Story: Roadrunner
Elementary, Orangewood
School Going Green Thanks to New Green Schoolhouse Series Outreach
PHOENIX – Phoenix Union District's
Metro Tech High School will receive a two-year, $900,000 grant to implement a unique curriculum based on innovation in sustainability careers.
The first-of-its...(read
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Story: Phoenix Metro Tech High
School Wins Science and Math Education Grant to Implement First In Arizona Interactive Sustainability Curriculum
FLAGSTAFF - Flagstaff Unified School District has scored a major grant to boost science
education and eventually build a
state-of-the art space flight simulator expected to draw thousands of school children from around northern Arizona... (read more)
Story: Science challenge for FUSD takes off
TEMPE - Like many of her peers, Tempe High School
junior Anahi Garcia, 16, was fine with earning decent grades in standard math, English and science classes. But the aspiring pediatrician changed her mind...
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Story: Middle-of-the-road students get extra push through Tempe program

2010 Outstanding Young Man/Young Woman of the Year
Award
The City of Phoenix Youth and Education Office is now accepting applications for the 2010 Outstanding
Young Man/Young Woman of the Year Award. The award is available to current high school students and offers a $250 award to one
young man and one young woman from each of the eight council districts in Phoenix. One young man and one young woman will then be selected from the winners to
receive an additional $2,000. Applicants must reside within the City of Phoenix and send their application in by December 11,
2009.
More information and applications are available online at http://www.phoenix.gov/education/outintro.html


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