Nogales High School won the first-place trophy at the Arizona Math Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) competition at the University of Arizona on April 18. Desert Shadows Middle School took third place at the event known as “MESA Day” and Wade Carpenter…
Schools in Southern Arizona are participating in National Teacher Appreciation by organizing events for teachers and giving out goodies. “Anyone in the community can do something to say thank you to teachers this week,” saidTucson Values Teachers Interim Director Katie Rogerson.…
The Arizona Board of Regents approved tuition hikes at the state’s three universities Monday, saying it has no real alternatives.
This weekend the Globe TigeRobotics team competed at the Nationals/World event in St. Louis, Mo. The event brought students of all ages to compete in the Jr. FLL (Junior FIRST Lego League) the FLL, (FIRST Lego League) the FTC (FIRST…
Hopi High School's media program has brought home another national media award. Katrice Puhuhefvya, an advanced radio broadcast student at Hopi High, earned an "Excellent," or the equivalent of a second place award in the print journalism commentary writing category…
Someone broke in to Cotton Boll Elementary School and stole thousands of dollars in gifts that parents had purchased for teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week.
In a combined Arbor/Earth Day event, students at Nikolaus Homestead Elementary School planted a flowering plum tree donated by the City of Show Low in honor of second grade teacher Melissa Pomeroy, who died last October. Pomeroy had been with…
New research might help kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A new study from the American Academy of Pediatrics finds a team approach involving parents, clinicians and doctors significantly improves social skills and overall behavior, and has a positive impact…
Students on guaranteed tuition plan won't see increase.
Sedona-Oak Creek School District teachers and classified staff are required to either accept or decline their contracts for the 2015-16 school year by Friday, May 1 - a date that, according to sources within the district, will mark a large…
Tuition for incoming freshmen at the University of Arizona will be $11,403, the Arizona Board of Regents decided Monday. That is a 4.1 percent increase from the current freshman tuition under the UA's tuition guarantee program. That means the tuition…
There will be five ceremonies at the Skydome Friday and Saturday and one Friday on the Lone Tree Campus.
As evaluation requirements ramped up and took a bite out of subjects and activities not covered in standardized testing, the school adopted optional Fridays, during which arts, crafts and play take priority over bubble sheets.
Kingman schools official Sarka White is required to report to state education officials any disruption, no matter how small, that occurs as students take Arizona's statewide standardized test. State policy holds that disturbances can invalidate the test results used to…
Calabasas Middle School in Rio Rico will be the site of an emergency management exercise on Wednesday involving a hostile event on school grounds.
