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Eight local students were honored by the Kiwanis Club of Sunnyslope during its “Student of the Month” luncheon Feb. 10 at Sunnyslope High School. Sunnyslope Elementary students Kayla Krishnamurthy, seventh grade, and Miguel Mendoza, eighth grade, were among those honored. Krishnamurthy was praised for excelling in her classes while finding the time to play piano, violin and sing in the school choir. Mendoza, who is president of the Student Council and plays on the soccer team, was noted for being energetic, resourceful and hard-working. From Royal Palm Middle School, seventh-grader Jutorey “JT” Catalan and eighth-grader Jake Farrar were recognized. Catalan has worked hard to improve his grades and is a talented cartoonist. Farrar plays volleyball and field hockey and was noted for having a great sense of humor and a positive attitude.
Seventh-grader Caitlyn Grijalva from Royal Palm also was honored. She was selected as a Student of the Month for January, but was unable to attend that luncheon, so was recognized in February. She was praised for always being respectful and showing strong character, as well as taking the time to make sure her work is done well. From Desert View Elementary, fifth-grader Xavier Gonzales was congratulated for being a self-started who doesn’t need a lot of supervision, and for being a good listener. Also honored were Sunnyslope High School senior Haley YoungMiller and Central High senior William Herrell. Young-Miller has played varsity soccer and softball and won a Scholar Athlete award for softball. Herrell, who has been a member of Central’s JROTC all four years, is enlisting in the Army and hopes to become a mechanical engineer. He was noted for being a great student and a role model for his peers.
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water bottles as possible to donate to their on-campus or local food bank. The drive ends on Friday, March 11. To help your local school win, donate canned food, money, water bottles, or manual can openers to the front office of the school. Xavier Gonzales (TOP LEFT), Haley Young Miller (TOP RIGHT) and William Herrell (BOTTOM RIGHT) were honored in February by the Kiwanis Club of Sunnyslope.
SVA honors its Super Students The winners of the Super Students of the Month Awards for January were Genaro Alcantar, Royal Palm Middle School; Karla Rivera and Jonathan Avitia, Mountain View Elementary School; and Ulises Heranadez and Devin Garcia, Sunnyslope Elementary School. The students are chosen by their teachers for exhibiting positive citizenship and academic achievement.
School Briefs GLENDALE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT District seeks input on possible future bond The GUHSD Revenue Generating Committee, made up of parents, community members, principals, assistant principals, teachers, support staff employees and students, was fomed to research and create a recommendation to the board regarding a district bond to address facility needs. As a part of the process, the group will conduct three community forums to gather input and study the facility needs of the district. Residents within the Sunnyslope, Thunderbird and Washington High School communities are invited to attend the meeting set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the Thunderbird High School Auditorium, 1750 W. Thunderbird Road.
High schools host can, water bottle drive GUHSD’s nine high schools are holding a “Can-petition”. Each school is given two weeks to raise as much money, canned food, can openers, and
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT Meadows teams with Bounty for cleaning On Feb. 14, The Procter & Gamble Company’s Bounty brand kicked off “We Love Our School” week to benefit 400,000 students in 1,000 schools nationwide, including Madison Meadows Middle School. Bounty, together with school partner PTO Today, launched the national initiative as an extension of their Make a Clean Difference campaign to help provide clean, creative learning environments for children across the country. Madison Meadows, along with the other “We Love Our School” Week’s participating schools, received a Bounty Clean Kit with enough Bounty and Mr. Clean product to clean all of their classrooms, along with a cleaning checklist. For information on the initiative and to learn more about how to get your local school community involved, visit www.Facebook.com/Bounty.
Park students collect thousands of bags When Madison Park students decided to enter the Disney Planet Challenge they never dreamed it would turn into a partnership between Keep America Beautiful, the city of Phoenix, and Fry’s Food Stores. But, that’s what happened when these students decided to collect plastic bags for recycling. The fifth and sixth graders in Leah Jenks’ science classes challenged two other schools—Madison Traditional Academy and Madison No. 1—to see who could collect the most plastic bags. Together, the students collected more than 44,000 bags for recycling. The class worked with Keep Phoenix Beautiful to further educate students on the importance of recycling. That partnership extended to the city of Phoenix to secure recycling bins for all Madison schools. Fry’s Food Stores then stepped in to collect the thousands of bags. Students at Madison Park loaded a Fry’s truck on Feb. 14 with the collectplease see RECYCLE on page 26
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www.northcentralnews.net SCHOOL DAYS Jesse Herrera, assistant manager for the Fry’s Mercado store located at 43rd Avenue and McDowell Road, is nearly overwhelmed by the number of shopping bags being handed to, and tossed at him by eager Madison Park students (photo by Teri Carnicelli).
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ed bags for recycling. The back of the truck nearly didn’t close because of all the bags; some of them had to be put in the passenger seat. “This is one of our busiest shopping days—Valentine’s Day—but we are here because what these kids did is so important and truly amazing,” said Joellen Lynn, public affairs director for Fry’s Food Stores.
OSBORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT Solano honored for writing project Solano School has earned an A+ Exemplary Program Award from the Arizona Educational Foundation for the Solano Writing Project. Each month, every Solano student writes a selection based on a writing prompt for their grade level. Teachers focus on a six-trait writing rubric as they teach their students the process. At the end of each month each teacher selects one student piece that best demonstrates the traits covered in class. The selected student participates in the monthly Writers’ Showcase, a special event at which the principal and other selected students read and discuss their work. The selected writing pieces are uploaded each month and are published on the school website. The monthly writing pieces of all students are posted on a writing wall in the classroom each month.
OMS math program earns A+ award Osborn Middle School has earned an A+ Exemplary Program Award from the Arizona Educational Foundation for its Honors Mathematics Program. The program increases academic opportunities for OMS students by accelerating their mathematics coursework. It has grown from serving 50 students in 2006 to more than 150 this year; one out of four OMS students are in the Honors Mathematics Program. Strong preparation by Osborn’s elementary school teaching staff has more students ready to enter Algebra I (a ninth-grade course) in seventh grade. As a result of having seventh graders
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Laura Carr, left, REI store manager, explains the importance of a quality base layer to Central High Adventure Club members, from left: Raquel de los Reyes, Khaina Cole, Rosa Loredo, Linda Diaz, Leslie Medina, and Diana Hernandez (photo by Teri Carnicelli).
proficient in Algebra I, the program expanded to include a 10th-grade geometry course for those students as eighth graders. OMS is the only middle school in Phoenix that offers geometry.
PHOENIX UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Shopping spree winner uses prize to aid others Central High Teacher Janet Gould recently won a $2,500 shopping experience at REI during a KJZZ radio fundraiser. Deciding to share the windfall, she turned around and donated $2,000 of it to the Central High School Adventure Club. Fourteen students and the two club advisers joined Gould at the Paradise Valley store on Jan. 20, where they heard brief presentation on the function of different clothing for layers before heading out to the racks to shop. The club still has several equipment needs, from external or internal frame backpacks for overnight hiking trips, to
backpacking gear such as lightweight sleeping bags, tents, reusable water bottles, new or gently used hiking boots/shoes, weatherproof jackets, and more. A river rafting trip is planned for April, so donated men’s and women’s sun hats with secure straps would be greatly appreciated by club members. For more information on the club or making a donation, contact Kristie Pinner at pinner@phxhs.k12.az.us.
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT Two schools share science fair Royal Palm Middle School and Arizona Cardinals Preparatory Academy, located on the Royal Palm campus, will hold the second-annual student Science Fair on Thursday and Friday, March 24 and 25. Fifth- through eighth-grade students will participate in the fair. The Science Fair is designed to give each please see FAIR on page 28
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Kindergarten registration set for March 30 Full-day kindergarten registration will be held Wednesday, March 30, from 3-7 p.m. at all 27 elementary and K-8 schools in the district. Full-day kindergarten is provided free of charge in WESD. Children who will be 5 years of age before Sept. 1, 2011 are eligible to register. To complete registration for their child, parents or legal guardians must present the following: A certified copy of the child’s birth certificate; immunization records; proof of residence; and legal papers regarding custody, if applicable. For a complete list of schools and locations, visit www.wesdschools.org.
Child Find Notice It is the Madison School District’s responsibility to inform the general public and all parents within our boundaries of our responsibility to make available special education services for students with disabilities aged 3 through 21 years and how to access those services. In addition we have a responsibility to provide information regarding early intervention services for children birth through 2 years. We are responsible for identifying, locating, and evaluating all children with disabilities including children aged 3 through 21 and for referring children from birth through 2 years of age to Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) for evaluation and appropriate services. We are also responsible for providing a free and appropriate public education (FAPE), which includes special education and related services to children with disabilities at public expense, under public supervision and direction without charge to the parents. For all new students to the district, the classroom teacher will complete screening activities within 45 days of enrollment. The teacher will look at the child’s ability in the areas of academics, vision, hearing, communication, social/emotional, and motor skills. If any concerns are noted, the child may be referred for additional help. Children birth through 2 years of age who are receiving early intervention services and will be participating in preschool programs for children with disabilities will be assured of a smooth transition into that program. If you have any concerns about a child you know, please contact Madison School District’s Special Education Department at (602) 664-7927 or the school in which those boundaries you reside.
Xavier College Preparatory sophomore Sarah Fakler shows off her 2010-11 Gatorade Arizona Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year award (submitted photo).
PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS Fakler named the ‘Runner of the Year’ Xavier College Preparatory sophomore Sarah Fakler has been named by The Gatorade Company, in partnership with ESPN RISE Magazine, as its 2010-11 Gatorade Arizona Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. The award distinguishes Fakler as Arizona’s best high school girls cross country runner. Fakler led the Xavier Gators to the team title in the Class 5A Division 1 state championship this past season with a time of 18:26.97. She captured individual titles at the Desert Twilight Cross Country Festival and the Sole Sports Running Zone Cross Country Festival, the George Young Invitational.
PCUS now offers early college courses Phoenix Christian Unified Schools offers a new enrichment program that enables high school students to take college courses on their own campus through a partnership with Arizona Christian University. Eligible students can earn college and high school credit simultaneously while defraying the expense of college tuition. Nine dual enrollment classes, typically those taken during a student’s first year of college, are available for a reduced fee of $100 per credit hour. The program is open to high school juniors and seniors, plus sophomores
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The Phoenix Suns’ mascot, The Gorilla, was part of a group that delivered $5,000 in new sports equipment to Westwind Preparatory’s boys and girls varsity basketball programs In january (photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images).
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Westwind athletes get donation from Suns Phoenix Suns guard Mickael Pietrus delivered $5,000 in new sports equipment to Westwind Preparatory’s varsity basketball program on Jan. 13 as part of the Qwest Communications “Team Assist” program. Pietrus was joined by Qwest Arizona President Jim Campbell ands the Phoenix Suns’ Gorilla, to present the equipment to Westwind Prep’s boys and girls varsity basketball programs. The new equipment included new uniforms, basketball shoes, travel duffle bags and basketball training equipment.
Students paint portraits for orphans Art students at All Saints Episcopal Day School have joined the Memory Project, a nationwide initiative in which art students create original portraits for children living in orphanages around the world. The purpose is to provide these children with a special memory of their youth, to honor their heritage and identity, and to help them build a positive self-image. Students at All Saints’ participated as part of an art elective class. They received pictures of children waiting for portraits, and then worked in their art classrooms to create the portraits. The Memory Project delivered the finished portraits to the children. In total, the students made portraits for 12 children living at an orphanage in Thailand. For more information, visit www.thememoryproject.org.
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