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Subject: DVUSD Digital News Flash 03-37-12
Date: March 30th 2012

SCHOOL NAME: Barry Goldwater High School

CITY: Phoenix, AZ

RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS

Full Name: Megan Redding

Title/Grade: Senior

Name of Award: Century Club Award

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Rebecca Campbell and Vince Velez

Title/Grade: Junior and Senior

Name of Award: #4 Entrepreneurship Written Event

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Mittal Patel

Title/Grade: Junior

Name of Award: #2 in Hotel Lodging Management

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Denis Danicic

Title/Grade: Junior

Name of Award: #4 in Hotel Lodging Management

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Quinnie Phan

Title/Grade: Freshman

Name of Award: #2 in Principles of Hospitality and Tourism

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Kevin Rosas and Vicktor Velez

Title/Grade: Freshman

Name of Award: Superior scores in testing on the Principles of Marketing.

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

SCHOOL NAME: Bellair Elementary School

CITY: Glendale, AZ

PHOTO & CAPTIONS

Full Name: Bellair students

What: Bellair students enjoy choosing prizes at Peter Piper Pizza Family Night.

Full Name: Bellair Field Day

What: Belliar students reach for the top while rock climbing.

Rock Climbing

Full Name: Mrs. Budding’s

Title/Grade: 5^th graders

What: Mrs. Budding’s 5^th grade class are Tug-Of-War Champions.

Budding class

SCHOOL NAME: Boulder Creek High School

CITY: Anthem, AZ

RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS

Full Name: Lisa Alexander

Title/Grade: Senior

Name of Award: Text Medals

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Kyle Wight

Title/Grade: Sophomore

Name of Award: Text Medals

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Kayley Palmer

Title/Grade: Freshman

Name of Award: Text Medals

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Tylor Bahle

Title/Grade: Senior

Type of Recognition: Role-Play Presentation Medals

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Bart Zalinski

Title/Grade: Senior

Type of Recognition: Role-Play Presentation Medals

Name of Award: Junior

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Christian Jennings

Title/Grade: Junior

Type of Recognition: Role-Play Presentation Medal

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Christian Jennings

Title/Grade: Junior

Type of Recognition: 5^th place

Name of Award: Business Services Marketing

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Bart Zalinski

Title/Grade: Senior

Type of Recognition: 4^th place

Name of Award: Quick Serve Restaurant Management

Organization: Arizona DECA Career Development Conference

Full Name: Emily Paxton, Forward

Title/Grade: Senior

Type of Recognition: Soccer Division I- All Division 2nd Team; Division I Section III - All Section 1st Team; Division I Section III - Player of the Year

Organization: Arizona Interscholastic Association

Full Name: Kyle Escobedo, midfield AIA: Division I Section III-

Title/Grade: Freshman

Type of Recognition: :Soccer Division I Section III- AZCentral Division I- 1st team

Organization: Arizona Interscholastic Association

Full Name: Natalie Stephens, forward

Title/Grade: Freshman

Type of Recognition: Soccer Division I Section III- All Section 2nd Team

Organization: Arizona Interscholastic Association

Full Name: Angela Boyle, defender

Title/Grade: Freshman

Type of Recognition: Division I Section III- All Section 2nd Team

Organization: Arizona Interscholastic Association

Full Name: Meghan Strang, goalkeeper

Title/Grade: Sophomore

Type of Recognition: Soccer Division I Section III- All Section 2nd Team AZCentral Division I Honorable Mention

Organization: Arizona Interscholastic Association

Full Name: Kathy Pondy

Title/Grade: Social Studies Department Chair

Type of Recognition: Teacher Scholarship

Name of Award: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American

Organization: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The summer institutes are weeklong intensive opportunities for talented classroom teachers to study with renowned historians of American history.

SCHOOL NAME: Deer Valley High School

CITY: Glendale, AZ

RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS

Full Name: Marthamary Warren and Jessica Sousa

Title/Grade: Juniors

Type of Recognition: American Legion Auxiliary Girl State delegates

Organization: American Legion

Full Name: Erik Boettcher, Stewart Savarese and Tyler Robbins

Title/Grade: Juniors

Recognition: American Legion Auxiliary Boy State delegates

Organization: American Legion

Full Name: Hannah Brockhurst

Title/Grade: Junior

Recognition: Selected State Officer

Name of Award: 2nd place Entrepreneurship

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Cameron Kaiser

Title/Grade: Senior

Recognition: Role Play Medalist

Name of Award: Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Erik Smelser

Title/Grade: Junior

Type of Recognition: 2^nd place

Name of Award: Entrepreneurship

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Alexis Watkins

Title/Grade: Junior

Type of Recognition: 2^nd place overall winner, 2^nd place Role Play medals and Test Measlist

Name of Award: Food Marketing Series Event

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Brittany Lucero

Title/Grade: Senior

Type of Recognition: 4th place overall winner, Role Play Medalist, Test Medal and Arizona DECA Scholarship

Name of Award: Sports and Entertainment Series Event

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Abby Mleynek

Title/Grade: Senior

Type of Recognition: 5^th place Overall winner and Test Medalist

Name of Award: Automotive Series Event

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Elayna Hoskyns

Title/Grade: Senior

Type of Recognition: Role Play Medalist and Arizona DECA Scholarship

Name of Award: Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Deer Valley High School DECA

Type of Recognition: Chapter Awards

Name of Award: 2011-2012 Diamond Club and 2011-2012 Century Club

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

SCHOOL NAME: Desert Sky Middle School

CITY: Glendale, AZ

PHOTO & CAPTIONS

Full Name: Parker Jensen

Title/Grade: 8^TH grader

What: Desert Sky Middle Geography Bee Winner and State Finalist

Parker Jensen qualified for the State National Geography Bee by winning the Desert Sky Geography Bee and passing the state qualifying test.

Geography Bee

Full Name: Marc Martinez, Matt Martinez and Alenn Wright

Title/Grade: 7^th graders and Boy Scout Troop 747

What: Desert Sky Middle School students took part in a Naturalization Ceremony at Maryland Elementary School. Students presented the colors of their Boy Scout Troop, State of Arizona and the United States of America. Students witnessed 50 individuals become United States citizens.

SCHOOL NAME: Desert Winds Elementary

CITY: Phoenix, AZ

PHOTO & CAPTIONS

Full Name: Mr, Dragomir, Shayna, Nicole, Ariel, Joshua, Mia, and Olivia Reyes. Front: Chloe , Heather, Sierra, Savannah, Katelynn, and Alexis.

Title/Grade: 4^th-6^th graders

What: Desert Winds Choir students getting ready for District Honor Chorus Concert

Full Name: Phoenix Symphony Brass and Percussion Ensemble Performance

Title/Grade: Joseph Young- Conductor

What: Phoenix Symphony Brass and Percussion Ensemble Performs at Desert Winds Elementary.

SCHOOL NAME: Esperanza Elementary School

CITY: Phoenix, AZ

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

Full Name: Alana Noonan

Title/Grade: 6^th grade

Type of Recognition: 1st Chair Cello

Organization: 6th Grade All State Orchestra and Chorus

Full Name: Nicole Campos

Title/Grade: 6^th grade

Type of Recognition: 10^th Chair Violin

Organization: 6th Grade All State Orchestra and Chorus

SCHOOL NAME: Mountain Ridge High School

CITY: Glendale, AZ

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

Full Name: MRHS Interactive Club

Type of Recognition: The program promotes an ethic of service and volunteerism and to recognize volunteer efforts that strengthen communities and improve quality of life for Arizonans.

Name of Award: 2012 Arizona Governor’s Volunteer Service Award

Organization: State of Arizona

Full Name: Hansen Qiu

Title/Grade: Sophomore

Type of Recognition: First student in the 28 year history to the Academic Decathlon to receive a perfect math score.

Name of Award: Gold Medal

Organization: Academic Decathlon

Full Name: MRHS Band

Name of Award: Symphonic Winds - Superior

Wind Ensemble - Superior with Distinction

Organization: ABODA Area Concert Festival

Full Name: Kiley Wegener

Title/Grade: Junior

Recognition: Name to Arizona DECA State office 2012/2013

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Autumn Coleman

Title/Grade: Senior

Recognition: Retail Merchandising Services

Name of Award: 1^st place

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Bri Malo, Junior and Austin Moore, Senior

Recognition: 4^th place overall

Name of Award: Creative Marketing Research

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: John Kuttner

Title/Grade: Senior

Recognition: Top six winner

Name of Award: Full Service Restaurant Management

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Kim Parish, Hannah Reynolds

Title/Grade: Seniors

Recognition: Team Role Play

Name of Award: Medals

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Kiley Wegener and Leslie Thompson

Title/Grade: Juniors

Recognition: Team Role Play

Name of Award: Medals

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Kim Parish and Hannah Reynolds

Title/Grade: Seniors

Recognition: 2^nd place

Name of Award: Buying and Merchandising Operations Research

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Austin Moore, Autumn Coleman and Amanda Anderson.

Title/Grade: Seniors

Name of Award: Test Medals

Organization: DECA State Career Development Conference

Full Name: Ian Tracey and Stephan Romanovsky

Title/Grade: Juniors

Type of Recognition: Color to Canvas

Name of Award: Technicolor

Organization: Advance to State National History Competition

Full Name: Sydney Moss, Brooke Jundt and Deval Gupta

Title/Grade: Juniors

Recognition: The Great Depression: The Golden Years

Name of Award: Documentaries

Organization: Advance to State National History Competition

Full Name: Emily Mahoney, Aidan O’Brien and Hans Mueller-Schrader

Title/Grade: Juniors

Recognition: The 1960’s: A Revolution in Peace

Name of Award: Documentaries

Organization: Advance to State National History Competition

Full Name: Alexxis Briviesca

Title/Grade: Junior

Recognition: Rent Revolution

Name of Award: Performances

Organization: Advance to State National History Competition

Full Name: Tyler Travis, Trace Wes Turner and Danny Carrera

Title/Grade: Juniors

Recognition: Horace Mann to Modern Mann

Name of Award: Performances

Organization: Advance to State National History Competition

Full Name: Sanga Shir, Akshara Malla and Serena Cueva

Title/Grade: Juniors

Recognition: Museum Exhibit

Name of Award: Deportation Crisis: Bisbee Deportation

Organization: Advance to State National History Competition

Full Name: Roberta Lam

Title/Grade: Sophomore

Recognition: Website

Name of Award: The Purpose and Power Behind Prohibition

Organization: Advance to State National History Competition

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

What: Guest Speaker Mr. Otto Schimmel - "Personal Story of Nazi Occupation-Intolerance Toward Jews"

Where: Media Center 22800 N. 67^th Ave.

When: Tuesday, March 27, 2:30 - 4:00 pm

PHOTO & CAPTIONS

Full Name: Brian Rossi

Title/Grade: MRHS Students and Staff

What: MRHS students and staff raised $4200 to send five World War II Veterans to Washington, DC as part of Honor for Flight. The veterans were presented their check during the spring assembly.

SCHOOL NAME: New River Elementary School

CITY: New River, AZ

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

What: PTSA Out and About – Community Celebration

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

When: April 27 from 3:30-7:00 pm

RECOGNITIONS/AWARD

Full Name: Trevor Wagoner

Title/Grade: 1^st grade

Recognition: Raffle winner- Two movie tickets

Name of Award: Students who participated in the Read Across America Week names were entered into a raffle.

Full Name: Alice Salazar

Title/Grade: Paraprofessional

Name of Award: March Classified Employee of the month

Full Name: Heather Davis

Title/Grade: 5^th Grade Teacher

Name of Award: March Certified Employee of the Month

PHOTO & CAPTIONS

Full Name: Ms. McDevitt’s class

Title/Grade: 6^th graders

What: Dr. Seuss, The Lorax was the door decorating winner

Full Name: Sheila Rutan and Marilyn Yavello

Title/Grade: Second Grade

What: Second Grade visited Pioneer Village Living History Museum after learning about pioneers and westward expansion.

Full Name: Cathy Dudzinski

Title/Grade: Field Day

What: New River students participated in a variety of events including a one mile run, volleyball, scooter tag, tug of war and water relay.

Full Name: Shawna Collins

Title/Grade: Kindergarten

What: Kindergarten students presenting a report about a career they would like to pursue in the future. Students dressed up and answered questions about the tools needed for their career.

SCHOOL NAME: Park Meadows Elementary

CITY: Glendale, AZ

RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS

Full Name: Brian Bullis

Title/Grade: Archery Champion-5^th grade

Type of Recognition: JOAD Indoor and National Indoors US Archery Champion

Name of Award: United States Indoor National Champion

Organization: Rio Rancho New Mexico National Archery Competition

Full Name: Patty Sisson

Title/Grade: Physical Education Teacher

Recognition: Honoring 30 years of service to the students and families of the Deer Valley Community on March 27, 2012 in the Governing Board Room

Name of Award: Longevity Award

PHOTO & CAPTIONS

Full Name: Lorik Musliu and Marc Miller

Title/Grade: 6^th grade

What: Park Meadows students participated in various athletic competitions during their annual Field Day.

Full Name: Joseph Cross

Title/Grade: Barry Goldwater High School Senior and Boy Scout Troop 526

What: Joseph planned and organized the clean-up, beautification and plant identification of the desert habitat garden at Park Meadows as he works towards becoming an Eagle Scout.