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For over 30 years, John Selkirk has helped the Scottsdale Unified School District’s growing student body by teaching human anatomy such as the skeleton, muscles, heart, digestion, brain, kidney, hair and more.
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 By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 8/4/21 |
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The Arizona Educational Foundation has announced 10 candidates considered for the 2022 Arizona Teacher of the Year Award and Saguaro High School Social Sciences teacher Ashley Crose is on the list.
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7/30/21
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Holocaust education is getting a boost in Scottsdale Unified schools as a new state law aims to increase student content in learning about antisemitism and the horrors it has caused.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 7/30/21 |
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Embarking on its 125th anniversary, the Scottsdale Unified School District has come a long way from teaching eight children in someone’s home to officially forming the district with 14 pupils and then building its first school.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 7/23/21 |
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The Society for Science has announced awarding a $5,000 STEM Action Grant to Scottsdale-based community organization, National Forest Foundation for the Project Green Drone AZ project.
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7/21/21
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Summer break has swept by and the Scottsdale community is already in back-to-school mode planning new teacher orientations and staff preparations amidst the school’s 125th anniversary.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 7/15/21 |
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Brophy College Preparatory seniors, John Cole Lomax and Henry Palmer, have been awarded 2021 National Merit $2,500 scholarships after being named National Merit finalists earlier in the year.
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7/14/21
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Arizona Science Center has awarded its inaugural Chevy Humphrey Women in STEM Scholarship to Alicia De Jesus Armenta, a 2021 graduate of Metro Tech High School in Phoenix.
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7/6/21
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As students transition from online to in person classroom learning, Gateway Academy faculty is ready to assist many autistic students who are re-learning socialization skills lost when the pandemic forced schools closed.
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7/6/21
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Parents at a recent Scottsdale Unified School District governing board meeting expressed concerns over what they deemed explicit books, which are part of a supplemental materials list.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 7/2/21 |
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Still scarred from its storied past, Scottsdale Unified School District officials carefully consider an appropriate way to draft an internal auditing policy.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 7/1/21 |
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Even after the Scottsdale Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Scott A. Menzel addressed certain rumors circulating — from the board meeting in secret to teaching critical race theory — he and board members were met by parents’ passionate pleas about educating children on equality, current events and learning material.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 6/25/21 |
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The Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board unanimously approved the district’s $481.7 million expenditure plan for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which begins on July 1.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 6/25/21 |
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Scottsdale Community College’s Dr. Lisa Young was recently elected to the board of directors for Open Education Global as a representative for North America.
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6/18/21
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Recognizing some “frontline” employees who stepped up during the pandemic was the least the Scottsdale Unified School District could do by offering stipends from $100 to $1,000 to honor its substitute teachers.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 6/14/21 |
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The Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board approved new principals for the 2021-2022 school year with hiring Dr. Junior Michael as principal of Ingleside Middle School and Matt Gromek as principal of Kiva Elementary School at its June 8 meeting.
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6/11/21
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Chaparral High School Class of 2021 graduate Larsen Jett Emig, of Scottsdale, has been appointed to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as a member of the Class of 2025.
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6/8/21
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Completing a full school year — passing the challenges presented by a global pandemic — were reasons to celebrate for educators in the Scottsdale Unified School District as leaders and students alike have graduated from an academic year of “firsts.”
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 6/8/21 |
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Trouble is brewing in the West Valley as one school district seeks to sever ties with the state’s school board association.
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 By Lindsay WalkerTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 6/5/21 |
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In a significant return to normalcy, hundreds of Scottsdale Unified School District seniors celebrated years of hard work with a special time honored tradition: Graduation.
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By Delarita FordTwitter: @AzNewsmedia | 6/4/21 |
