The average teacher affects over 3,000 students during their career. 75% of students say that their teachers are mentors and role models. Act One would like to celebrate Arizona’s educators with the Tancer Arts in Education Award. What is Act One? Act One is a nonprofit organization that…
MESA, Arizona -- June 2, 2022 – The East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) and Mesa Community College (MCC) celebrate the success of the 11 EVIT Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program completers graduating from high school with a diploma, and a…
From the Library of Congress: “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the…
PHOENIX, AZ (June 3, 2022) – The Arizona Teacher Residency has accepted its first cohort of 30 future teachers, as well as the 30 supervising teachers who will be working with those teacher residents this next school year. The Arizona…
The Chandler-Gilbert Community College Coyote Gym hosted a kickoff and Welcome Program for kids on Monday. There was a T-shirt cannon, and Winona Thirion, Interim Dean of Student Affairs provided the welcome from CGCC. Destination College is a collaboration between Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler Unified School…
Cactus Shadows High School is pleased to announce that Mr. Christopher Dixon II will be named as the new head football coach, pending governing board approval on June 14, 2022. Coach Dixon comes to Cactus Shadows High School with vast…
New grant will support increasing access to education and employment opportunities for youth Phoenix, Arizona (May 25, 2022)— Pipeline AZ, an Arizona career development and job skills exploration platform, and Opportunities for Youth (OFY), a collaborative partnership creating a comprehensive system of opportunity that…
Federal COVID relief funding will assist two organizations focused on capacity building, particularly in rural schools PHOENIX, Ariz. (May 31, 2022) – The Arizona Department of Education today announced targeted funding to build capacity in schools across the state, with…
Rosendin and Maricopa County will provide free tuition for 80 students Tempe, Arizona (May 31, 2022) – In support of the construction industry’s employment needs in Arizona, Grand Canyon University Inc. (GCU) in partnership with Rosendin, the country’s largest employee-owned electrical contractor, and Maricopa…
Updated June 2, 2022: Aliyah Rachel Alpert, 11, a 6th grader from Alpert Homeschool, advanced as one of the 13 finalists, and has now out-spelled 223 other national competitors to place 9th in the 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Alpert, the youngest finalist to compete…
TEMPE, Ariz., June 1, 2022 – The Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is proud to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month in June, recognizing Maricopa peers who identify in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex,…
At Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) we may be one pack, but we are made up of a diverse group of coyotes—and that is something to celebrate! One important way for students to express themselves is to get involved in campus…