In their first attempt at the National History Day contest, two students from Northland Preparatory Academy have made it all the way to the national challenge in College Park, Maryland. But they need a little help getting to the contest.…
“Béédaałniih: Diné bizaad bídahwiil’aah. Táadoo biligáana k’ehjí yádaalłti’í. Ahéhee’.” These are the first words that visitors see on a sign at the entrance of Tsé Hootsooí Diné Bi’ Olta’, an elementary immersion school that teaches the Navajo language to its…
For the fourth consecutive year, SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Prescott has raised money for local schools through a national program, the SaveArt! Initiative. SpringHill Suites partnered with Taylor Hicks Elementary School in the fall of 2016 along with cooperation…
Four gentlemen from the Maricopa chapter of the VFW Post 12043 visited Desert Wind Middle School in Shannon Hull’s and Jennifer Szoltysik’s classrooms on May 10. Army veteran Mike Kemery, Navy veteran Clarence ‘Golde’ Golden, Navy vet Charlie Kemp and Army…
A bomb threat at Center for Academic Success charter school in Sierra Vista that was called in at 8:52 Friday morning caused students to be evacuated and the closure of the school campus.
Arizona Western College President Daniel Corr is one of four new appointees to the state Board of Education.
If you can’t quote the Pythagorean theorem and if you don’t know the largest three-digit perfect square that contains the digit two, prepare to feel bad. Because four fifth-graders at Copper View Elementary School can and do. They recently qualified…
Since school vacations are on the horizon, I would like to suggest you continue your children's education by providing music lessons. So many of our schools have dropped music and art as "unnecessary interruptions" in your children's learning time, that…
Alexa Alvarenga is the valedictorian of the Walden Grove High School Class of 2017. Her initial graduation speech was rejected by her principal. She rewrote it at least twice and it was finally approved, but she was told she would…
When Cross Middle School eighth-grader, Dakota Broughton, and his mother, Sherri, walked on to the campus of the Sunshine School earlier this month, it was the first time the young man had returned in the better part of a decade. …
Walden Grove High School recently earned the A+ School of Excellence Award from the Arizona Educational Foundation. Walden Grove is among five schools in the Sahuarita Unified School District to receive this recognition. The AEF celebrates outstanding schools throughout Arizona…
Central Arizona College recognized the accomplishments of its graduates during a district commencement ceremony on Friday, May 12 at Casa Grande Union High School. After a welcome and introductions conducted by Dr. Mary Kay Gilliland, Vice President of Academic Affairs,…
Fiesta Mall in Mesa, once a giant in the southeast Valley shopping scene, has been sold to a duo of developers who plan to transform the withering mall into a campus focused on health and education. The sale price was $6.72 million. New owners Dimension…
Apache County officials are contemplating ways to tap into funding for new broadband infrastructure to its schools and libraries. A representative of the Arizona Department of Education brought the idea before the Apache County Board of Supervisor’s meeting on Tuesday…
West Wing School, Marshall Ranch Elementary School and Santa Fe Elementary School recently received the 2017 A+ Schools of Excellence honor from the Arizona Educational Foundation, recognizing and celebrating outstanding schools in Arizona. The three schools were among the 39 state…
