’s biotechnology program with the Pathways to Higher Education Award.
We the People Team won the Arizona State
Championship for the 11th time in a dozen years.
The team won the national championship in 2002 and has placed among the top five nationally several times.
Standard & Poor’s upgrade the district’s bond rating to AA- from A+.

July, 2008
Points of Pride
Debra Duvall was named 2008 Arizona
Superintendent of the Year by the Arizona School
Administrators Association. Irene Frklich has been selected to receive the Distinguished Administrator
Award for the Educational Services Division with the
Arizona Schools Administrators. Fredi Buffmire received the award for the elementary division.
Mary Ann Price, principal of Roosevelt Elementary
Schools, was awarded the Mesa Professional
Educators award in recognition of outstanding education leadership for 2007.
Dr. Cindy Gardner, Carson Junior High band director, received the Arizona State University Music
Mentor Teacher Award.

July, 2008
Points of Pride
The district received a $1 million Teaching American
History grant.
Intel Corporation gave a $40,000 grant to the Mesa
Academy for Advanced Studies for a pilot to integrate technology training, science and mathematics. The
Academy will be used as a training facility to model these teaching techniques.
Las Sendas Elementary will be presented with an award by the United Food Bank for having donated the most food of all Mesa Elementary Schools - 3,000 pounds more than any other Mesa elementary school.
Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education recognized the district’s biotechnology program with the
Pathways to Higher Education Award.

July, 2008
Points of Pride
U.S. News and World Report named Dobson, Mesa,
Mountain View, Red Mountain and Skyline in its “Best
High Schools 2008 Search.”
America’s Promise Alliance named the district as No. 1 in graduation rates among the nation’s 50 largest cities.
Three students in the top 10 of the Maricopa County
Regional spelling bee.
Stapley Junior High’s National Academic League team took second place in the national championship.
Crossroads won one of the three awards at the Model
United Nations for best festival of nations.

July, 2008
Points of Pride
Franklin Northeast received the 2007 No Child Left
Behind Blue Ribbon Schools Award.
Lehi Elementary recently received a grant from the
Friends of the Southwest Regional Library. Lehi received $3,000 towards new books, with emphasis on non-fiction books - an area of interest for Lehi students. They also donated books for use in our new and used book sale to support the Lehi Library program. Rosanne Perry, Lehi Media Specialist was the recipient of the grant.
Falcon Hill Elementary was a McDonald’s Readers
Are Leaders Award Winner and received a $1,000 grant to enhance their school library book collection.

July, 2008
Points of Pride
Implemented districtwide emergency management program with training for site teams using Connect-ED phone notification system and Rapid Responder planning.
Implemented the Acuity and Turn Leaf programs
Intel Corporation gave a $40,000 grant to the Mesa
Academy for Advanced Studies for a pilot to integrate technology training, science and mathematics. The
Academy will be used as a training facility to model these teaching techniques.
Co-sponsored Latino Town Hall with Mesa Community
College and the Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens.
Qwest Foundation donates $5,000 to the Mesa Arts
Center for students at Lowell Elementary to pilot a program that will integrate arts into reading and social studies lessons.

July, 2008
YEAR
1945
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1991
1992
1993
1995
TOTAL
ENROLLMENT
3,429
6,208
8,933
12,171
17,673
22,590
31,266
38,142
51,321
63,063
64,455
65,952
67,488
70,098
YEAR
1996
1997
1997
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
TOTAL
ENROLLMENT
70,318
70,000
70,793
72,125
73,738
73,981
47,507
47,737
74,916
71,851
74039
72,523
72,000

July, 2008
State Championships*
Baseball
Football
Track
Softball
Cross Country
Soccer
13
2
Swimming & Diving 10
7
23
32
4
Basketball
Golf
Wrestling
Volleyball
Gymnastics
Tennis
*Represents both Boys and Girls from 1908 to present
25
14
5
4
7
6

July, 2008
5,635 Games, Matches and Meets were held for students’ participation in sports events
7,014 Students participated in interscholastic athletics

July, 2008
“
Each year a total of some 55,000 high school students are honored in the National Merit Program and the National
Achievement Program and more than 10,500 of the most outstanding participants receive scholarships worth a total of $50 million for college undergraduate study .”
-National Merit Scholarship Corporation
2007-2008 National Merit Finalists
Dobson
Mountain View
8
5
Red Mountain
Skyline
3
2

July, 2008
PERFORMING ARTS
Mesa ninth through twelfth grade music students earned 86 (43 percent) choral positions, 22 (18.4 percent) band position and 18 (16 percent) orchestra positions, including winds, percussion and strings in the 2007 All-State Music Festival of Honor.
Mesa students led All-State by holding 26 percent of the total positions.

July, 2008
PERFORMING ARTS
8,933
3,702
551
2,275
410
Number of students who participate in elementary band and orchestra on a weekly basis
Number of students who participate in junior high band, orchestra, and chorus on a weekly basis
Number of students who participate in junior high guitar, theory, harp and steel drum programs on a weekly basis
Number of students who participate in high school band, orchestra, and chorus on a weekly basis
Number of students who participate in high school guitar, theory, harp and steel drum programs on a weekly basis
15,871 Total number of students who participate in instrumental, vocal or other music classes on a weekly basis

July, 2008
With an average composite score of 23.6 on the ACT,
Mesa students (2007 graduating class) scored well above state (21.8) and national (21.2) averages
On the SAT, Mesa Public Schools Class of 2007 outperformed the previous class, as well as the state and nation as follows:
MPS
Arizona
National
*Formerly Verbal
Critical
Reading*
526
519
502
Math Writing
554
525
515
506
502
494

July, 2008
24.0
23.5
23.0
22.5
22.0
21.5
21.0
20.5
20.0
19.5
19.0
1990-1991 through 2006-2007
Mesa Arizona National

550
540
530
520
510
500
490
480
1995-1996 through 2006-2007
SAT - Critical Reading
District Arizona National
July, 2008

July, 2008
570
560
550
540
530
520
510
500
490
480
1995-1996 through 2006-2007
SAT Math
District Arizona National

July, 2008
2005-2006 through 2006-2007
National
Arizona
District
485
SAT - Writing
494
497
490 495 500
2005-2006 2006-2007
502
505
507
506
505
510

July, 2008
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
SERVING 11,500 STUDENTS
REPRESENTING
Countries:
Languages:
Hispanic:
Native American:
66 (e.g.., Syria, Italy,
Thailand)
50 (e.g.., Croation, Spanish,
Taiwanese)
18 (e.g., Brazil, Mexico)
6 (e.g.., Apache, Pima)

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
SERVING 11,500 STUDENTS
REPRESENTING
July, 2008
Countries:
American Soma
Argentina
Bahamas
Bolivia
Bosnia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Camaroon
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
China
Columbia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Egypt
El Salvador
England
Equador
Ethiopia
France
Germany
Ghana
Greenland
Guam
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Japan
Kazanstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Melaysia
Mexico
Microneisa
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragu
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Phillipines
Poland
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Syria
Taiwan
Thailand
Tonga
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zaire
Zambabwe
Zambia

July, 2008
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
SERVING 11,500 STUDENTS
REPRESENTING
Languages:
Afrikaans
Akan
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Bahasa
Bangia
Bengali
Berber
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Cambodian
Chamerro
Chinese/Cantonese
Chinese/Mandarin
Creole
Croatian
Farsi
Filipino
French
German
Gujarati
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Kazahn
Korean
Kurdis
Kyrgyz
Laotian
Latvian
Lebanese
Mayan
Persian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Samali
Samoan
Serbo-Croatian
Shona
Spanish
Sunda
Swahlei
Swedish
Taglog
Tahi
Taiwanese
Tongan
Turkish
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese

July, 2008

July, 2008
Last spring, 1,192 students took 2,169 AP exams and scored high enough on 81.7 percent of the tests to qualify for college credit.
Students performance on the AP exams means a savings of thousands of dollars in college expenses.

July, 2008
Focus Schools
Crossroads
East Mesa Early Childhood Education Center
McKellips Middle School
Power Middle School
Riverview High School
S.H.A.R.P.
Sundown High School
Superstition High School

July, 2008
Choice Programs and Schools
Biotechnology Academy
Eagleridge
East Valley Academy High
Franklin (Basic) Elementary Schools (four campuses)
Health Science High Schools
Highland Arts Integrated Program
Homebound
K-12 International Baccalaureate Programme
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies
Mesa Distance Learning Program
Montessori Programs (three campuses)
Sunridge Learning Center
World Studies Academy

July, 2008
Creative Arts
Basic Skills
Science
Social Studies
Special Education
Psychological Services
Guidance Services
Summer School
Athletics, K-12 P.E.
Performing Arts
Community Education Career and Technical Education
Title I
Math Homework Hotline
Parent University
English Language Acquisition
Extended Learning/Advanced Placement

July, 2008
ATHLETICS
Dobson High School State Championships
Cross Country – Boys
Swimming & Diving – Boys
Swimming & Diving – Girls
Football
Softball
Track – Boys
Tennis – Boys
Soccer – Boys
Basketball – Boys
Golf – Boys
1997
1987
1987
1987
1990
1991
1995
1999
1997
2003

July, 2008
ATHLETICS
Mesa High School State Championships
Baseball 1927, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1958
Basketball – Boys 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926,
1933, 1936, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1988,
2004
Football
Golf`
1928, 1933, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1956,
1958, 1960, 1963, 1990, 1992
1957, 1979
Track – Boys
Wrestling
1950, 1952, 1962, 1982, 1988
1977, 2006, 2007
Softball
Tennis – Boys
1988
1950, 1951, 1952

ATHLETICS
Mountain View High School State Championships
July, 2008
Basketball – Girls
Basketball – Boys
Football
Volleyball
Gymnastics – Girls
Golf – Boys
Cross-Country – Boys
Tennis – Boys
Baseball
Track – Boys
Track – Girls
Swimming – Girls
Wrestling
1988, 1998
1987, 1995, 1998, 1999,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
1978, 1983, 1986, 1993,
1996, 1997, 2000, 2002
1984, 1988, 1999
1986, 1987
1987, 1991, 1992
1987, 1991, 1992
1988
1990, 1998
1994, 2000, 2003, 2004
1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
1998
2000

July, 2008
ATHLETICS
Red Mountain High School State Championships
Cross-Country – Girls
Track – Girls
Golf – Boys
Wrestling
Football
Softball
Tennis – Boys
Basketball – Girls
1991
1992, 1996
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
1994
2001
2006
2005
2007

July, 2008
ATHLETICS
Skyline High School State Championships
Track - Girls
Track – Boys
Swimming – Boys
2006, 2007
2006
2006

July, 2008
ATHLETICS
Westwood High School State Championships
Cross-Country – Boys
Football
Gymnastics – Girls
Swimming – Boys
Track – Boys
Track – Girls
Volleyball – Girls
Softball
1964, 1967, 1983, 1990,
1991, 1993, 1994, 1995,
1996
1964, 1988
1976
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970,
1975, 1976
1965, 1969, 1973, 1987,
1989, 1990, 1998, 1999
1976, 1977, 1987, 1988,
1989
1993
1982

July, 2008
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ESTABLISHED
1879 Lehi Elementary School District
1882 Mesa Elementary School District
1885 Alma Elementary School District
18##* Highland Elementary School District
1887 Jordan Elementary School District
1894 Nephi Elementary School District
* Exact date not known

July, 2008
Elementary Feeder Districts:
Lehi
Jordan
Alma
Mesa
Nephi
Highland

July, 2008
These Districts Included:
Mesa Elementary School District
Alma Elementary School District
Jordan Elementary School District
Lehi Elementary School District

July, 2008

1945-1946 Elementary and high school districts consolidated under one administration.

1945-1946 Schools were desegregated.

1951-1952 Changed from a 8-4 organization plan to a 6-3-3 plan and Mesa Junior High was born. Mesa Junior High was called East Junior
High until 1965 when it was renamed to Mesa
Junior High.

MESA SUPERINTENDENTS
1907- 1909
1909-1914
1914-1917
1917-1920
1920-1932
1932-1937
1937-1946
1946-1954
1967-1984
1984-1999
1999-2000
2000-Present
John Loper, Both Mesa and Mesa HS
Districts (Two School
H.Q. Robertson, Boards)
G. C. Sherwood
H.E. Matthews
Herman Hendrix
O.P. Greer
Rulon T. Shepherd
Harvey L. Taylor (Mesa combined 1953-1967
Rulon T. Shepherd (One School Board/Two
Districts)
George Smith
Jim Zaharis
Dale Frederick
Debra Duvall
July, 2008