DV News Flash 092911

SCHOOL NAME: Barry Goldwater High School

CITY: Phoenix, AZ

Full Name: Barry Goldwater High School & Community

Title/Grade: School Wide

What: The employees from Arizona Aviation Community Surveillance System had an annual clothing drive; and, in addition to the backpacks donated to BGHS their employees graciously donated clothing for our school and surrounding schools & community.

SCHOOL NAME: Boulder Creek High School

CITY: Anthem, AZ

RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS

Full Name:  Kyle Wight

Title/Grade: Student/Sophomore

Type of Recognition: 10^th Place at National Competition

Name of Award: 10^th Place at Nationals in Introduction to Technology Concepts

Organization: Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) - FBLA is the premier student business organization and is an integral part of Career and Technical Education programs for Business and Information Technology. FBLA provides recognition and leadership activities directly related to attainment of specific occupational and leadership skills.

Full Name: Kyle Wight

Title/Grade: Sophomore

What: on stage at FBLA’s National Leadership Conference receiving award for placing 10^th in Introduction to Technology Concepts

SCHOOL NAME: Diamond Canyon School

CITY: Anthem, AZ

Full Name:

Title/Grade: Diamond Canyon School Celebrates Constitution Day

What: Diamond Canyon students honoring Veterans from our own DC families.  DC students presenting Veterans with thank you cards to be shared with Troops on active duty.

Title/Grade: Diamond Canyon Constitution Day Celebration

What: DC students presenting Veterans with thank you cards to be shared with Troops on active duty.

SCHOOL NAME: Highland Lakes School

CITY: Glendale, AZ

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

What:  “Music, Pie, and Costumes”

6^th Grade Adv Band and 7^th/8^th Grade Wind Ensemble Band Concert,

Where: Highland Lakes School Gym 19000 N. 63^rd Ave.

When:  Wednesday, October 19^th at 6:30 PM

What:”Holiday Pops” Jazz Band, 5^th Grade Beg. Band, 6^th Grade Adv. Band, and 7^th/8^th Wind Ensemble Band Concert.

Where: Highland Lakes School Gym 19000 N. 63^rd Ave.

When:  Wednesday, December 14^th at 6:30 PM

RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS

Full Name:  Lindsey Stegh

Title/Grade: 7th and 8th Grade Science teacher

Type of Recognition: Lead Student Inquiry-Action Project regarding Water Conservation

Name of Award: Selected Participant

Organization: Miami University’s Project Dragonfly

In June 2011, Highland Lakes School Science Teacher Lindsey Stegh studied at the UNESCO World Heritage site, Bahia de los Angeles on the Sea of Cortez. In this biosphere reserve, a group of educators worked to apply the fundamentals of field methods - such as capture/recapture, pitfall traps and line transects - to ecological questions and conservation practice.

This year Miss Stegh is one of more than 350 U.S. and international educators and graduate students selected to travel with the program from Miami University’s Project Dragonfly. At sites in 12 countries in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas, these educators will engage with international colleagues and scientists to work together to bring about local and global change. The program is based on Earth Expeditions from Dragonfly and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.  

SCHOOL NAME: Park Meadows

CITY: Glendale, AZ

Full Name: Principal Kathi Humble assisting members from Arizona Family Karate Academy and the Warner Family. School supplies of pencils, markers, glue, backpacks, composition books, highlighters and many other much needed and appreciated school supplies for students and staff.

Title/Grade: Grades kindergarten through sixth-grade

What: Generous Donation Tuesday, September 20^th

SCHOOL NAME: Mirage Elementary School

CITY: Glendale, AZ

Full Name:  Mirage Community Circle K-2 grade

Title/Grade:  Mirage K-2^nd graders

What: Monthly Community Circle

SCHOOL NAME: New River Elementary School

CITY: New River, AZ

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

What:  Fall Round-up a

Where: New River Elementary School 48827 N. Black Canyon Highway

When:  October 15, 2011 from 4:00-8:00 PM 

RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS

Full Name:  Diane McDevitt

Title/Grade: Grade 6

Type of Recognition: Certified Employee of the Month:

Name of Award: September Certified Employee of the Month:

Full Name:  Tina Allgeier

Title/Grade: N/A

Type of Recognition: : Classified Employee of the Month

Name of Award:  September Classified Employee of the Month

Full Name:  Walmart

Title/Grade: New River Elementary School

Recognition: School of the Year

New River wishes to thank Walmart at Anthem for choosing New River as their school of the Year.  In announcing the recognition Walmart representative Sharon Moon presented 10 certified staff members with gift cards.  Congratulation to: Paula Ward, Shawna Collins, Dorothea Gilliland, Sharon Pickett,   Heather Davis, Kim Clover, Carmen Marcus, Cathy Dudzinski, Karen Hynes, and Trevor Sanchez.

Full Name:  Paula Ward

Title/Grade: Third Grade

Type of Recognition:  Walmart Teacher of the Month - September

Name of Award: Walmart Teacher of the Month

Organization: N/A

SCHOOL NAME: West Wing School

CITY: Peoria, AZ

 Full Name: Meghan Schaiberger

Title/Grade: 7^th Grade Social Studies at West Wing School

What: Meghan Schaiberger’s students were learning about the abolitionist movement so she dressed up as Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin). She answered students questions “in character” which allowed students to use higher level thinking skills to understand what this movement was all about. One of Ms. Schaiberger’s students said “It was so cool to have the historical figure we were learning about standing right in front of us!”