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Athletic Programs

Carson Jr. High School is the perfect place for students who love to stay active and be part of a team! With 12 exciting sports offered throughout the year—including Boys and Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Cross Country, Flag Football, Girls Volleyball, and both Boys and Girls Soccer—there’s something for every athlete. Our programs help students build confidence, leadership, and teamwork skills while staying healthy and having fun. Whether your student is a seasoned athlete or just getting started, Carson’s athletic opportunities provide a great way to get involved and make lasting memories.
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CTE

Career and Technical Education is about doing, creating and innovating. Students in our programs take what they learn and APPLY it to something tangible, like building robots or extracting DNA. Every program is hands on, and every program gives students the foundational skills to move forward in a career pathway.
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International Baccalaureate (IB)

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a group of international educators whose aim is to awaken the natural intelligence of all students to recognize the relationships between the subjects they study in school and the world in which they live, and to foster a better understanding and respect for people of other cultures.
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Service Learning

Junior high students in 7th and 8th grade have the opportunity to be involved in a variety of curriculum based and extracurricular service learning. The interests and personalities of the schools, teachers and students determine the projects. The five below are pretty common.
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STEM

Students at Mesa Public Schools engage in STEM learning on a continuum that is rooted in the use of design thinking, science and engineering practices, computational thinking, and technology skills/applications.
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