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2009: A Few Stories to Review
GLENDALE - "You taught me how to love myself and how I shouldn't listen to what other people think of me..." Those are not the words
and thoughts commonly expressed by the average eighth grader... (read more)
Story: Middle School Girls Building Healthy
Relationships Thanks to Club Ophelia at Sunset Ridge Elementary School
TUCSON - Kahallyn Cain is making her dreams come true through Cutting Class. It's not what you think! Cain, a senior at Tucson's Mountain
Rose High School... (read more)
Story: Cutting Class Helping JTED Students Realize
Dreams
PHOENIX - A program aimed at meeting teens on their own turf when it comes to battling addictions is hoping to make a difference in Arizona
public schools... (read more)
Story: Teen Addiction Anonymous Program Helping Arizona Students Battle Addictions "On their Own
Turf"
TUCSON - National recognition once
again is coming to two Tucson high schools... (read more)
Story: Two Tucson High Schools, Flagstaff Charter School &
Paradise Valley Unified School District Flex Muscle in Newsweek.com Rankings of Top US High Schools
NOGALES
- At first glance, it seems odd that anyone nicknamed "Waffles"
would be a man of action... (read
more)
Story: Outgoing Nogales High School Student Heads Efforts to Resurrect
School & City Recycling Programs
BULLHEAD
CITY
- If ESPN is ever concerned about where its next generation of camera operators, video equipment operators or producers will come from, the network
might want to take a trip to Bullhead City... (read more)
Story: Bullhead
City Students Learning Broadcasting Skills Firsthand While Televising High School Basketball
CHANDLER - "Even children can impact their local community, their country and the world."... (read more)
Story: Chandler's
Robert Frost Elementary School Students Helping Youngsters in Kenya 'Brick by Brick'
PHOENIX - Sometimes it requires some patience if you truly want to beat the
odds. Just ask the faculty, staff and students at Phoenix's Peralta Elementary School... (read
more)
Story: Peralta Elementary School's Patience & Dedication to Beat the Odds Curriculum
Paying Off for Faculty and Students
YUMA - The Yuma Union High School District (YUHSD) proudly announced a record number of AP (Advanced Placement) Scholars for the district
in 2009. Forty-five students were named AP Scholars... (read more)
Story: Yuma Union
High School District Produces Record Number of AP Scholars
CASA
GRANDE - Does
peer pressure always have to be a negative regarding teen and pre-teen behavior? Before answering that
question, consider the work... (read
more)
Story: Casa Grande Middle School Drug,
Alcohol and Tobacco Awareness Team's Positive Peer Pressure Enjoying Greater Impact
BOLTS workshops to cover school board operations and leadership
essentials
REGISTER NOW! Registration is now open at www.azsba.org for the Arizona School Boards Association’s Board
Operations and Leadership Training Workshops. These identical workshops, to be held in four locations during the month of January, focus on
foundational topics and are appropriate for both newly elected and continuing board members, superintendents, and board/superintendent secretaries.
Workshop dates/locations are:
Jan. 20 – Show Low
Jan. 22 - Tucson
Jan. 26 - Phoenix
Jan. 28 – Flagstaff
View/download a flyer http://www.azsba.org/docs/BOLTSFlyer2010.pdf with the complete agenda,
locations and registration information. Register at www.azsba.org .
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