About Our School
Home of the GrizzliesCreating Excellence by Focusing on Community, Integrity, and Commitment
Gridley Middle School, located in East Tucson, has a mission focused on community, integrity, and commitment. This means that we work endlessly to ensure that each is part of our school, has a voice, is honest, and committed to academic achievement.
Gridley Middle School values each student's potential to achieve. Our Highly Qualified teachers are committed to meeting the needs of our middle school students. We are a top performing school as evidenced by our AIMS test results, Parent Satisfaction ratings and Welcoming School Climate. The staff at Gridley believes in the teaming concept because it enhances communication and curriculum integration while preventing students from "falling through the cracks". We offer Honors classes in all of our core subjects including Algebra for 8th grade students. We also have an exceptional Fine Arts program offering Band, Guitar and Orchestra and Drama at all grade levels. We have a number of after school programs including greenhouse, garden and chicken coop club, interscholastic sports program, book club and chess club. Raytheon has partnered with us to offer our Virtual Reality computer class. Gridley's innovation will continue to have our students leading the district!
Gridley works to include parents, and teachers in the decision making process, as one of the hallmarks of Gridley is the belief that it takes a village to raise a child.
Lastly, Gridley incorporates many elements from STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) to bring an engaging, real world, curriculum to its students body.
What is 4-H?In 4‑H, we believe in the power of young people. We see that every child has valuable strengths and real influence to improve the world around us. We are America’s largest youth development organization—empowering nearly six million young people across the U.S. with the skills to lead for a lifetime.
4‑H is a Community Arizona 4‑H is delivered by University of Arizona Cooperative Extension—that provides experiences where young people learn by doing. Kids complete hands-on projects in areas like health, science, agriculture and citizenship, in a positive environment where they receive guidance from adult mentors and are encouraged to take on proactive leadership roles. Kids experience 4‑H in every county and parish in the country—through in-school and after-school programs, school and community clubs and 4‑H camps.
Gridley is proud to announce, thanks to Mrs. Kist, this is our 7th year participating in the 4H Poultry Project! Over the years, all our club members have grown personally and, in their leadership skills using their participation in 4H as a way to excel. This year we have Gridley Alumni that will graduate from UHS and Rincon that have been with the project since we started! These young people have grown and changed so much through the years and are happy to answer any questions you may have about participating in the Poultry project.
Using an integrated curriculum, students are encouraged to push themselves by getting involved in a nationally known Virtual Reality Lab, and a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) program. Honors classes are offered in all core subjects, including Algebra for eighth graders.
Yet, it’s not just all science, language arts, social studies and math at Gridley. The school offers a Fine Arts program that comprises of art, drama, band, guitar, and orchestra for all grades. Student Council provides a variety of student lead activities to engage and empower the whole campus to be Gridley Grizzly Proud. Keeping students busy all day also translates into afterschool programs. Gridley has a wide variety of extracurricular activities for all interests such as 4-H (external sponsor), clay club, drama club and interscholastic sports.