What makes a school district great? Highly engaged and supportive communities are the most important factors. The Kyrene School District is an amazing example of both. This community has always known: Education must be a top priority because of the impact it has on building a prosperous tomorrow for all. The Past—Kyrene is one of [...]
Students will be affected by a recent change in how grades are transferred to Tempe Union High Schools when a student takes an advanced math class in middle school. Scheduled to take place in the 2015 school year, the new policy states that students’ GPA (grade point average) received while taking algebra 1-2 and/or geometry [...]
With the summer coming to an end, area charter schools are gearing up for the season with new programs and curriculums designed to challenge minds and create a high-level learning experience. Center for Educational Excellence Director Stacy Cochran said her school is making a number of changes, including expanding its classrooms and enhancing its foreign [...]
This summer, local elementary and middle school students are being educated in a variety of unique subjects not normally taught during the school year, ranging from robotics and ceramics to cartooning and digital photography. The Kyrene School District is giving kids hands-on exposure to the future of science, math, exercise and more during the Summer [...]
Kyrene Aprende Middle School teacher Samantha Vancel and other participants in Honeywell’s annual space academy at U.S. Space Center in Huntsville, Ala., donned astronaut gear as part of their training. — Photo courtesy Samantha Vancel Throughout her career at Aprende Middle School, Samantha Vancel admits she’s had plenty of uplifting experiences. But none to top [...]
This fall, parents with kindergarten students enrolled at Kyrene de los Niños Elementary School will have the option of placing their children in a first-time dual language program, where classes will be taught in both English and Spanish. “Our program here at Niños is known as a College Bound Dual Language Academy,” said Niños Principal [...]
Community members, staff and parents are being encouraged to attend one of five remaining informational forums offered by the Kyrene Elementary School District to hear details of plans for the 2010-2011 school year and beyond. The forums will explain how education represents a major percentage of the state budget and continues to be subject to Arizona’s [...]
The Kyrene School District will hold a community meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22 to discuss a proposal for the installation of a wireless Internet tower at Waggoner Elementary School. The proposed tower would provide Internet for residents with what the company – Clearwire – says will have minimal visual impact. Clearwire, a broadband [...]
Nearly every woman has one: That beautiful formal or cocktail dress that she’s worn once, maybe twice, but now it hangs forlornly in the closet. It’s still stylish, but she doesn’t want to wear it year after year to that same holiday party or fundraiser. Or maybe she’s “grown out of it,” so to speak. [...]
On the surface, the dispute over Insight Bowl’s relationship with Corona del Sol High School seems far removed from the bigger issues of our time. Yet, in some respects, the complaints that emanate from a small yet vocal group of Corona parents over the college bowl game’s use of the Corona athletic facilities is emblematic [...]