Maple Grove Senior High School

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Maple Grove Senior High is a public high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota, at 9800 Fernbrook Lane North.School historyMaple Grove Senior High was the third public high school built by Osseo School District 279; it opened in 1996. MGSH is the only public high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota .School overviewMaple Grove Senior High is one of three, three-year public high schools in the Osseo Area School District 279. It primarily serves the city of Maple Grove, but students from other areas such as Osseo, Plymouth, Corcoran and Dayton also attend the high school. The racial makeup of the nearly 2000 students attending the school is 93% Caucasian, 3% Asian-American and 3% African-American, with the remaining 1% Hispanic or Native American. The school mascot is Leafy, a crimson and gold maple leaf. The school offers extracurricular activities such as National Honor Society, FIRST Robotics program, an active student council and Destination Imagination. The school stresses academic and extracurricular success and has been successful in both fields. Students attending MGSH (and any other senior high school in the Osseo School District) must earn 64 credits out of a possible 72 credits over four years to graduate. Even though the Osseo School District uses the older senior high system of grades 10-12 instead of grades 9-12, a student must gain credits from junior high school once in 9th grade.