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Great Hearts Academies teachers throughout the state, including those in Goodyear, will receive bonus compensation in December.
Great Hearts to award $500,000-plus in teacher bonuses
Great Hearts Academies teachers across the state, including those at the nonprofit public charter school network’s campuses in Goodyear, will receive more than $500,000 in bonus compensation in December, thanks to year-long donor support and a virtual telethon benefitting its Teacher Excellence Fund. more
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Conference to combat bullying, depression, suicide
Students from across the Southwest Valley are invited to join more than 3,000 students from across the state for the first virtual Speak Up, Stand Up, Save a Life Conference in January to discuss lasting ways to combat bullying, depression and suicide at their schools. more
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Belen Soto Elementary School students usually visit a pumpkin patch and petting zoo in the fall, but the Goodyear school brought it to them Friday, Nov. 6. On Monday, they will transition back to distance learning after two weeks onsite full-time.
LESD returns all students to distance learning as cases continue rising
Just two weeks after transitioning preschool through fifth-grade students to full-time in-person learning, Litchfield Elementary School District is moving all students to full-time distance learning Monday, Nov. 9 until further notice due to rising COVID-19 cases in the Southwest Valley. more
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Dr. Dennis Runyan, Agua Fria Union High School District superintendent, talks to the Governing Board before its vote on his recommendation to return students to distance learning.
Agua Fria students return to distance learning Nov. 9
Agua Fria Union High School District students will return to full-time distance learning Monday, Nov. 9 and remain in that model through the end of the semester Dec. 18. more
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Best of the West Awards for 2020 were presented Oct. 22 during a dinner at Phoenix Raceway
Westmarc presents 2020 Best of the West awards
The Western Maricopa Coalition, Westmarc, presented its 2020 Best of the West awards during an Oct. 22 dinner at Phoenix Raceway. Desert Microsoft won for economic engine, Ottawa University for … more
Estrella Mountain Community College is one of three community colleges participating in an endowment challenge that resulted in $1.2 million in endowed scholarship funds for Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation.
Colleges Foundation earns scholarship grant
The Helios Education Foundation has awarded a grant to the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation to fulfill a dollar-for-dollar U.S. Department of Education Title V Endowment Match Challenge, resulting in $1.2 million in newly endowed scholarships funds. more
Agua Fria Union High School District, based in Avondale, covers 96 square miles and serves more than 8,300 Southwest Valley students.
Agua Fria district begins search for new superintendent
Agua Fria Union High School District is searching for a new superintendent to replace Dr. Dennis Runyan when he retires in June. more
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Litchfield Elementary School District’s Governing Board members from left, Alayne Weathersby, Danielle Clymer, Kimberly Moran, Dr. Tawnya Pfitzer and Melissa Zuidema.
LESD moving to five-day in-person learning Oct. 26
Litchfield Elementary School District students whose families signed up for in-person learning at the beginning of the school year will return to the classroom five days a week beginning Oct. 26. more
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Agua Fria Union High School District Food Services personnel were poised and ready for the district's hybrid transition.
Agua Fria UHSD board to hear hybrid learning update
Agua Fria Union High School District’s Governing Board will hear an update Wednesday, Oct. 14 on the district’s transition to its hybrid schedule, which kicked off Monday. more
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Arizona Educational Foundation announced its 2020 A+ School of Excellence Award winners this week.
Two LESD schools receive excellence award
Litchfield Elementary School District’s Dreaming Summit Elementary in Litchfield Park and Western Sky Middle School in Goodyear are among 44 schools across the state receiving the Arizona Educational Foundation’s A+ School of Excellence Award. more
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The new Estrella Mountain and Glendale community colleges Microsoft Datacenter Academy will be housed in EMCC’s Estrella Hall.
Colleges, Microsoft partner on IT programs
Estrella Mountain and Glendale community colleges are collaborating with Microsoft to develop and deploy a Microsoft Datacenter Academy to enhance the IT training programs at both schools. more
L. Thomas Heck Middle School and Barbara B. Robey Elementary School principals and students pause for photos with representatives of Desert Financial Credit Union and Laptops 4 Learning during the DFCU VIP Rally on Wednesday, Sept. 23. A total of 100 students from both schools received free laptops thanks to a DFCU fundraising drive that raised more than $60,000.
100 LESD students land laptops through local nonprofit, credit union effort
Siraj Cook-Davis, 12, and his 11-year-old sister, Brooklyn Pittman, couldn’t stop smiling as they crossed the digital divide Wednesday, Sept. 23. more
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Belen Soto Elementary School day custodian Lisa LaCasse shows off the ice machine and other items she received Sept. 9 in appreciation for her hard work.
Soto Storm helps school custodian chill
In honor of the pride and school spirit she instills across campus, the Belen Soto Elementary School community showered its beloved day custodian with a special gift of appreciation. Lisa LaCasse … more
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Barbara E. Robey Elementary teacher Gina Waugh in her kindergarten classroom the first week of school.
LESD students could begin transition to partial in-person instruction Sept. 16
Students in at least one Southwest Valley school district could begin transitioning from distance learning to partial in-person instruction as soon as Wednesday, Sept. 16. more
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Litchfield Elementary School District's grab-and-go meals announcement is available in both English and Spanish.
LESD grab-and-go meal service closed Labor Day, resumes Tuesday, Sept. 8
Litchfield Elementary School District will not have meal service Monday, Sept. 7 due to the Labor Day holiday, but grab-and-go pickups will resume at 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. more
Three Litchfield Elementary School District seats open in November
Of the three main school districts serving Goodyear and Litchfield Park, only Litchfield Elementary School District has a contested governing board race on the ballot Tuesday, Nov. 3. more
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Goodyear Police Officer Nick Roberts is assigned to Desert Edge High School.
Goodyear approves school resource officer agreements
The Goodyear City Council voted Monday, Aug. 24 to approve agreements with Agua Fria Union High School District to provide school resource officers for Desert Edge and Millenium high schools during the 2021 academic year. more
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An F-35A Lightning II pilot prepares for a sunset takeoff July 13 at Luke Air Force Base. In addition to military training, Luke provides all airmen with support services like those offered at 56th Force Support Squadron Education Center
Luke AFB Education Center leads airmen to success
Airmen and their families looking for help achieving their educational goals need look no further than the 56th Force Support Squadron Education Center at Luke Air Force Base. more
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Angela Watkins, left, delivers 20 Samsung Chromebooks to Dreaming Summit Elementary School Principal Sarah Lewis, Aug. 12.
Buckeye family donates computers to Litchfield students
As school districts across the state begin the new school year in a distance-learning format, ensuring that every student has access to the necessary technology is a top priority. The need for technological devices is crucial and the digital divide is real. more
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Estrella Foothills senior Racheal Jesionowski smiles as she signs to play softball for Mesa Community College next season. She pitches for the Wolves.
Maricopa JUCO athletes receive signs of hope
Trevor Baugh and hundreds or local athletes in his shoes could breathe a sigh of release. On July 16, the Maricopa County Community College District announced its intent to maintain its athletic … more
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