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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. 

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.


 

PHOENIX, AZ –  Madison Rose Elementary School teacher Richard Hawkins has a simple, yet unorthodox philosophy when it comes to education in general and teaching science in particular.  It can best be defined as “Gross is great…!”...(read more)
Story: 'Gross is Great.' in Madison Rose Elementary

SEDONA, AZ – Arizona School Boards Association Announces Winners of Annual Student Photography Contest.  Sedona Red Rock High School sweeps color category, Prescott High School takes two-of-three top places in black-and-white competition...(read more)
Story:  Jack Peterson Photo Contest

PARADISE VALLEY, AZ – The young people in the room, wearing jeans and sweatshirts, are the heart and soul of the Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research. Leaders in student government, representing a dozen schools, they throw their passion for community service into the cause...(read more)
Story: Student-run non-profit walk targets brain cancer

GILBERT, AZ - A planned butterfly garden at Playa del Rey Elementary School in Gilbert is expected to give every grade level a chance to learn in a natural environment. The first-graders can use digital thermometers in the garden while studying about weather, while the second-graders have a place to release their butterflies, an annual project...(read more)
Story: Butterfly garden will be school's living classroom