• Junior High Awards and Accolades
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    A_Plus Arizona Education Foundation
    A+ Schools of Excellence
    • 2012 - Andersen Junior High
    • 2011 -- Bogle Junior High
    • 2008 -- Andersen Junior High
    • 1994 -- Willis Junior High
    • 1987 -- Chandler Junior High
    • 1983 -- Willis Junior High
    Blue RibbonU.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools
    • 1983 -- Willis Junior High
    Miscellaneous Awards

    • Andersen Junior High Knowledge Bowl has placed 1st in state competitions more times than any other junior high school.
    • Andersen Junior High -- East Valley Athletic Conference winners
    • Andersen Junior High  was featured in the East Valley Tribune for reading more than 1 billion words in 2010.
    • Andersen Junior High's eighth grade chess team won the 2010 state championship.
    • Andersen Junior High eighth grader Cortney Reagle placed third in Southwest Shakespeare Company's sonnet writing contest in 2010.
    • Andersen Junior High Jazz band received a rating of superior at the NAU Jazz Festival.
    • 2011 -- Andersen Junior High students competed in the state National History Day competition. Out of the three AJHS projects that were competing 2 won medals. Jackson Nichols and Mark Doorly created a web site, Atomic Bomb: A Vote to Kill Millions. They earned second place medals and will be going to the national competition in June in Maryland. Ireland Mackenzie, Jessica Webb, Austin Jones and Cortney Reagle wrote and acted in a performance, 50s Rock and Roll: Was It Just Music? They earned third place medals and are alternates for the national competition.
    • Bogle Junior High -- Arizona Learns Excelling School (seven times since 2002)
    • Bogle Junior High -- More than 350 students (31%) qualifying for Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher)
    • Bogle Junior High --2011 Arizona Science & Engineering Fair: Engineering - 1st place
    • Bogle Junior High --National Society of Professional Engineers Innovative Award
    • Bogle Junior High -- United States Air Force Award and Junior High Student - Grand Champion Award
    • Bogle Junior High's Math Counts team placed fifth overall in a regional competition in 2011. Individually eighth grade student Sidharth Kulkarni qualified to compete in the state competition.
    • Bogle Junior High --American Math Competition – 3 students in the top 5% of the U.S.
    • Bogle Junior High --Destination Imagination Teams place first in Arizona Regional Competition
    • Bogle Junior High -- Arizona Association of Student Councils – Honor Council designation
    • Bogle Junior High --East Valley Math Competition – 1st Place Team Competition, 1st place Bridge Building Competition
    • Bogle Junior High -- Orchestra and Band “Excellent” rating – ABODA Festival
    • Bogle Junior High --Veterans of Foreign Wars – Patriot's Pen Essay district champion
    • Bogle Junior High -- CUSD Clean School Award (12 years in a row)
    • Bogle Junior High  -- Arizona Department of Education Matching Grant $10,000 – 7th Grade Youth Frontiers Experience
    • Bogle Junior High --East Valley Math Competition – Grand Champion Team (2010)
    • Bogle Junior High --87% of students achieved “Meets” or “Exceeds” status on 2009 Arizona AIMS Math Assessment
    • Bogle Junior High --Chandler Chamber of Commerce Administrator of the Year - Principal (2009)
    • Bogle Junior High --LEXUS Challenge – Arizona State Winners (2008)
    • Bogle Junior High Knowledge Bowl Arizona State Champions - (2008)
    • Bogle Junior High --Twelve East Valley Athletic Conference championship teams since 2005
    • 2010 -- Rachel Belgin, an eighth grader at Bogle Junior High, came in first place in the poetry section of ASU's Asset Arizona Story Makers Writing Contest.
    • Hamilton Prep -- Highest AIMS DPA scores in the East Valley
    • Hamilton Prep -- Student finalist in National Spelling Bee
    • Hamilton Prep -- EcoChallenge state level finalistIntel Science Fair winners
    • Hamilton Prep -- Six students with perfect ACT scores
    • Hamilton Prep -- 2007-08, 2009-10, 100% of students met or exceeded standards in all AIMS content areas
    • Hamilton Prep -- 2008-09 100% of students met or exceeded in all areas but AIMS reading, 98% met or exceeded in AIMS reading
    • Hamilton Prep --Lauded by Phoenix Magazine as being among the highest performing schools.
    • Hamilton Prep was one of 16 winning teams in the Lexus Eco Challenge. As part of their efforts to improve the environment, they worked with the Arizona Forestry Department in Payson, to increase biodiversity by planting trees in the forest. Their hard work was rewarded by a first prize of $10,000 to be split between themselves, their teacher, and the school.
    • Payne Junior High -- Excelling School every year (5 years so far)
    • Payne Junior High won second place at the 2010 fall Knowlege Bowl competition.
    • Payne Junior High physical education students in top shape. Nearly 90 percent of the girls are running the President's Challenge Fitness Test in less than the 10 minutes and 30 seconds standard.
    • Payne Junior High Schools East Valley Conference Champions:
      • 8th Grade Boys Basketball 2010-2011
      • 7th Grade Girls Soccer 2010-2011, 2008-2009
      • 7TH Grade Girls Basketball 2009-2010
      • 7th Grade Boys Basketball 2009-2010
      • 7th Grade Boys Soccer 2008-2009
      • 8th Grade Boys Soccer 2008-2009
      • 7th Grade Girls Softball 2009-2010, 2008-2009, 2007-2008, 2006-2007, 2005-2006
      • 8th Grade Girls Softball 2008-2009, 2007-2008
      • 7th Grade Baseball 2009-2010
      • Flag Football 2009-2010
      • Girls Cross Country 2009-2010, 2008-2009
      • Girls Track and Field 2009-2010, 2008-2009
      • Boys Track and Field 2008-2009
      • 7th Grade Girls Volleyball 2005-2006
    • Payne Junior High -- Student Council -1st Place for Sprite Award (2011)
    • Payne Junior High -- 50% of Payne Students and 50% of the staff read "Hunger Games"-An article was published in the School Library Journal
    • Payne Junior High --Student won the Lions International Peace Poster Contest
      Payne Junior High -- Student won the Arizona Diamondbacks Sunwise Prevention Poster Contest. 
    • Payne Junior High --Student won the Take a NFL Player to School Contest
      Journal
    • Payne Junior High --19 Girls inducted into the ASU Hispanic Mothers and Daughters Program
    • Payne Junior High -- 5 students received a perfect score on the EXPLORE test (2011)
    • Payne Junior High --Staff Member won the Student Council Advisor of the Year from the Arizona Association of Junior High Student Councils (AAJHSC)
    • Payne Junior High -- Multiple students have won the 4H awards in livestock competitions
    • Payne Junior High --Multiple students have won medals in the Special Olympics.
    • Santan Junior High -- Arizona Learns Excelling School since 2003
    • Santan Junior High --375 students (34%) qualifying for Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher)
    • Santan Storm drumline won the 2011 state championship in the scholastic marching junior class.
    • Santan Junior High --2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 Arizona Science & Engineering Fair: Engineering – Placing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
    • Santan Junior High -- Arizona State University – College of Engineering - Lead and Inspire Award Honorable Mention Award ASU. Fulton College of Engineering – Partnership, Pathway, Pipeline for Engineering Education with Curriculum Integration and Societal Relevance (2010)
    • Santan Junior High -- ASU & U of A - National Science Foundation – G K12 – Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Innovation in Teaching participants
    • Santan Junior High -- Professional Learning Communities – Harvard Protocol - DataWise since 2009
    • Santan Junior High -- Arizona Association of Junior High School Councils – Master Council Award – since 2004
    • Santan Junior High -- AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) - National Certified School since 2008
    • Santan Junior High -- Chandler Gilbert Community College Excellence in Mathematics -1st place individual, 2nd place team
    • Santan Junior High --Orchestra and Band “Excellent- GOLD” rating – ABODA Festival (2002 – 2011)
    • Santan Junior High -- AZ Invitational - Heritage Festival of Gold Chamber Orchestra performed at the in Chicago, 2011(only middle school in AZ to perform)
    • Santan Junior High --Seussical – Dramatic Performance – Chandler Center of the Arts (2011)
    • Santan Junior High -- Music Educator's Solo Festival, 3 Excellent and 4 Superior ratings
    • Santan Junior High -- Cantaremos Honor Choir Festival Participants
    • Santan Junior High -- CUSD Clean School Award
    • Santan Junior High --SPELLING BEE (CUSD) – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners since 2002
    • Santan Junior High -- SRP Grant Recipients since 2005 CUSD Grant recipients since 2002
    • Santan Junior High -- 83% of students achieved “Meets” or “Exceeds” status on 2010 Arizona AIMS Reading, Writing, Math & Science Assessments
    • Santan Junior High -- Cesar Chavez – Teacher of the Year (2007)
    • Santan Junior High --Chandler Chamber of Commerce Administrator of the Year (Principal) (2006)
    • Santan Junior High --15 East Valley Athletic Conference championship teams since (2005)
    • Santan Junior High --Victory with Honors – athletic participation
    • Santan Junior High --Aloha International Spirit Champions – (Cheerleading) 1st place
    • Santan Junior High -- 2011 National Junior Honor Society - Membership State of Arizona – Character Counts! School Participation
    • Willis Junior High -- 2010-11, 2009-10 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair Junior High of the Year Winners
    • Willis Junior High -- 2010-11, 2009-10 Two students with Arizona Science and Engineering Fair scholarships
    • Willis Junior High -- 2010-11, 2009-10 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair Teacher of the Year
    • Willis Junior High -- Knowledge Bowl national champions
    • Willis Junior High -- SIGMA Math State Champions
    • Willis Junior High -- 2009-2010 Nationally recognized Willis Jazz Band only junior high jazz band selected to perform at Midwest Band Clinic national conference, the largest international music conference in the world. (All Willis bands have been awarded high rankings at the state band festivals. The Willis Jazz Band has been featured as a top performing ensemble at The Arizona Music Educators Conference in 2007, 2009, and 2010. Their highest achievement was their performance at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago in December 2009. This Clinic is the largest music convention in the world, attended by over 15,000 musicians and only one Junior High Jazz band is selected to perform each year.)
    • A Willis Junior High seventh grade team competed against 20 other schools from across the valley in the 5 Cs of Arizona art contest sponsored by the Arizona State Fair in 2010. The entire project was student created and produced. Fair patrons and Facebook followers got to vote for the project they liked the best. The Willis Junior High team won by a landslide and won $600.
    • Willis Junior High won 3rd place in the 2010 fall Knowledge Bowl competition.
    • 2010 -- Jacelyn O'Roark, French, AVID and computer teacher, at Willis Junior High was selected as the Arizona Junior High Schools student council advisor of the year.
    • 2010 -- Willis Junior High, had seven state champions in the National History Day (NHD) competition.

     

    Junior High Schools Making a Difference

     

    • Andersen Junior High students made 3,400 paper cranes to help with the relief efforts in Japan. Two dollars were donated for every crane created. AJHS raised $6,800.
    • 2010 -- Andersen Junior High CATS students have been doing some walking – 1,400 miles to be exact. Students participated in a Walk-a-thon to raise more than $1,000 dollars while getting some exercise. The walk-a thon was a key component of the problem based learning activity for CATS students and also fulfilled community service hours for the IB Middle Years program. The money was donated to the Children's First Academy in Phoenix - the nation's largest school for homeless children.
    • 2010 -- The Andersen Angels from Andersen Junior High, a community service club, organized a pasta collection contest to benefit the United Food Bank. In less than two weeks, 34 students collected 6,400 bags or boxes of pasta.
    • Hamilton Prep's Spanish Club, Amigos Juntos, headed up a Penny War which netted nearly $2,000. This money was used to build a home for a homeless family in Guaymas, Sonora Mexico through the charity Castaway Kids. The recipient family is seen in front of their new home surrounded by volunteers who help build it. Amigos Juntos also sponsors a Mexican student's school scholarship through the scholarship arm of Castaway Kids, Adelante Estudiante
    • 2010 -- In just five days, students at Payne Junior High School raised more than $5,000 to donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The penny drive, sponsored by National Junior Honor Society, was an overwhelming success. 2010 was the third year students at Payne dug deep in their pockets and broken into their piggy banks to donate to fight cancer. In the past the penny drive lasted three weeks but was shortened to five days in 2010. “Payne has placed in the top 10 schools in Arizona the last two years, and last year was the fifth school in the state in terms of donation amount,” said Lacey Wilson, Payne's NJHS co-sponsor. Payne Junior High National Junior Honor Society has raised over $22,111.25 in total for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
    • Payne Junior High National Junior Honor Society has completed over 500 hours of community service hours.
    • In 2010, Santan Junior High Student Council collected 1,945 pairs of shoes to send to Africa as part of the Lightfeetproject.org program. The team obliterated their goal of 750 pairs of shoes.
    • 2010 -- Kerry Langten, health assistant at Santan Junior High, traveled to Haiti to provide medical assistance through the Children of the Nations program.