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Zachary Langenbach, a senior at Apache Junction High School, 2525 S. Ironwood Drive in Apache Junction, knows how to score.
The student athlete and scholar received a $25,500 scholarship from …
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By Sally Marks
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2/19/20
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Central Arizona College was recently named the 2020 Workforce Development winner for the prestigious Bellwether Award at the Community College Futures Assembly held in San Antonio, Texas.
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By Angela Askey
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2/14/20
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The EVIT Governing Board voted unanimously recently to reinstate Dr. Chad Wilson as superintendent of the East Valley Institute of Technology after the state attorney general's office dismissed …
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2/12/20
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Apache Junction Unified School District students from the Advancement Via Individual Determination program traveled to Northern Arizona University on Jan. 29 and visited the NAU campus, learned about …
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2/7/20
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Seventy students in Apache Junction High School’s orchestra, band and choir are traveling to California to perform at the Heritage Music Festival and 20 Cactus Canyon Junior High School …
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2/6/20
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Haley Butel, a sixth grader from Desert Vista Elementary School, proved she was an orthographer --- good speller --- by taking first place in the Apache Junction Unified School District Spelling …
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2/6/20
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Buses will not be rerouted outside the Apache Junction school district’s boundaries for students attending through open enrollment, but transporting them from stops already in use was recently …
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Apache Junction High School students Michael Jada and Jaden Erschen and their U.S. government teacher, Sheryl Anderson, received an unusual opportunity to hear from two political experts when they …
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1/31/20
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Dr. Steven Gonzales, Maricopa County Community College District interim chancellor, recently named Dr. Lori Berquam, Mesa Community College executive vice president, as MCC interim president. She …
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1/30/20
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A wind chime from Bens Bells was noticed hanging from the gate at Desert Vista Elementary School, 3701 E. Broadway Ave. in Apache Junction.
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1/24/20
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Two Apache Junction High School choir students will travel March 4-8 to Salt Lake City, Utah, to be in the American Choral Directors Association’s Western Division Honor Choir.
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1/23/20
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What happens when you put 12 Apache Junction eighth-grade junior high school students in a crowded arena to listen to a guy dressed in a bow tie talk about science?
The speaker was Bill Nye the …
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1/23/20
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Apache Junction High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit traveled to Glendale on Jan. 15 and competed in a 10K relay with six members from each team --- four males and …
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1/20/20
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The only thing worse than missing the bus is when the bus never shows up.
"This is especially sad for students in grades 7-12 who want to participate in after-school activities such as sports, …
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1/17/20
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Fifth-grade students at Desert Vista Elementary School, 3701 E. Broadway Ave. in Apache Junction, wrapped up 2019 sharing their gifted projects with Robyn Gonzales, educational services curriculum …
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By Robyn Gonzales
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1/8/20
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Five cadets from Apache Junction High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Program were recently selected to attend an Armed Forces Officers Day Luncheon at Scottsdale’s …
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1/1/20
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Members from the Arizona Humane Society and Phoenix Zoo recently visited Caerensa Klauss’ fifth-grade classroom at Desert Vista Elementary School, 3701 E. Broadway Ave. in Apache …
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12/30/19
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Central Arizona College recently held the 2019 Vaquero Awards to recognize this year’s outstanding alumni and Athletic Hall of Fame inductees.
To begin the evening, a reception was held in …
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12/26/19
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The nation’s top scholastic yearbooks were recognized Dec. 19 by the National Scholastic Press Association and the 2019 Cactus Canyon Junior High School book was named one of 12 finalists in the middle school/high school division …
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12/24/19
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Students of the month for November in the Apache Junction Unified School District were announced at the Dec. 10 govering board meeting.
Above back row, from left, are AJUSD …
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12/24/19
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