About Memorial Parkway Junior High
Memorial Parkway Jr. High focuses on student learning by engaging students in meaningful study and using a variety of techniques that recognize the many ways in which students learn. MPJH offers a challenging curriculum that surpasses traditional textbook learning. Students with special needs are served by direct enrichment programs, tutorials, a community mentoring program and an adaptive behavior classroom that assists students with conflict resolution and anger management. Students who need greater academic challenges have access to pre-advanced placement courses, gifted and talented enrichment classes and individualized programs. Seventh and eighth graders can choose from a full array of electives including fine arts, foreign language, technology, athletics and others.
Counselors advance with a class through the grade levels, providing a high level of continuity for students and their parents. The counseling staff sponsors parent meetings on topics of interest suggested by parents, in addition to orientations for sixth grade and career planning and course selection for eighth grade.
Strong extracurricular activities, academics, athletics, fine arts and intramural sports provide social interaction and growth. Student organizations like Student Council, National Junior Honor Society, Pep Squad and Academic Pentathlon give students a variety of opportunities to participate in school activities.
An active PTA supports Memorial Parkway Jr. High in many ways: providing a strong volunteer base; staffing the school’s greeter desk; and sponsoring the PTA Reflections program, field trips, translators for non-English speaking students, cultural programs, an environmental poster contest, an eighth grade party, and displays for special observances.
Awards and Honors
- TEA “Recognized” school, 2005-06
- Silver Key Award, Regional Scholastic Writing Competition, 2006
- A 2006 student recipient of the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award
- 2 Grand Recognition qualifiers and 13 State Recognition qualifiers, Duke University Talent Identification Program, 2006
- Academic Pentathlon, seventh grade team, third in region, 2004, 2005, third in Super Quiz, 2005
- Texas Music Educators State Performance Choir, 2003
- National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, 2000
- Texas Science and Engineering Fair, first place, 2000
- Recognized by “Just for the Kids” for academic excellence in algebra, 2000
- First place, 1998 Katy Academic Festival
School Report Card Data
2008-09 TAKS Scores*
- Reading: 96.7%
- Math: 80.1%
- Writing: 94.4%
- Social Studies: 96.4%
- Science: 87.5%
* Scores include the Texas Projection Measure (TPM), which is used to determine campus ratings.
2009 Accountability rating: Recognized
2008 TEA Report Card Data
- Avg. teacher experience: 13.8 years
- Avg. students per teacher: 15.9
- English/Language Arts: 22.3
- Foreign Languages: 20.6
- Mathematics: 23.1
- Science: 25.5
- Social Studies: 24.6
- Student profile:
- White: 66.0%
- Hispanic: 17.9%
- Asian: 9.6%
- African-American: 5.8%
- Native American: 0.7%
- Low-income: 15.2%
- Limited English: 4.9%
- Special program enrollment:
- Special education: 7.9%
- Career/Technical: 25.9%
- Bilingual/ESL: 4.3%
- Gifted/Talented: 11.7%
Facility Improvements
Previous bond packages authorized by voters in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002 funded these major projects at Memorial Parkway Jr. High:
- heating/ventilation/air conditioning improvements
- a lighting retrofit
- music room addition
- new fire alarm/strobe/intercom system
- renovation of the life skills area
- technology retrofits
- a new phone system including telephones for all teachers.