Thank you for your interest in the great things happening in Arizona’s public schools. The AZ Public Schools Making a Difference Every Day campaign was created to tell the good stories and successes happening every day in Arizona’s public schools. This is the fourth email newsletter of the 2008 campaign.

Find out more about AZ Public Schools Making a Difference Every Day at www.azschoolsmakeadifference.org

The full campaign—including TV advertisements, regular email newsletters and more—will continue in 2008 through the end of the school year.

 



Ask your friends and colleagues to log onto www.azschoolsmakeadifference.org and sign up. They will be one of the first to hear about the campaign and good things happening in public education around the state. The more people we have signed up, the more impact is possible!


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.


 

Sahuarita On-Route to Excellence in Southern AZ with Galileo Online Educational Management System Sahuarita, Ariz. - Over the past century, Sahuarita Unified School District #30 has experienced profound growth, consistently increasing its boundaries. Today the district encompasses nearly 607 square miles in Southern Arizona's Border region, serving nearly 4,200 students. That is nearly double the the 2,244 students served in 2002-2003... (read more)
Story: Galileo Online Educational Management System

Sierra Vista Students Go High Tech to Solve Social Issues   Phoenix, Ariz. - Have you ever wondered about the issues being pondered by today's Phoenix seventh and eighth-grade girls? The topics are apparently much deeper than just clothes, boys, mall trips and math tests, if a recent program implemented at Phoenix's Sierra Vista School is any indication...(read more)                    Story: Students Go High-Tech to Solve Social Issues

ESL Students are to Perform in a Production They Created Tucson, Arizona -  "Let's have a party! Chicken patties!"   Hardly a typical opera chorus, but the line concludes the first act of "Jose the Bully's Time Machine," a bilingual opera that debuts Friday in the auditorium of Wakefield Middle School...(read more)
Story: By George B. Sánchez  Arizona Daily Star

Schools Aim to Turn Students into Global Citizens Chandler, Arizona  - Holly Kain’s geography class at Hamilton High School goes well beyond mere borders. It’s not training kids to point to a place on a map or to list capital cities...(read more)
Story: by Andrea Natekar  East Valley Tribune