Students from Rio Rico High School brought home the $5,000 grand prize in a recent Shift Day, “Shark Tank”-type competition. Sophomore Andrea Altamirano and junior Janelle Bastian-Estrella were part of a seven member team of native Santa Cruz County youth…
The Dysart Education Foundation announced 2020-2021 scholarship awards for Dysart Unified School District students. A total of $62,500 was awarded to fifteen students out of seventy-five applications. The winners of each scholarship are listed below along with their generous donors. …
School Year 2019-2020 is the inaugural year for qualifying seniors to receive the Arizona State Seal of Arts Proficiency on their graduation diploma. We are proud to announce that forty-six art scholars, from eight Tucson Unified School District high schools,…
Students, teachers, parents, and all members of the community are invited to “Rise & Shine,” a FREE online coffee experience on Tuesday, April 28 at 9 a.m. MST. During the 30-minute virtual showcase, guests will be wowed with performances by…
Higley High Students Selected as a National Merit Scholars Higley High School’s Lindsey Giles and Taryn Trigler were named 2020 National Merit Scholars, an honor awarded to less than one percent of high school students nationwide. Both students are enrolled…
In 2008, the Paradise Valley Emergency Food Bank saw a need in the community to create a Weekend Food4Kids Backpack Program to help feed 100 students who attended Title I schools. These students receive breakfast and lunch at school during…
STEM Sports is offering five free STEM lessons involving sports to students in grades 3 through 8 to continue their education at home. The lessons use basketball, football, soccer and volleyball to teach students science, technology, engineering and math principles…
To listen to the educational needs of the Hispanic community during the COVID-19 pandemic is priority for the new Executive Director of ALL In Education, Stephanie Parra. Worried about the disproportionate disadvantages low-income students face as a result of school…
Woz U is partnering with ENTITY Academy, an online education company dedicated to preparing women of all ages for the changing workforce, to enhance their technology training offerings. Woz U will provide content and curricula for ENTITY’s Data Science Virtual Academy. According…
The Prescott College Parental Emergency Rescue Webinar Series is open to parents and educators. This series is designed to support parents in their new role within the home as a larger part of their child's education. This series is not…
Cooley Middle School students spent months designing, building and coding robots as part of the school’s robotics team this year. After several rounds of weekend competitions, two qualifying teams made it to the Arizona VEX IQ middle school championships. Team…
The Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families will hold a free showing of No Small Matter on March 4, 2020 from 5:00 PM-8:00 PM in McClelland Park Room 105 (650 N. Park Ave. Tucson, AZ). Before the showing of No Small Matter, they…
During February and March, more than 40,000 students across 34 school campuses will participate in voting days as part of the Center for the Future of Arizona’s Participatory Budgeting (PB) initiative. Through the PB process, students directly decide how district funds…
Chaparral Elementary School students took two years of leadership lessons and put them on display recently with the school’s first Leadership Day. The program is part of the Higley Unified School District's school’s “Leader in Me” initiative, adopted by staff…
A dragon, lions, dancers, singers and martial artists came together Feb. 5 to celebrate Chinese New Year in Higley Unified School District. The student and guest performers took the stage at the Higley Center for the Performing Arts in Gilbert…
Buckeye Elementary School District gifted teacher, Gail Oxford has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented Teacher of the Year Award. The award was presented on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at the Black Canyon…
