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Students in the Science, Technology and Society Class at the Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona (GLAAZ), led by instructor Jessica Horton (back left), are working on a unique drowning prevention device called the “WataWescue,” thanks to a 2013 Lemelson-MIT Program InvenTeam grant. The girls are divided into teams and working on items such as the design of a garment-like flotation device and the trigger mechanism that will inflate it (photo by Teri Carnicelli).
Tragedies inspire water safety device The 23 students in Jessica Horton’s Science, Technology and Society Class at the Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona (GLAAZ) learned on Oct. 17 that they were to receive the 2013 Lemelson-MIT Program InvenTeam grant, which enables them to invent a unique drowning prevention device called the “WataWescue.” Drowning prevention in Phoenix is significant to the students, many whose families have been impacted by neardrownings. Sophomore Adrianna Galvan’s younger brother and cousin both nearly drowned. Competition was keen among applicants, but the GLAAZ InvenTeam’s proposal for an inflatable water safety shirt, the “WataWescue,” surfaced as one with considerable inventive potential. The name was inspired by the speech of young children that often have trouble saying “Rs.” GLAAZ was one of only 16 schools selected from a nationwide pool of candidates, and the only school awarded in Arizona. The team received $7,500 to create, test, and perfect their invention during the next few months. The team also must implement a fundraising strategy to ensure that at least six students can travel to the EurekaFest in Boston in
June to showcase their working prototype to other high school teams, college students, and professors representing various universities from around the nation. As a Title 1 school, 86 percent of GLAAZ students’ families live at or below the federal poverty level. While the grant will pay accommodation costs for six girls, GLAAZ’s InvenTeam must raise money to pay for transportation to and from Boston. The school hopes to rely heavily on the Arizona Tax Credit program to secure the funds for an experience that will open minds and future opportunities for each girl. The InvenTeam project is just one example of how GLAAZ’s curriculum connects the work of the school to community life. While most of the GLAAZ girls have never traveled on a plane, out of state, or even as far as Flagstaff, the school’s curriculum affords them an opportunity to participate in academic experiences that otherwise would be cost prohibitive, including college courses beginning freshman year. The Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona is located at 715 W. Mariposa St., on the campus of Florence Crittenton of Arizona. For more information, including how to make a tax credit donation before the end of 2012, call 602-288-4518 or visit www.glaaz.org.
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Birthday Parties • Valleywide Classes • Kid’s Night Out The Kiwanis Club of Sunnyslope recognized seven local students during its November “Students of the Month” luncheon, including (top, from left) Evelyn Robles of Desert View Elementary School, Anahi Garcia and Charles Jimenez of Sunnyslope School, Melissa Sillas and (bottom, from left) Marco Garcia of Mountain View School, Elizabeth Hannah of Sunnyslope High School and Raymond Seto of Central High School. These students were lauded for their academic and leadership achievements (photos by Teri Carnicelli).
Kiwanis honor local students Seven local students were honored by the Kiwanis Club of Sunnyslope during its “Student of the Month” luncheon, held Nov. 8 at Dillon’s BBQ on Top of Central. Being honored as a Student of Month was Evelyn Robles, a fifth grader from Desert View Elementary. She is the secretary of the Student Council and was described as a natural leader who is confident, enjoys fashion, and turns in quality work. Also honored were seventh grader Anahi Garcia and eighth grader Charles Jimenez from Sunnyslope School. Garcia, whose favorite subjects are art and science, was praised for always being prepared in class and her willingness to help other students. She hopes someday to be a fashion designer or wedding planner. Jimenez is a clarinet and soccer player who likes math and technology. He was lauded for being tenacious when it comes to his school work and for always acting with kindness and compassion toward others. From Mountain View School, seventh grader Melissa Sillas and eighth grader Marco Garcia were recognized. A talented basketball player, Sillas was described as a responsible and caring person who has a positive attitude and impeccable grades. Garcia, who plays basketball for the school, was recognized for his drive and determination both on
and off the court, and for making a strong effort to bring up his grades. Senior Elizabeth Hannah of Sunnyslope High School also was honored. Hannah made the school’s varsity basketball team as a freshman, and although she was sidelined with two back-to-back injuries, is back on the team for her final year. She is described as a fighter who shows up, works hard on the court and in class, and is keenly intelligent. Hannah hopes to continue playing basketball in college while studying orthopedic medicine. Raymond Seto of Central High School also was recognized. Seto, who is president of Central’s Key Club, was praised for being motivated and hardworking. He plans to study computer science in college. The Kiwanis honor outstanding students each month as a way of applauding their academic and leadership successes and encouraging them to continue to set an example for their fellow students.
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School Briefs GLENDALE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Cross Country team finishes strong The Sunnyslope girls and boys cross country teams finished their seasons with outstanding records. The boys team, coached by Jason Coury, finished its season with a 21-3 record (14-2 regular season), took third place at the Division 2, Section 3 Championships and eleventh place at State. Junior Alex Bates took sixth place at State, earned First Team All-State and was awarded the GUHSD Male Runner of the Year for his exceptional running all season. Sophomore Mersha Kisiel took ninth place at Sections earning Second Team All-Section, 21st place at State earning Third Team AllState, and First Team All-District. Senior Tim Millea was honored with Second Team All-District. The girls team, coached by Pandy Linnartz, finished its season with a 222 record (15-1 regular season). The team took sixth place at Division 2, Section 3 Championships and eleventh place at State. Senior and Captain Kirsten Linnartz took sixth place at Sections, earning First Team AllSection, 13th place at State, earning Second Team All-State and was honored by the District as the GUHSD Female Runner of the Year. Junior and Captain Meredith Marshburn won the District Jamboree, placed 16th at Sections and earned First Team All-District. Both Alex Meilech and Sierra Robinett earned Second Team All-District and Phoebe Crnich earned Honorable Mention.
District makes college honor roll Glendale Union High School District is one of 539 school districts across 44 of the 50 states in the United States and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 3rd Annual AP District Honor Roll. GUHSD is being recognized for simultaneously increasing access to advanced placement course work while increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams. Achieving both of these goals is the ideal scenario for a district’s AP program because it indicates that the district is successfully identifying moti-
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MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT Kids run drills with Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals visited Madison Park School where 100 students participated in the Cardinals Kids Camp. The program included a short motivational speech and an interactive play area comprised of five stations teaching non-contact football skills such as catching and throwing. Students ran through obstacle courses and football drills with the help of a few Arizona Cardinals members.
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hold during the ceremony. Two students also read essays about veterans in their lives. At Madison Park, the Junior ROTC presented and raised the flag. Students honored veterans from the Park community and held a moment of silence.
PHOENIX UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Gutierrez receives award, scholarship
Books donated in memory of Holmes When retired Madison Rose Lane teacher Carol Ann Holmes passed away in June, her family wanted her memory to live on by donating library books in her name to the school. The family requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Madison Rose Lane School to provide library books. Holmes was passionate about reading. Donations totaled $2,840, which Rose Lane used to purchase 70 library books and 40 Braille books for visually impaired students. Books have been labeled in honor of Holmes, who taught in Madison for more than 30 years. Her husband, Bill, was recognized at the school on Nov. 30.
Metro Tech High School student Diana Gutierrez shows off her Sun Life Rising Star Award, which also came with a $5,000 scholarship (photo by Nick Oza).
Madison Simis takes AIMS Madison Simis scored in the top 1 percent of all public schools when it came to scores on the 2012 AIMS test. Simis received 70 Growth points and 95 Composite points for 165 total
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Metro Tech High School student Diana Gutierrez was the recipient of a Sun Life Rising Star Award, after being nominated by New Pathways for Youth, which also received a grant from Sun Life Financial Inc. Phoenix Suns front-office executives helped Sun Life Group Sales Manager Mindy Schulz surprise the student with her scholarship at a special presentation prior to the November Suns vs. Bulls game at US Airways Center. Gutierrez also was recognized at halftime for her achievements. Gutierrez is a math tutor at Metro Tech High School and volunteers at Mitchell Elementary School (her alma mater) and Golden Gate Community Center. Diana ranks third in her class of 612 with a 3.842 unweighted/4.526
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Manilow aids music program Legendary singer-songwriter Barry Manilow hopes others will follow his philanthropic lead as he donates a Yamaha piano to launch a local instrument drive for the Phoenix Union High School District. Anyone who donates a new or gently used musical instrument to the Comerica Theatre Box Office will receive two free tickets (valid for pre-selected seat locations while supplies last) for Manilow’s Dec. 9 concert at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix. “I’m thrilled to be able to help bring the gift of music to these kids,” Manilow said. “This is a remarkably generous gesture by Mr. Manilow,” said Superintendent Kent Scribner. “Phoenix Union has supported arts education, despite these difficult economic times, because we know its value. Students involved in music stay in school and excel in academics. More than 3,400 students participate in music classes throughout our district, and these programs continue to grow. We hope everyone takes advantage of this wonderful offer provided by the Manilow Music Project.” Comerica Theatre can accept donated instruments Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets to Manilow’s concert are available online at Manilow.com or live nation.com, at the Box Office, or by calling 800-745-3000.
Schools team up for holiday dinner Central and North Choirs will once again combine for the 4th Annual North Central Holiday Dinner, Friday,
Dec. 14. This year’s event will be at a larger venue, North Phoenix Baptist Church, at 5757 N. Central Ave. This is a night filled with music, dinner, and holiday cheer to welcome the season. “In addition to a new performance space, an outstanding meal, and a new seating arrangement, I am very proud to announce that our choir will be performing a World Premiere Performance of ‘Veni Emmanuel’ a new composition written specifically for our students by noted composer Dr. J. Edmund Hughes to be performed at this event,” Central Choirs Director Troy Meeker said. This has proved to be a very popular holiday tradition. Despite the larger venue, tickets sold out in less than a week.
Students lauded for art at State Fair Four Central Visual Arts students earned awards for their photography at the Arizona State Fair. Amber Guillen, twelfth grade, received a first place and honorable mention for her two photographs. Ricky Dimas, eleventh grade, received a third place. Alondra Burgos, eleventh grade and Javier Jimenz, tenth grade, received honorable mentions.
Soccer team falls in final game The Metro Tech Boys Soccer team made it to the Charter Athletic Association Championship Game for the second year in a row, but the defending champions fell to South Pointe High School, 3-1, in the title match, Nov. 8 at Metro Tech. Metro defeated South Pointe last year for the championship. The Knights beat West Phoenix High School, 4-2 in the semifinals to advance to the finals.
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The Washington Elementary School District celebrated the 25th anniversary of its teacher induction program, BEGIN, on Oct. 18. Alumni from all 25 years of the program are invited to join the celebration, as well as administrators from the schools and Administration Center. Numerous guests attended the event to celebrate one of the longest running “teacher/mentor” programs in Arizona. The BEGIN program focuses on the successful assimilation of new teachers into the culture of teaching through peer support and training opportunities. BEGIN enhances the new teachers’ ability to provide education that prepares students for the challenges of our increasingly diverse community and a changing society. BEGIN was initially a one-year program, but due to increased interest by teachers, became a multiple-year program in 1996. More than 2,000 Valley educators have graduated from the BEGIN program; many of them continue to teach in the Washington District. Others have gone on to successful careers as teachers and administrators in the Washington District as well as other Valley school districts.
HAWK signal installed near school Washington Elementary School staff members and students, City of Phoenix representatives and Washington District personnel were on hand Thursday, Nov. 8 to activate a
new pedestrian signal in front of the school at 8033 N. 27th Ave. The High Intensity Activated Crosswalk Beacon (HAWK) is a trafficcontrol device in Phoenix that makes crossing busy streets easier for pedestrians. This is the 15th HAWK installation in Phoenix, but the first by a Washington Elementary School District school. The HAWK is located at the north side of the Washington Elementary campus. The HAWK consists of a yellow-red signal format for motorists. The signal remains off for vehicle traffic until a pedestrian activates the system by pressing a button. Once activated, the main street vehicle signal flashes yellow for several seconds, followed by a solid yellow to give motorists enough time to stop at the crosswalk. After the solid yellow, two red indications are displayed and pedestrians are given a walk signal. When the walk time expires, the two red indications will flash in an alternating pattern while pedestrians continue across the street with a flashing “Don’t Walk“ signal. Motorists may proceed after stopping, if the pedestrians have crossed their half of the street. For more information on how the HAWK works, visit phoenix.gov/streets
PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS Midtown thanks its holiday helpers The employees at Choice Hotels, NHBC and IHS pulled together to meet the needs of Midtown’s students this holiday season. During the holidays NHBC & IHS helped the school give out food boxes. With the help of NHBC, Midtown fed over two hundred people a Thanksgiving feast. For Christmas, the employees of Team Heaps at Discover Cards, NHBC & Choice Hotels gave each student gifts from Santa. Choice Hotels has a generous and ambitious set of employees that stepped forward and “adopted” half of the school. The teachers, administrators, the school’s board, their friends and family also “adopted” students. Some of those generous donors include SH Engineering, Diamante Property Management, Legends Environmental, DW Crandall Painting, and Elkie Law. Help came from Anthem, Scottsdale, Tempe, Fountain Hills, Prescott and even
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Xavier Prep rowers finish out fall season Xavier Prep Crew varsity rowers had a strong finish for the fall 2012 rowing season, competing last month in two California Regattas: the Head of the Marina in Marina Del Ray, and the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival in Newport. The team finished ninth out of 19 in Newport. Varsity rowers also competed for the first time ever in the Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest rowing event Oct. 21 in Cambridge, Mass. Xavier Prep Crew rowers joined more than 9,000 athletes from rowing clubs, colleges and universities from around the world to race on the historic Charles River. Finishing a respectable 44th out of 85 boats, this was the first time Xavier Prep Crew has ever qualified and been invited to par-
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percent of all test takers earn this top score. Among the class of 2012, only 781 out of more than 1.66 million students earned a composite score of 36. In his freshmen year, Vatsa was awarded a first place in a competition at ASU’s Arizona Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. In just his sophomore year, he was awarded a threeRajet Vatsa year research internship at Barrow Neurological Institute to study brain cancer and the correlation between cancer and diet. Last winter, he was featured on the PBS program “Horizons” for an award-winning project that earned him the Arizona Technology and Innovation Award from the Arizona Technology Council. As a member of the Brophy League of Academic Contests, Vatsa took part in the first-ever National History Bowl Competition in Washington, D.C.
Brophy speech and debate gets national recognition The National Forensics League has named Brophy’s Speech and Debate Team the Leading Chapter in the Arizona district for the 2011-2012 school year. This award, based on student participation, is the highest honor the League can bestow. Only one school in each district attains this designation each year. This year Brophy, 4701 N. Central Ave., is one of 108 schools out of more than 3,000 schools nationwide to Bill McDonald achieve this distinction. Brophy’s Speech and Debate team made history last year. Bill McDonald, who graduates this spring, was the 2012 AIA Forensics State Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking, as well as the National Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking. McDonald was the first Brophy student to be a National Champion in Speech and Debate and the first National Champion from Arizona. The Brophy team finished among the top five nationally ranked teams, the highest finish ever by a team from Arizona.
Xavier receives SRP Learning Grant Students across Arizona will build robots, design gardens, install a solar array and much more thanks to Learning Grants by SRP. Among them will be the young ladies at Xavier College Preparatory, who will make use of the $4,963. Women have traditionally been underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The school will continue to address this issue by engaging students in the Engineering Projects in Community Service program—a problem-based, service-learning model that engages students in STEM through real-world projects. The grant program, which awarded more than $126,000 to 27 schools, provides a unique opportunity that allows schools, teachers and students to develop projects and programs that improve student performance objectives in math and science.
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Open House Dates
December 4, 2012 January 19 and April 9, 2013 For more information about Phoenix Christian please contact the Admissions Office at 602.265.4707 ext. 270.
1751 W. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85015