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Bill Olcan, Benedictine University at Mesa admissions counselor, speaking to the AVID class at Apache Junction High School on Nov. 17.
Apache Junction AVID class learning about colleges, visiting campuses
It’s just after 7:15 a.m. on a Wednesday morning when Bill Olcan, an admissions counselor at Benedictine University in downtown Mesa, gets up in front of the AVID class at Apache Junction High … more
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FILE - In this June 15, 2018, file photo, cash is fanned out from a wallet in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Meetings Nov. 15-17 on spending ESSER III funds at AJUSD
Apache Junction Unified School District is hosting public community meetings so stakeholders can provide input on how the district should be spending its Elementary and Secondary School Emergency … more
Students in the Medical Assistant program practice CPR skills. Medical Assistant is offered at both the Main and Power Campuses.
Enrollment underway for EVIT high school, adult career programs
The East Valley Institute of Technology is currently enrolling adults for Spring 2022 post-secondary programs and high school students for the 2022-23 school year. High school students can start … more
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CAC’s innovative project titled Education at the Speed of Industry, highlighting the institutions partnership with Wilson Electric, is recognized for creating strategic alliances that promote community and economic development.
Central Arizona College named Bellwether Award finalist
Central Arizona College has been selected as a 2022 Workforce Development category finalist for the highly coveted Bellwether Award. As a finalist in this category, CAC will compete with nine … more
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The fundraiser furthers the EVIT Education Foundation’s goal of helping students of limited means adopt the skills they need to land lucrative jobs.
EVIT foundation gourmet breakfast fundraiser Wednesday
The fundraiser furthers the EVIT Education Foundation’s goal of helping students of limited means adopt the skills they need to land lucrative jobs. (File photo) EVIT foundation gourmet … more
In 2021, a total of 128 Apache Junction High School students took the English Language Arts test and 15% passed; and 135 took the math test and 12% passed.
Apache Junction Unified School District sees drop in AZ Merit scores
Nearly 1,200 fewer students at Apache Junction Unified School District took the spring 2021 AZ Merit English language arts and math tests than in 2019, with a higher percentage not passing in … more
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Lori Alltop retired recently after 34 years as a bus driver in Apache Junction Unified School District.
Alltop retires after 34 years as bus driver for Apache Junction school district
In the summer of 1987 Lori Alltop saw an advertisement in an Apache Junction newspaper. The ad said that bus drivers were needed for the Apache Junction Unified School District. Alltop decided to … more
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The fundraiser furthers the EVIT Education Foundation’s goal of helping students of limited means adopt the skills they need to land lucrative jobs.
EVIT foundation gourmet breakfast fundraiser in November
The fundraiser furthers the EVIT Education Foundation’s goal of helping students of limited means adopt the skills they need to land lucrative jobs. (File photo) EVIT foundation gourmet … more
Chad Young at the Arizona Diamondbacks Oct. 3 home game.
AJUSD’s Chad Young an Arizona Diamondbacks ‘Most Valuable Teacher’
Peralta Trail Elementary school teacher Chad Young was vacationing in Flagstaff over fall break when he got a phone call from the school’s office manager. The school, Young was told, had … more
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Students did not fare well in the latest round of standardized tests giving to Arizona students, and experts say it could be several years before those test scores rise to pre-pandemic levels. [Metro Creative]
Arizona's pandemic-influenced learning declines could take years to recover
Arizona students took a hit when it came to learning during the pandemic so far, and it may take several years to correct that slide. The state is putting roughly $19 million into corrective … more
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The fundraiser furthers the EVIT Education Foundation’s goal of helping students of limited means adopt the skills they need to land lucrative jobs.
EVIT foundation gourmet breakfast fundraiser in November
The fundraiser furthers the EVIT Education Foundation’s goal of helping students of limited means adopt the skills they need to land lucrative jobs. (File photo) EVIT foundation gourmet … more
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