Peoria Unified Sch�l District OCT 2015 | MONTHLY NEWSLETTER & MENUS PEORI Calendar Highlights: Oct 5 | Last Day to Register to Vote Oct 5 | Blue Shirt Day, Stomp Out Bullying Oct 7 | Na�onal Walk or Bike to School Day Oct 8 | Governing Board mee�ng, 5 p.m. Oct 12 | Columbus Day All schools and offices are closed Oct 15-16 | Elementary Parent/Teacher Conferences Oct 16 | HS Report Card distribu�on Oct 22 | Governing Board mee�ng, 5 p.m. Oct 26-28 | AzMERIT test, High School only Oct 29-30 | Make-up AzMERIT test, High School only
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Schools Across District Commemorate Day of Service and Remembrance Angie Bell, Centennial High Student & Public Relations Intern
�ire�ighters, police of�iA number of commemoU.S. �lag poster; Peoria cers, �irst responders and rations took place in PeoHigh AFJROTC performed soldiers; Oasis students ria Uni�ied schools to pay an early morning �lag cercontributed a personal tribute to those individuals emony at the �lagpole and heartfelt message on a red affected by the tragedy that presented the colors at a or white stripe of a large took place on September 11, school-wide assembly at Sky View; Vistancia 2001. Some of the comstaff member and memorations were: historical collector, Canyon held a Hugs Jody Beltram, set up a for Heroes parade and display in the library served breakfast to of 40 military items �irst responders; Desi n c l u d i n g P u rp l e ert Harbor held a Walk Heart medals, a rare of Honor inviting poset of U.S. Air Force lice, �ire, military or WWII sterling silver emergency service perwings and several sonnel; Frontier held a Centennial High seniors Angie Bell and Brenna Cason ob- uniforms and U.S. Heroes Luncheon for tained 2,977 U.S. flags from the Joe Foss Ins�tute which they �lags. placed around the field for the Sept. 11 football game.
Supporting Your Neighborhood School Helps Your Community Peoria Unified, one of Arizona’s largest unified school districts, prides itself on a 95 percent high school graduation rate, excelling schools, award-winning teachers, high AIMS test scores, specialized signature programs and championship sports programs. WWW.PEORIAUD.K12.AZ.US
The day is fast approaching when I will no longer have a kid in a Peoria Uni�ied School. Don’t blink! It happens to all of us sooner than we think. So, Kathy Knecht once you no Governing Board longer have kids in school, why bother supporting your neighborhood school? Here are some great reasons why:
1. Your property value is directly related to the quality of the schools in your community. Ask a realtor. High performing schools is at the top of many home-buyers’ lists. 2. Crime rates and teen pregnancy rates are inversely correlated to graduation and achievement rates. 3. We need a highly skilled workforce to keep America going strong through the 21 st century; Highpaying jobs boost the economy and support a
tax base capable of sustaining programs we all count on, like Social Security. What happens in schools affects all of us in countless ways. But, sometimes these non-student bene�its get forgotten by people who no longer have school-aged kids. Fortunately, we can remind them. It matters. As Abraham Lincoln said, “Public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed.”
EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY, PREPARED TO SHAPE TOMORROW