When school bells ring for the start of the 2023-2024 academic year, students and families from Morton Ranch Elementary (MRE), Seven Lakes Junior High (SLJH) and Mayde Creek High School (MCHS) will have a new principal to greet them on their first day of school. Superintendent Ken Gregorski announced Lori Maurer as the new principal at Morton Ranch Elementary, Dr. Genevieve Lopardo for Seven Lakes Junior High and Lizzie Herring for Mayde Creek High School. […]
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Seven Lakes Junior High Earns National Distinction as a School to Watch
For the third time, Seven Lakes Junior High (SLJH) has been designated as a Texas School to Watch (STW) by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform and the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP). SLJH joins approximately 50 other campuses across Texas with this distinction and honor. The school will be recognized at the National Forum Schools to Watch Conference in Washington D.C. on June 23-25. SLJH was selected for its academic excellence, […]
Katy-Area Junior High Students Raise Money to Feed Homeless
By George Slaughter Students from five Katy Independent School District junior high schools raised over $5,000 to feed the homeless. The National Junior Honor Society chapters at Beck, Katy, McMeans, Seven Lakes, and Stockdick junior high schools collected gift cards and presented them to Hope Impacts, a local nonprofit organization. Hope Impact’s mission is to provide hope and dignity to those facing homelessness. Total value was $5,262. John Erskine, the society’s sponsor at McMeans, said this […]