Peoria Unifi ed Sch�l District SPECIAL EDITION INCLUDES 2014-15 CALENDAR and SUMMER BREAKFAST & LUNCH MENUS
SPECIAL EDITION - MAY 2014 Calendar Highlights: May 26 - Memorial Day, District offices and schools are closed May 26 — July 17 District offices and schools will be closed on Fridays June 9 — July 17 Elementary offices are closed June 10 - Governing Board Mee�ng, 5:30 p.m. June 15 - Fathers Day July 3 - District offices and schools are closed in observance of Independence Day July 21 - Elementary offices are open; District resumes Monday-Friday schedule July 22 - Governing Board Mee�ng, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6 - Students’ First Day of School Aug. 19 - Dedica�on of Sunset Heights, 7 a.m.
Peoria Unified, one of Arizona’s largest unified school districts, prides itself on a 94 percent high school graduation rate, excelling schools, award-winning teachers, high AIMS test scores, specialized signature programs and championship sports programs.
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PEORIA UNIFIED’S LATEST SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE
Peoria Education Foundation Awards 21 Scholarships Totaling More than $15,000
scholarship program recAt an Awards Reception excellence and a strong ognizes high school seniors held at the Peoria Center commitment to the commuwho have overcome adfor the Performing Arts on nity. Each of the recipients versity and tremendous May 7, the Peoria Educacontributed more than 60 obstacles. They successfully tion Foundation awarded hours of community service completed their graduation $15,700 in scholarships to and plans to continue their requirements and plan to Peoria Uni�ied high school education. continue their education. seniors in two different The Against All Odds categories: Community Service and Against All Odds. The Community Service scholarship program recognizes the efforts of selected high school stud e n t s w h o Seniors who received either a Community Service or Against All Odds scholarship from the Peoria Eduh a v e d e m - ca�on Founda�on: Kylee Burgess from Centennial; Jairaj Mehta from Sunrise Mountain; Sydney Van Horn from Liberty; Kiersten George from Sunrise Mountain; Peter Guzman from Peoria; Taylor Ross o n s t r a t e d from Cactus; Luis Mar�nez from Peoria; Krishnaa Pradhan from Liberty; Gaige Johnston and Olivia Daa c a d e m i c vis from Peoria; Victoria Sommer from Centennial; My Dinh, Mirna George, Adrian Higares and Andrea Robinson from Peoria High.
WWW.PEORIAUD.K12.AZ.US Peoria Unified educators presented grants at the Awards Recep�on: Angela Waltner from Foothills; Jeff Jacob from Centennial; Cindy English and Theresa Burch from Ironwood; Ashlee Minton from Lake Pleasant; Lenay Hughes from Foothills; Rachel Piske from Sun Valley; Alisa Mas�n from Apache; and Kimberly Friend from Zuni Hills.
EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY, PREPARED TO SHAPE TOMORROW
Grants for literacy, technology, science and the Arts were awarded to 17 Peoria Uni�ied educators during the program. A video of the program will be available soon on Youtube.com/pusdof�icialchannel and Channel 99. The Peoria Education Fo u n d a t i o n , f o u n d e d in 1987, is a non-pro�it 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to support and enrich education in the Peoria Uni�ied School District.