Maple Grove Junior High School

MGJH is by far the best school ever!!!!!!! I would know because I'm in my second year at MGJH. The teachers are nice and cool and if u need help they'll help you. The lunches are alright and there's three choices to choose from. The students are nice and you can get along with almost everyone. So if you think this school is bad haha no offense but your way way wrong.
--Submitted by a student

The teachers are really nice and good but the kids there are snobs.Like someone else said its all about cliques and who's dating who but not like normal Junior highs this is it times 1000.There are also alot of fights with girls within the first week there 3 all girls.Sometimes physical.
--Submitted by a student

I went to this school all three years. I hated it. The people there are VERY involved in cliques, most people are not very friendly. The teachers are amazing. If you need help, they WILL go that extra mile to help you. Its just the kids in that school who need to grow up and realize they are NOT the center if the universe. The lunches are bad, as well. 'theres no fights'... wrong. i can name 3 fights that happened in ONE trimester in my final year there. MGJH is an okay school, DEFINATELY not one I would have chosen for myself.

I love going to this school. The teachers are nice. The lunches are great. Theres no fights, no lockdowns, etc. And there is help for everything! And I love it because its huge!
--Submitted by a parent

I love going to this school. The teachers are nice. The lunches are great. Theres no fights, no lockdowns, etc. And there is help for everything! And I love it because its huge!
--Submitted by a student

My child went and is going to MGJH it is by far the Best school in Minnesota, the teacher's are willing to work after-hours and before school just to help the students. The Faculty is also premium grade they love to have a good student-teacher relationship and the teacher always pay attention. Parents do not worry you do not need to be involved at all, if something is wrong they will e-mail or send a letter home.
--Submitted by Emir Cicic, a teacher

As a former student at MGJH during the 2002-2003 year, I would have to say it was easily the best educational experiance I ever had. I left Indianapolis for a safe place to go to school, but it was so much more than that. The facalty cared about their students, and as long as the student cared there was nothing holding them back. The leadership at MGJH is great, and it reflects not only on the faculty; but also on the general population of the student body. Their were also several other students like myself from other major midwestern cities looking for, and finding exactly what they needed. My time spent at MGJH has made me want to raise a family in the twin cities superb educational systems. With that said there is no such thing as a perfect school system, and the way I rate will reflect that.
--Submitted by a parent

For kids who need structure, this is definitely not the school for them! Trying to interact with the teachers to stay in touch with assignments and other things is challenging to say the least. Emails are not returned for several days...teachers are not willing to work with students after or before school. It truly is 'minimal effort'. Sorry, my kid went there and I know the place inside and out! This also carries over to Maple Grove Senior and Osseo and seems to be a ISD 279 'culture'. There were a few good teachers that did go the extra mile. They were the younger, non-tenured ones, which pretty much says, ISD 279 needs to do some serious housecleaning!
--Submitted by a parent