The Arizona Republic

June 8, 2010

Graduation online

For those who were unable to attend Peoria Unified School District high school graduation ceremonies, video broadcasts and slide shows are available on the district's website.

Cox Channel 99 also is broadcasting videos of the ceremonies throughout the summer.

Slide shows and videos of the Cactus, Centennial, Ironwood, Liberty, Peoria, Raymond S. Kellis and Sunrise Mountain graduations can be viewed or downloaded at www.peoriaud.k12.az.us by clicking the "Graduation Ceremonies" link, listed under the "District Alerts" section on the home page.

Cheyenne a winner

Cheyenne Elementary School was named Arizona's winner for the Fuel Up to Play 60 national online competition.

The school was among more than 1,100 participating schools.

Through their involvement with the Fuel Up to Play 60 program, Cheyenne students earned points by tracking their healthful eating and physical activity every day. They were Arizona's highest-scoring school in the competition.

Cheyenne will be rewarded with a HOPSports Interactive Youth Physical Education Training System worth $10,000 and $1,000 to help showcase the progress students have made toward making their school a healthier place.

The National Dairy Council and the Dairy Council of Arizona worked with the National Football League and the Arizona Cardinals to help students eat right and stay active.

As a private-public partnership effort at both the national level and in Arizona, Fuel Up to Play 60 shares the ambitious yet attainable goals outlined in first lady Michelle Obama's childhood obesity platform, Let's Move!, which aims to curb child obesity within a generation.

Kellis teacher selected

Raymond S. Kellis High School computer-science teacher Tim McMichael was selected to participate in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board's advanced placement examinations this month in Cincinnati.

More than 2.9 million examinations from more than 30 AP courses were evaluated last year by more than 10,000 AP readers from universities and high schools.

The AP program gives students an opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses and examinations. Based on their exam performance, students can receive credit and/or advance placement when they go to college.

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