Marshall Ranch Elementary

Marshall Ranch Elementary is a K-8 (kindergarten through 8th grade) elementary school. It is located in Glendale, Arizona in the Peoria Unified School District. It was built in 1992 and enrollment is around 720 students for K-8 grade levels. School starts at 8:40 A.M. Mountain Time, and ends at 3:40 Mountain Time. In 2006, Marshall Ranch was labeled "Highly Performing" as an achievement profile. Its high school is Ironwood High School.

Curriculum
Marshall Ranch's curriculum is kindergarten through 8th grade. With many subjects ranging from kindergarten level math, to high school honors algebra in 8th grade.

Extra Curricular Activities
Extra curricular activities are some of many programs offered at Marshall Ranch Elementary, outside the school day. Current extra curricular activities include;

*Student Council; A group of students 5th-8th grade that act as a voice for the students in school decisions. Officer positions include President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. They are involved with many leadership, community service, and school service activities.

*NJHS; The National Junior Honor Society is open for application to students in the 7th and 8th grades. In order to apply, students must meet certain GPA (grade point average) requirements depending on what level they are applying for. They must also perform a certain amount of community service hours while in the club in order to be recognized at 8th grade promotion.

*FBLA; The Future Business Leaders of America club is meant to provide additional opportunities for students in business and/or business related fields to develop vocational and career supportive competencies and to promote civic and personal responsibilities. The club participates in several competitions, including ASU Business Skills Day, a Winter Regional Conference, the State Leadership Conference, and the National Leadership Conference. Students have already taken home numerous trophies and awards in the two years of its existence. Established in 2005, it is lead by the technology teacher. 7th and 8th grade students are eligible for membership. There are five main officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Webmaster. In the summer of 2007, they became the first middle level team in Arizona FBLA history to travel to a national convention. Though they did not win any awards, they did get to meet other middle level chapters and learned what to expect for next year. Their website is http://clubweb.peoriaud.k12.az.us/Marshall_Ranch_FBLA/ (2006-2007 Web Page)

*Scholastic Bowl; A team of about 10 students, 7th and 8th graders, who compete with other school teams in an academic competition about many different academic subjects, ranging anywhere, but not limited to, math, history, current events, and technology, in a round-robin type game layout.

Previous and discontinued programs include:

*MRTV; an in-school TV news broadcast, filmed each week, telling current events and school activities.

Jazz Band
One of the most prestigious clubs outside of the school day would be the jazz band program. In the 2004-2005 school year, the Marshall Ranch Jazz Band 1 was invited to play at the International Association for Jazz Education, or IAJE. The elementary band was one of only two elementary bands in the United States to be invited to play at the International Assoctiation. The prerequisities of being in the Jazz band is that you must be in the concert band, which is also very professionally coordinated and perform. Jazz and concert bands exceed many of other schools and high schools that have jazz and concert bands.
Awards
In 2002, Marshall Ranch Elementary was labeled an "A+" school by the PUSD educational board. In 2006, Marshall Ranch was labeled as a "Highly Performing" school by the Arizona Department of Education.

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