PEORIA - Jan. 30, 2009 - Hundreds of high school students from across the state gathered for the 23rd annual Peoria FFA mini leadership camp earlier this month...(read more) Story: Peoria High School FFA Leadership Camp Inspires & Motivates Students TEMPE - Jan. 29, 2009 - Competing against Arizona's top nine regional teams, Tempe's Corona del Sol High School captured first place in the annual We the People academic... (read more) Story: Corona del Sol High School Students Win 'We the People.' State Championship    PHOENIX - The numbers are looking good for Desert Vista High School math students. This year, 35 achieved perfect 800 scores in the math portion of the SAT or PSAT tests...(read more) Story: Desert Vista's 800 Club a mark of math perfection   GILBERT - A van pulls up and out hop three women with balloons and an envelope. This sounds like the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, but it's the annual Gilbert Education Foundation prize patrol awarding $45,000 in grants to dozens of teachers in Gilbert Public Schools...(read more)  Story: Gilbert teachers score with 'Suprise Patrol'   EVIT Hosting Tech Fest this Saturday Saturday, February 7, 2009   Parents can learn more about EVIT from 9 am to 1 pm this Saturday, Feb. 7th during Tech Fest. Each of EVIT’s 40 programs will showcase cutting-edge technology during the event, which is free to the public.  Tech Fest will be held on the EVIT campus at 1601 W. Main Street in Mesa, and feature the following:   Classic Car Show & Motorcycle Ride-In Hybrid Car Display Aviation student helicopter landing & Airplane simulator Chair/table massages, Facials & Hairstyles Guitar Hero competition Culinary Buffet for $5.00   EVIT is a joint technological education high school district serving students who attend high school in ten school districts.  Students interested in taking technical courses while they are in high school attend EVIT half of their school day and their home high school the other half, tuition-free.    EVIT was recently honored as an A+ school in Arizona and is located at 1601 West Main Street in Mesa. For more information about programs offered or about Tech Fest, please call (480) 461-4000.       Ask your friends and colleagues to log onto www.azschoolsmakeadifference.org and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. They will be one of the first to hear about good things happening in public education around the state. We are looking for impressive stories about how Arizona's teachers, students and schools are making a difference every day. Log onto www.azschoolsmakeadifference.org and submit your stories.