About Mayde Creek Jr High

Even though Mayde Creek Junior High opened in 1980 and was the first school in the Mayde Creek complex, visitors still think it's a new school. The school serves students in the northeast sector of the school district, and visitors are greeted by a warm and friendly staff who match the smiles on the student's faces.

MCJH provides an educational program that offers students the opportunity to develop individual abilities intellectually, physically and socially, and enables them to become productive and responsible members of the community. The curriculum includes programs designed to meet the needs of a diverse population of learners, including ESL, a program for new immigrants, Title I services, the Plato lab and an eighth grade language arts block. The first junior high school in Katy to create a planned progression of computer integration in all core subjects, MCJH offers math instruction using the Internet and its various statistical resources.

Students at MCJH choose to participate in band, orchestra, choir, theatre arts, career and technology and many other extracurricular programs.  A comprehensive intramural sports program encourages all students to participate in supervised sports competitions and fitness activities. Project Wisdom encourages students to learn how to combat peer pressure and develop personal responsibility skills.

MCJH welcomes the involvement of parent volunteers in various school activities; volunteers log nearly 20,000 hours per year working in the library, front office and counselors' office, serving as language interpreters, assisting in school fundraisers and chaperoning student trips.  The PTA sponsors numerous teacher support activities, community nights and special events for students.

Awards and Honors

• National Gold Award, Scholastic Art Competition, 2008 
• Best of Show, Katy ISD Annual Art Competition, 2008
• Nine State Recognition qualifiers, Duke University Talent Identification Program, 2006
• Spirit of Discovery and Imagination Award, Destination ImagiNation Gulf Coast Regional Tournament, 2006
• Teacher recipient of the Honeywell International Math and Science Scholarship, 2006
• Gold Key Award, Regional Scholastic Writing Competition, 2006
• Recipient of the Curriculum on Wheels donation from Barbara Bush, 2005
• Concert Girls' Choir was the only junior high group invited to perform at the 2001 American Choral Directors' Association convention
• Katy ISD Outstanding First-Year Teacher, 2001
• National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, 2000
• Texas Music Educators Association Junior High Concert Girls' Honor Choir, 2000
• Houston Chronicle Crystal Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2000
• Winner of KISD student spelling bee, 1999, 2000
• Region IV Outstanding Assistant Principal, Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, 1998
• Region IV Outstanding Teacher of the Gifted, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, 1998
  

School Report Card Data

2007-08 TAKS Scores

• Grade 6
• Reading: 93.4%
• Math: 85.5%
• Grade 7
• Reading: 90.0%
• Math: 82.3%
• Writing: 95.4%
• Grade 8
• Reading: 98.1%
• Math: 90.0%
• Social Studies: 93.6%
• Science: 69.7%
  
  
• 2008 Accountability rating: Acceptable

Facility Improvements

Previous bond packages authorized by voters in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002 funded these major projects at Mayde Creek Jr. High:

• gym, classroom, music room and kitchen additions
• parking lot renovations
• lighting retrofit
• technology retrofits
• a new phone system including telephones for all teachers
• track (in progress).