It was a great day at Maryvale High School in Phoenix as the 2019 AEF Arizona Teacher of the Year®, Kareem Neal, learned he had been inducted into the National Teacher Hall of Fame. The surprise ceremony took place on…
On Friday, April 8, Kyrene Altadeña Middle School students laced up their shoes and walked around campus for a good cause. The Altadeña Water Walk benefits the non-profit organization, Water for South Sudan, which builds wells and provides hygiene education for Sudanese…
Mesa High's Odalis Lopez Villegas and Elijah Torres, Mountain View High's Madilynn Jackson, and Red Mountain High's Hailey Boiarsky and Nicole Digonno have been awarded Student Community Service Awards from Mesa Citizen of the Year Association. Each student received a $1,500…
Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) and Glendale Community College (GCC) invite the public to the grand opening of the Microsoft Datacenter Academy on May 4. An open house will take place from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Academy located…
(Photo courtesy of Freeport-McMoRan Foundation and Education Forward Arizona) The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation today announced an investment of $6 million to increase access to higher education for Native American students as part of an expanded partnership with Education Forward Arizona, to…
Mesa Community College Life Science professor Dr. Andrew Holycross co-authors the second edition of A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona with two other long-time researchers Thomas Brennan and Randall Babb. The book is published by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.…
Studying Green Technology and Sustainable Energy As part of the University of Advancing Technology’s commitment to excellence and hands on exploration within its courses, Professor Glover’s Green Technology course (SCI-330) spent an afternoon exploring two of the states—and the City…
When Mesa Community College nursing students go into the simulation lab, it can be quite nerve-racking. During the past year, Interim Nursing Department Chair and Nursing Simulation Coordinator, Diana Breed, who’s been teaching for the past 20 years, noticed students’…
KRF-Outreach-Brochure-Digital-Flyer-1-1Download Kyah Rayne Foundation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp6r4DH37RY&ab_channel=KyahRayneFoundation The Kyah Rayne Foundation (KRF) was founded in 2019 by Lisa Cohen in honor of her daughter, Kyah Rayne, who died of anaphylactic shock at the age of 21 after mistakenly ingesting a peanut. Since…
PHOENIX, AZ [March, 2022] – Academic Opportunity of Arizona (AOA) is furthering its mission to provide students around Arizona with the educational support they need to thrive no matter their financial situation. This month, AOA provided 75 students with funding for their next…
17-year-old Fernando Vargas from Avondale has just been awarded a $25,000 scholarship from Chick-fil-A. He is one of just 12 Chick-fil-A restaurant Team Members nationwide to receive $25,000 as part of Chick-fil-A’s Remarkable Futures Scholarship program, which is awarding a…
Fresh on the heels of a regional first place finish, seventh and eighth graders from Fox Creek Junior High School won third place in a just-completed statewide Science Olympiad competition at Arizona State University. Science Olympiad is a national science,…
Students in Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District recently used their culinary skills to reimagine their favorite lunch meal by creating original recipes in the 2022 “Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge.” The national initiative, now in its eleventh year, was created…
The Buckeye Elementary School district hosted visiting superintendents from around the country at its newest school, John S. McCain III Elementary on March 28, 2022. The group’s purpose was to learn more about how the school is exemplifying AASA’s Learning…
On March 30th, the Cave Creek Unified School District celebrated their 2022 Teacher of the Year event. Held at the Holland Center, all seven teachers nominated were there with their families and Principals. Also in attendance were School Board President…
Tucson Values Teachers announces the return of the special edition of the monthly Teacher Excellence Award program for the fourth year in a row. For Teacher Appreciation Week 2022—running from May 2 through May 6—Tucson Values Teachers will be surprising…
