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PAGE – May 22, 2008 – Chuck Serventi’s 5th grade classroom at Lakeview Elementary School was buzzing on May 19. There were actors and musicians from Las Vegas, a mobile veterinarian from Macon, Ga., a pastry chef from the Hard Rock Casino, a retired Hall-of-Fame baseball player and even a casting director from Nickelodeon in Orlando, Fla...(read more)
CASA GRANDE – May 23, 2008 – Forget about experiencing any first-year jitters. When it comes to TEAMS earlier this year, Casa Grande Union High School students performed like seasoned veterans!
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TUCSON – May 19, 2008 – It may have appeared to be just a day at the park for Joyce Drake's Alternative Middle School students on April 4, but along with the fun, serious business was taking place...(read more)
PHOENIX — May 15, 2008 –Look up in the skies! It’s a bird…It’s a plane….It’s a principal! Leslie Beauchamp, the principal from Phoenix’s Longview School, earlier this month had the opportunity to soar through the heavens above Eloy, Ariz. after taking a wager with a teacher from her school...(read more)
MESA – May 19, 2008 – Mesa Mountain View High School has claimed a national championship, winning the US National Finals of the World Scholars Cup during the April 21 competition at Oro Valley’s Canyon Del Oro High School...
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AHWATUKEE — May 12, 2008 – When discussing his students’ achievements, Larry Strom sounds more like a football coach than the chairman of Desert Vista High School’s math department. And someone overhearing Strom could easily mistake him for a music teacher preparing students’ for an important recital or a dance instructor praising pupils following an especially brilliant performance...
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GILBERT — May 9, 2008 –”Why do we keep doing this? We’re using all our oil up.” Frank Hendricsen, a seventh grade science teacher at Bogle Junior High School, says he faces similar questions from students all the time during discussions on the use of natural resources during his class’s “Go Green” unit...(read more)
BUCKEYE – May 5, 2008 – For the first time in more than 50 years, an incarcerated youth has won the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair. Now he will advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, Ga. during the second week in May...(read more)
SURPRISE — Though Valley Vista High School’s culinary program is only in its second year, students are competing – and winning – on a state level.
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GRAND CANYON — May 1, 2008 – A contingent of 10 Grand Canyon High School students and adults experienced firsthand what daily life is like for their colleagues across the border by participating in the “Hands Across the Border” program earlier this year...(read more)
Some Townsend Middle School sixth-graders go to classes in houses. In the morning, they arrive at their school building at 2120 N. Beverly Blvd, but after that they separate into "houses" for the rest of the day. In groups of 20 students, they go to three core classes, plus technology. In addition, they choose an elective class...(read more)
GRAND CANYON — April 25, 2008 – Near one of the seven wonders of the natural world, a genuine educational dynasty is alive and growing to international proportions. Grand Canyon School, featuring only 300 students in grades K-12 living in Grand Canyon National Park, is a legitimate world power when it comes to student problem solving.
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CASA GRANDE — April 25, 2008 – Peer pressure can be a powerful force affecting teen and pre-teen behavior. While it is commonly associated with bad choices resulting in negative consequences, a group of students at Casa Grande Middle School are proving it as a force that can also be used for good.
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The Arizona Educational Foundation is pleased to announce that 19 schools have earned the 2007-2008 A+ School Recognition Program award for excellence...(read more)
TUCSON — April 17, 2008 – A rural Tucson elementary school is getting some new live-in residents to help motivate students and teachers to “come out their shells” and learn about the wonders of the surrounding Sonoran Desert...(read more)
TUCSON — April 17, 2008 – On May 7th, Presidio High School student Jesse Kolb will receive a Crystal Apple Award from the Metropolitan Education Commission. The award is a fitting tribute to a young man who has dedicated his life to volunteering on behalf of organ donation and improving the quality of life of individual organ transplant recipients...(read more)
PHOENIX, April 16, 2008 – Glenn L. Downs Elementary School teacher Erin Livingston is one of 10 teachers receiving a Wells Fargo Earthwatch Fellowship this year to participate in a research expedition aimed at promoting environmental awareness and a greater understanding of how local activities can affect other areas of the world.
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KINGMAN – April 14, 2008 – Primary and Intermediate School teachers at the Kingman Academy of Learning are receiving some welcome assistance inside their classrooms, and the source for their help is coming from an unlikely place – fellow students from the charter school’s high school!
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PHOENIX – April 11, 2008 – Cassandra Turner coaches a powerhouse youth team that is tearing up the diamond. Her players have dominated both local and state competition – now they are setting their sites on winning a national trophy!...(read more)
EL MIRAGE – April 7, 2008 – The transition to high school for incoming freshmen can be as easy and fun as boarding a cruise ship for Southeast Asia. The students needn’t worry about traveling to either coast – after all, they don’t have a driver’s license yet! No, this ship sails from Dysart High School!...
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TUCSON, AZ - Struggling to learn Russian while living in the desert Southwest may seem like a stretch to Santa Rita High School students. But when a native Russian and a college student who spent a year in Russia come to visit, it doesn't seem so far-fetched...(read more)
SCOTTSDALE – April 4, 2008 –Mountainside Middle School National Junior Honor Society members are often recognized for their intellect. After all, they have competed National History Day competitions at the national level for the past five years – a virtual history dynasty among Valley middle schools...(read more)
SCOTTSDALE – March 31, 2008 – Heather Demmons bristles when she hears someone call history “boring.” The Arcadia High School history teacher has experienced first hand just how relevant the subject can become in the lives of her students.
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CASA GRANDE – March 31, 2008 – After a quick chat with Desert Willow Elementary School special education teacher Helen Alvarez, one thing becomes abundantly clear – Helen is living out a dream each and every day in her classroom. It seems as if she was born to be a special education teacher, and her love for what she’s doing is impossible to miss!...(read more)
It’s just another day in Safford for B.B. and Herman Andrews. B.B., the father, and Herman, the son, preside over track practice at Safford High School and mentor their young athletes...(read more)
BULLHEAD CITY – March 21, 2008 – As stunned fourth-grade teacher Kristin Higgs stood in front of her classroom five years ago, she simply couldn’t believe her ears!...(read more)
Special needs students proud to make important contribution to their school district
Placing a barcode label on a textbook with precision and accuracy is a fairly simple task for most of us. However, for developmentally disabled students, labeling a textbook with a barcode represents a valuable achievement — not only for the students, but for their school district as well...(read more)
Three Arizona public high schools were named among the top 100 in the country by U.S. News and World Report last week. University High School (Tucson) was ranked 13th, Basis Tucson was 16th, and Northland Preparatory Academy (Flagstaff) was 56th on the list of “Gold Medal Schools.” An additional 21 were designated silver or bronze medal schools...(read more)
Giffords Award Goes to Davidson
Folks in Washington, D.C., are noticing the energy conservation efforts at Davidson Elementary School, 3950 E. Paradise Falls Drive...(read more)
FLAGSTAFF – As Puente de Hózhó Elementary School teacher Robert Kelty addressed the crowd after being named the Arizona Educational Foundation 2008 Teacher of the Year, he shared his passionate belief in the power of teachers as change agents for their students and for education.
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PHOENIX— When considering Arizona’s rugged beauty, one’s thoughts may quickly turn to the distinctive hues shading the majestic rocks of Sedona. The natural beauty of the desert landscape has been recorded on countless post cards, travel brochures and painters’ canvases...(read more)
PHOENIX –Feb. 13, 2008 – 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)
PHOENIX –Feb. 13, 2008– Ultimately it was the difference of one student – a single fourth grader’s academic success could have improved an important academic rating for one Phoenix school...(read more)
PEORIA, Ariz. – Frontier eighth-grade social studies teacher Holly Urbancic recently received the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) District Three Citizen Education Teacher of the Year Award...
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Children at Borton Primary Magnet School don't have far to go for an outdoor field trip. Behind a chain link fence next to their school campus at 700 E. 22nd St., they have a 2 ½-acre natural desert garden to explore...(read more)
The Kyrene School District has been chosen by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) to host a Technology Site Visitation on February 20-22, 2008. Kyrene is one of three districts, nationwide, to be afforded this honor, and is the first district ever to be so recognized in the Southwest...(read more)
PEORIA, Ariz. – Students in Sundance Elementary social studies teacher Lori Bostick’s class followed her all over the world during the holiday break as part of their social studies assignment. The trip fulfilled Bostick’s life goal of visiting all seven continents...(read more)
TUCSON, Ariz. - Feb. 1, 2008 - 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...
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PHOENIX, Ariz. - Feb. 1, 2008 - 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)
PAGE, Ariz. – Jan. 17, 2008 – Classroom stress isn’t a problem faced only by students that have forgotten their homework or neglected to prepare for an exam. Page, Ariz. 5th grade teacher Chuck Serventi found himself experiencing stress firsthand several years ago while attempting to help students of varying ability and intelligence levels keep up with a challenging mathematics curriculum...(read more)
TUCSON – JAN. 8, 2008 – Whitmore Elementary School has reaped the benefits of saving energy.
The school won the $5,000 first-place award in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) Resource Efficiency Awareness Program (REAP) for fiscal year 2007. Whitmore reduced its utility costs 18.33 percent for a savings of $11,906.71...(read more)
West Point Winner Morales Earns Appointment to Prestigious Academy After he graduates from Catalina Magnet High School next spring, Zoar Morales will march off to one of the most prestigious colleges in the country -- the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y...(read more)
PEORIA, Ariz. – Centennial High School’s Jared Penner and Ironwood’s Kyle Stidham and Kevin Yang have been selected as National Merit Scholarship Semi-finalists. Approximately 16,000 students were selected nationally to have the opportunity to compete for 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards worth $34 million...(read more)
Seeds of Success. Director of Dunham's After-hours Program Wins Awards. A decade ago, Annie Himebaugh planted the seeds of community cooperation at Dunham Elementary School. Now those seeds have sprouted and are bearing fruit. As the founder of SEEDS (Scholastic Excellence and Enrichment at Dunham School), the school's before- and after-school and summer program, she received a state award this fall for her exemplary work...(read more)
PEORIA ELEMENTARY LINKS READING TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. PEORIA, Ariz. – Peoria Elementary School Principal Phil Stanfield found himself wrapped in a seemingly endless rope of colorful paper chains, tying his hands and feet to render him useless. And he was joyful about it...
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Paradise Valley School District Horizon High School has been selected to receive The University of Arizona’s 2007 Arizona Cup Award. The Arizona Cup is awarded annually to the Arizona high school with 30 or more of its graduates earning the highest cumulative grade point average during their freshman year at the university...(read more)
The result of his lofty pursuit? One top pupil is becoming a rising academic star himself. Kenneth Ziegler has earned national acclaim as both a NASA MESSENGER Educator Fellow and as a 2007 recipient of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Thomas J. Brennan Award...(read more)
SURPRISE - Dec. 12, 2007 - Utilizing an innovative educational program developed by General Motors and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Western Peaks Elementary School 7th Grade science teacher Angela Kirschner is helping her students incorporate "A World in Motion" in their classroom...(read more)
Each year, Andrea Meyer, an English teacher at Mingus Union High School, along with teachers Alyssa Majewski and James Ball plan, organize and chaperone Honors/AP English and Drama students to the Shakespeare Festival in Southern Utah...(read more)
KINGMAN - Dec. 12, 2007 - If a holiday is fast approaching, there's one thing you can be sure of - the students in Terry Dolan's White Cliffs Middle School art classes are hard at work on some type of project marking the season...(read more)
Four Arizona educators have been honored by the National School Board Association (NSBA) for their vision and passion in utilizing technology to enhance education...(read more)
Good Nutrition Wins the Grand Prize Head coach Deb Moore and her Sunrise Mountain volleyball team won a $15,000 grand prize scholarship from Energy Athletics Strength (EAS) for implementing performance nutrition into the team's program and fostering community spirit...(read more)
Teacher at Coronado Elementary School Goes Above and Beyond; Student Gets a Ticket to Ride! "Some of the best and most rewarding learning takes place outside of the classroom, in the opportunities offered through extracurricular activities" says Hank Rowe, NBCT and Mountain Bike Club coach at Coronado K-8 Elementary School in the Amphitheater Public School District...(read more)
Pumpkin Patch Pickers: Tully Youngsters Learn Where Pumpkins Come From on Field Trip
Kindergartner Louis Marchetta IV bent over to get a good grip on his pumpkin. Grunting from the effort, he hoisted it to his chest and held it tight, staggering back a step under the weight...(read more)
Conservation Matters: Davidson Students Demonstrate Work to ConocoPhillips Execs. ConocoPhillips may be an international leader in the energy industry, but Davidson Elementary School is giving the company some competition in the energy conservation category...(read more)
Arizonan to present at Model School Conference in Washington, D.C. Shannon Ferguson is the only Arizona educator invited to present at the International Center for Leadership in Education’s signature event.... (read more)
Three PUSD schools excel in future city competition. Frontier, Marshall Ranch and Paseo Verde elementary students participated in the tenth annual National Engineer’s Future City ... (read more)
Gavilan Peak Elementary recently had a fundraiser to benefit their sister school in India, and through their creative excellence, ... (read more)
Students in Deer Valley's Superintendent's Student Advisory Council (SAC) raised over $15, 000 for "Mendy's Place" ... (read more)
The City of Phoenix Youth and Education Commission recently recognized 13 of the valley's Outstanding Young Man and Young Woman awards at the Mayor's Luncheon on April 27, 2006.... (read more)
Heather Price-Wright of North High School in Phoenix was the winner of the 2006 Outstanding Young Woman of the Year, awarded by Mayor Phil Gordon... (read more)
Chaparral High School Junior, Ben Grossman, was the recipient of the 2006 Outstanding Young Man Award given annually by the Mayor of Phoenix for all-around excellence... (read more)
Linda Coyle, a science teacher at Mountain Trail Middle School, was recently named as a state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Education... (read more)
Liam Honigsberg, helped La Joya at Community High School in the Tolleson district increase its passing math AIMS scores by 83%... (read more)
Kaitlyn Meiss, 17, of Scottsdale, a senior at Horizon High School in the Paradise Valley Unified School District, has been leading cystic fibrosis awareness and fund-raising activities for the past four years... (read more)
Alyssa Jordan, a Sunrise Mountain High School junior, has been selected by the Oprah show as a winner of an essay contest... (read more)
Mesquite High School culinary teacher Becky Magee recently received the 2006 National High School Chef Educator Award... (read more)
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