About Mabelvale Magnet Middle School

Welcome to Mabelvale Magnet Middle School, Home of the Red Raiders. Mabelvale is located in Southern Pulaski County and serves approximately 600 students from seven elementary schools. We are very excited to begin another year of providing quality education for our students. Since Mabelvale has become a magnet school, we have been enabled to enhance our courses and expand our course offerings. Each student will take courses from one of the magnet strands.

Mabelvale's magnet strands are:
*Environmental Sciences
*Medical Investigations
*Information Communications Technology

The magnet strands were jointly chosen and adopted by both Mabelvale Magnet Middle School and J. A. Fair Magnet High School. The strands were selected so that a seven-year graduated course of study can be offered to interested students.

The Environmental Sciences strand will offer courses that study the natural world. Students will examine biomes, ecosystems, and will work to become positive influences in conserving the natural resources on our planet. Medical Investigations will offer courses that focus on body systems. Emphasis will center on keeping the human body working efficiently for a lifetime, including prevention of illness and disease. The Information Communications Technology strand will examine the history and growth of communication, and provide practice in oral and visual presentation techniques using the latest technology for the dissemination of information.

As you become a student at MMMS, expect the very best of yourself. Through continued study in a challenging magnet environment, you will be ready to meet the challenges in either a college or vocational setting. Make each year exciting and productive!

Mission Statement

The staff of Mabelvale Magnet Middle School firmly believes that each student regardless of gender, ethnicity, or economic status, is entitled to and should receive the highest standard of quality education that we can possibility offer. By offering a curriculum that is both academically stimulating and equitable, Mabelvale Magnet Middle School, will allow students to develop their individual strengths and talents, so that we can produce students who are responsible, thinking and contributing citizens in an independent and constantly changing world. We are committed to accomplishing this through open-access to a diverse, innovative, traditional curriculum taught in a non-traditional way that stress the development of life-long learning skills, goal setting, and decision-making.

History

Mabelvale Junior High School, located at 10811 Mabelvale West Road, was built as a high school in 1952 by the Pulaski County Special School District. The school replaced the Mabelvale High School which burned during the 1951 school year. When McClellan High School was opened in 1967 Mabelvale became a junior high school. Both Mabelvale Junior High and McClellan High Schools were obtained by the Little Rock School District in 1987.