PHOENIX - In order to ‘Beat the Odds,’ faculty and staff at Echo Mountain Primary in the Paradise Valley Unified School District faced a challenge – they had to mobilize parents... (read more)
Story: Echo Mountain Primary Mobilizes Parents in Effort to 'Beat the Odds'

TUCSON - With a surrounding community filled with crime and high rates of unemployment – not to mention numerous CPS calls – Tucson’s Homer Davis Elementary School proudly claims to be more than “…just a school."... (read more)
Story: More than '.Just a School,' Tucson's Homer Davis Elementary School Earns A+ Marks from the Arizona Educational Foundation

MESA - An 11th hour Legislative amendment forever changed the landscape of Arizona's education system in 1994. It created the state's charter school movement. In June, some of the original schools started another first... (read more)
Story: State’s original charter schools up for renewal

YUMA - This summer, high school students are becoming better future leaders in the workplace by helping elementary students... (read more)

Story: Students learn day care, leadership through program

PUSD Student Photography Exhibit on Display at District Administration Center

WHO:        PUSD High School Students

WHAT:      Photography Exhibit

WHEN:      Now through Tuesday, August 31 

WHERE:    District Administration Center lobby, 6330 West Thunderbird Road

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Community members are invited to view a unique photography exhibit by Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) high school students with the theme Share Your Story: A Visual StoryCorps Project. The exhibit can be seen from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., through the end of August in the lobby of the District Administration Center, 6330 West Thunderbird Road.

ASBA Summer Leadership Institute
Quality leadership and advocacy for children in public schools.

Refresh and refine your leadership skills for the year ahead at the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) Summer Leadership Institute, July 22-24, at the Little America Hotel in Flagstaff.

REGISTER NOW

http://www.azsba.org/events/index.cfm?action=daily&cdate=7-22-2010

M&I Bank holding school supply drive
 

M&I Bank Arizona is encouraging residents to participate in a summer supply drive to help Arizona schools in need of school supplies.

The supply drive will take place during the entire month of July.

Residents can donate pens, pencils, paper, hand sanitizer and other school related items to local M&I Bank branches.

To find the nearest M&I Bank location, go to www.mibank.com  for more information.

Princess resort sleepover deal to help schools

SCOTTSDALE - More than 30 northeast Valley schools and non-profit school groups have signed up for the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess resort's "Sleepover for a Better Tomorrow" deal that will funnel money back to the schools.

Parent-teacher organizations and non-profit education groups can sign up for free with the Fairmont. The resort is offering rooms at $129 a night, 25 percent off standard summer rates, through Sept. 6. After that, schools can continue to be enrolled and the resort will offer rooms at 15 percent off the standard rate.

The school groups get 10 percent of all dollars spent, including spa services and dining - as long as everything is charged to the room. When a school group signs up, the resort will give them marketing materials to spread the word.

For information, call Melisa Lesperance at 480-585-2699.

Help PTAs find resources to support good nutrition and regular physical activity in their communities— promote PTA Healthy Lifestyles. This national program addresses our nation's childhood obesity epidemic and emphasizes the important role families can play in keeping their children healthy and ready to learn.

The 2010 PTA Healthy Lifestyles Grants awards of up to $1,000 to local units that will participate in this coming November's PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month.

The grant application will be available mid-May at PTA.org/HealthyLifestyles. All applications are due by 5:00 p.m. EDT, Friday, September 10. That means you have plenty of time to encourage your units to apply.

 

 
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