Osseo Junior High

Osseo Junior High is a public junior high school located in Osseo, Minnesota, at 10223 93rd Avenue North.

Overview

The junior high school was annexed from Maple Grove to Osseo shortly after its construction, which is why the school has a Maple Grove address even though it is in the city of Osseo. The athletic field east of the school is still in Maple Grove. The current principal is Brian Chance. And the current assistant principal is Dianne Thomas. It has a student population of 1255. Many fights occur in the bathrooms, where latinos are always to blame.

History

The junior high school was separated from Osseo High School in 1961 and was located the East Wing of the high school building. The Junior High was located there from 1961-66. In 1966, Osseo Junior High School was established in its own new building west of the high school. The building won an award as the outstanding new school in Minnesota of 1966. The building received additions in 1969 (a swimming pool) and 2005 (a classroom wing to the south). At one time, the school was home to the only instructional television station in Minnesota. The schools in the district each had a directional microwave tower that pointed to Osseo Junior High School and could receive programming from the school's television studio and control room. By the late 1970s, this system was obsolete, and the district distributed programming on video tapes.

Performance

The school has had the best test scores of any junior high in the district, 65% of students meet or exceed state standards.

Website

http://www.district279.org/sec/ojh/

External Links

http://www.greatschools.org/modperl/achievement/mn/1595