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Deer Valley Elementary Schools
Arrowhead
Arrowhead Student Council is promoting the program “Pennies for Peace” until February 4. This program supports education and literacy programs in the remote mountain regions of Central Asia. School donations will help purchase pencils, paper, books and other necessary supplies to help provide these children with an education and a better chance in life.
Arrowhead held their annual Reflections Fair event on January 19. This years' theme of "Together We Can" was reflected in visual arts, musical composition, dance/choreography, film production, photography and literature by our many multi-talented students.
Reflection student winners are:
K-2 Art: Alyssa Fraulino– State Qualifier, Emily Mostoller- State Qualifier, Alexandra Paylor-State Qualifier
3-5 Art: Julianna Paylor- State Qualifier, Rachel Walls- State Qualifier, Deborah Leber- State Qualifier, Selena Roa-Finalist
Zachary Neyens-Honorable Mention, Anna Mostoller-Honorable Mention, Sarah Wille- Honorable Mention, Nicole Stimpson- Honorable Mention
6 Art: Brooke Bratovich– State Qualifier, Jessica Chisholm– State Qualifier, Queenie Navarro– State Qualifier, Queenie Navarro-Finalist
3-5 Literature: Brea Dagostino- State Qualifier, Madison Phipps- State Qualifier
6 Literature: Sarah Walls- State Qualifier, Quinn Stokes-State Qualifier
PK-2 Music: Alexandra Paylor-State Qualifier, Callie Crandall-State Qualifier
3-5 Music: Julianna Paylor- State Qualifier, Richard Kovalcik- State Qualifier
6 Music: Quinn Stokes-State Qualifier, Rebecca Hall-State Qualifier
Dance Choreography 6: Kristen Dagostino-State Qualifier
3-5 Photography: Rachel Walls- State Qualifier, Melanie Brown- State Qualifier, Madison Brown- State Qualifier, Brea Dagostino- Honorable Mention, Camden Girard- Honorable Mention
6 Photography: Sarah walls- State Qualifier, Rebecca Hall- State Qualifier, Rebecca Hall-Honorable Mention
Desert Winds
Desert Winds would like to recognize the following students for their academics.
Principal’s List: Marisol Araiza, Arlyne Arambula, Andan Camblin, Jim Crispin-Licerio, Joshua Denning, Michael Flynn, Allison Fluckey, Markie McMasters, Hunter Mitchell, Alex Niederhaus, Olivia Reyes, Alyssa South, Joseph Velovich, Dominick Vest, Lindsey Young and Shaina Zweiger
Honor Roll: Anthony Adams, Tatum Allen, Emanuel Apetroaei, Alex Aronoff, Antone Baca, Kaylend Borbolla Reyes, Robert Brashear, Dominic Bredacz, Matthew Buan, Alexander Camblin, Antonio Carrillo Renteria, Natalie Craine, Sierra Crosby, Manuel Cruz, Matthew Dominguez, Katherine Erazo Palomino, Dylan Erb, Gabriella Fabela, Mia Fermanian Rodriguez, Katelyn Figueroa, Carlos Garcia, Jasmine Garcia, Kevin Garcia, Jared Gordon, Tyree Grace, Jennyfer Hernandez Sanchez, Marla Holguin, Sierra Holly, Natalie Houtz-Marschinke, Isaac Lara, Diana Lopez, Emily Lopez, Samantha Maher, Nikki McDermott, Bryson McKeehan, Yocelynne Mejia, Yanexis Mendez Cardona, Rudy Mendez Cardona, Bryanna Metcalf, Alexis Mills, Kyle Mitchell, Darce Munoz, Caitlyn Murphy, Ariel Newberry, Madison Nichols, Alexa Nunez, Jasmine Olsen, Janeth Orozco, Aria Ortiz, Zoia Ortiz, Chase Osborne, Faivaotoa Pologa, Haley Rodriguez, Natalie Rodriguez, Sarah Rodriguez, Tatiana Rosado, Dania Rueles, America Ruiz, Noemi Sandoval Guzman, Justin Schmell, Patrick Sellner, Sabrina Shaffer, Allyson Simpson, Lauren Slavick, Adam Smith, Courtney Sourp, Thomas Spencer, Jason Stewart, Adam Taylor, Patrick Vaughn, Amaris Vasquez and Lacey Weinzierl.
Congratulations to Trevor Benjamin for winning the Desert Winds’ Spelling Bee.
Desert Winds has been selected to participate in the Phoenix Suns/APS Quest for Quality and 3.0 Student Recognition Programs. Students have the opportunity to earn raffle tickets to free Suns games by displaying exemplary behavior in and out of the classroom. The school will be announcing another set of winners on January 21 for the January 30th game against the New Orleans Hornets.
Desert Winds will be hosting a Suns Night on April 1.
Gavilan Peak
Gavilan Peak’s “Change for Change” event raised $1,902 in 2010 which will benefit the children of their sister school in Uganda, Africa.
Gavilan Peak’s “Quarters for Caring” event raised $1,564.81 which will benefit its sister school in Uganda and Gavilan Peak’s Global Leadership Institute. Thanks to the middle school who organized a great expo of multi-cultural booths and games this year.
National Junior Honor Society would like to extend a thank you to all of the Gavilan Peak families, students and staff for their help in making the Toy Drive a great success, collecting 300 toys this year.
Congratulations to Alicia Hubert, Aubrey Hill, Erin Magoffie and Madi Mercer for being selected by the American Band and Orchestra Directors Association to represent Gavilan Peak School at the 2011 All-State Honor Band Festival.
The 6th through 8th grade instrumentalists of Gavilan Peak will be participating at the state level in the Solo & Ensemble festival Saturday, February 26 in Glendale Arizona.
Gavilan Peak will host a Science Expo February 24 from 6 – 9 p.m. Come and see interactive science activities in every grade level.
Highland Lakes
Highland Lakes would like to congratulate its school spelling bee winners and runners-up who represented Highland Lakes in the district spelling bee on Tuesday, January 18.
 Elementary
Levi Hoover- 6th grade = winner
Matthew Ryan- 6th grade = runner-up
 Middle School
Joshua Varkey - 8th grade = winner
Jessica Drawert- 8th grade = runner-up
 Beginning in August Mrs. Clark's 3rd grade class became pen pals with Mrs. Westcott's 3rd grade class at Legend Springs. Both classes have been corresponding with each other all year, establishing a special friendship. On January 14 the two classes met when Mrs. Westcott's class came to Highland Lakes. It was a special treat to be able to meet the students they had come to know through their letters.
Hillcrest
 Hillcrest Middle School seventh grader Sara Hileman is the winner of Deer Valley Unified School District’s 2011 District Spelling Bee held Tuesday, January 18. Sara was declared the DVUSD Spelling Bee Champion after spelling the words v-a-g-a-b-o-n-d. Sara will soon be competing in the regional spelling bee on Thursday, February 17 at 9 a.m. at the Deer Valley District Office.
 Last month, Hillcrest held a Pajama Day fundraiser and raised over $800 to help support an effort that was started by Officer Mike Contreras from the Glendale Police Department. He talked about wanting to adopt families and give presents to the kids that he and other members of his squad encountered on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Congratulations to the Hillcrest Wrestling team for winning the North Valley Middle Level Conference. Great job to this year’s JV Champions Ryan Fisher, Robert Walton & Jacob Heys. North Valley Middle Level Conference Champions are Jacob Gowens, Josh Correa, Jarod Breeser & Matt Hutka.
Legend Springs
On Tuesday, January 4, Legend Springs held its 11th intramural flag football championship game. Students, parents, teachers, and staff gathered to watch the Spartans face off against the Raging Turtles. The game was close throughout and the lead seesawed from one team to other a number of times. With only 14 seconds remaining, Jared McNeece scored the last touchdown of the game to give the Spartans a narrow 25 - 21 victory. Other members of the championship team were captain Kyle Osterman, co-captain Peter Lam, Jonathan Lam, Matthew Kless, Sydni Merriott, Andrea Bodea, Londyn Merriott, and John Jacklin.
Ms. White’s 4-6 grade chorus performed classic Christmas Carols at Babbo Italian Eatery before the winter break. The kids and their families helped raised $300 for the music program by dining throughout the day.
The Chat and Chew Book Club had their second meeting on January 12 and discussed the second book in the Shadow Children series Among the Imposters.
Second grade went on a field trip to the Cookie Company to discover how to hold onto no-limit thinking rather than just trying to “fit in” through an exciting musical adapted from the book Unstoppable Me! by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer.
Mirage
Mirage Elementary was awarded the 2010 Kilowatt Krackdown award by the Green Buildings Committee of BOMA Greater Phoenix. This award signifies the school’s accomplishment in reduction in energy consumption.
Mirage thanks Deer Valley Education Foundation and Best Buy for funding two grants for the third grade. A class set of watches will be available for 3rd grade teachers to check out and use. Students in 3rd grade will participate in different activities that are highly interactive and pertain to the real skill of telling time and keeping track of time. “MP3 Inclusion in the 21st Century” – Using MP3 players, students from Ms. Mezger’s class and Ms. Campbell’s class will listen to books on MP3 players and write book trailers on a wiki website.
Ms. Mezger’s 3rd grade class is participating in the DAFFODIL & TULIP PROJECT: Students from all parts of the world planted Daffodil and Tulip bulbs on November 29. The students are busy graphing temperature and growth of our bulbs.
The 2nd & 3rd grade Science Club students are exploring the forces of gravity and air pressure & Newton’s 3rd law of motion. Young Astronauts are making test designs for parachutes, gliders, propeller and jet-powered crafts.
Book Fair is coming to Mirage February 7-11.
Mountain Shadows
February is “National Heart Foundation” month at Mountain Shadows. As a part of the physical education curriculum, the school will be hosting “Jump Rope for Heart,” held on Saturday, February 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the campus. Students who attend will be asked to collect at least a $10 donation for the American Heart Association. I
Mrs. Kelley Christopher Gaston, Mrs. Sue Penrod, and Mrs. Risti Meyer invites kindergarten students and their families to the Kindergarten Math and Science Night on Thursday, January 27 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in the Mountain Shadows cafeteria.
Mountain Shadows participated in the 2010 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes in November. The school was awarded a $200 Community Service Grant from the DVEF and Discover Financial Services to facilitate our community service. Students raised money by participating in a Walk to Cure Diabetes around our field during recess. They also sold JDRF Sneakers with a friendly competition between grade levels to see who could sell the most sneakers. After a very close competition, 1st grade won first place with 6th grade a very close second. Most amazingly Mountain Shadows is proud to report that we will be awarded the Top Sneaker Sales Award. The school will receive their award on February 12 at the Glendale 2010 Family Walk Awards Ceremony.
 Mountain Shadows 2011 Spelling Bee winner is R.J. Stark, 4th grade student in Mrs. Brooks’ class. The runner up in a very close race was Erica Guarino, 4th grade student in Mrs. Hudson’s class.
New River
The New River Band and Choir recently had their first concert of the year. In addition the band and choir members featured performances by individuals and duets. The students in Mrs. Ward’s 3rd grade also performed a number on their recorders. The performances were enjoyed by students and staff in the afternoon and families and friends during the evening performance.
Park Meadows
 Park Meadows Pre-K students made real snow balls and slid down a hill on “Snow Day” during the week of January 10th.
Paseo Hills
know99 Television, a phoenix-based educational channel recently completed a video production titled "A + School" at Paseo Hills Elementary in the Deer Valley District. To watch the video tune in to know99 Television on Cox Cable channel 99 at 6:30 PM or 11 PM. The video is also posted on YouTube: "Paseo Hills Elementary" YouTube Video
Sierra Verde
Sierra Verde is happy to announce that America’s most popular school assembly will be hosted at our school on Friday, January 29 at 9:00-9:45. The NED Show® is a program experienced by nearly 2 million kids a year worldwide. The assembly combines a great message with yo-yos, humor and audience participation to teach students how to develop three valuable characteristics involved in becoming champions at school and in life...Never give up (focus, persistence), Encourage others (kindness, shared learning), Do your best® (diligence, excellence).
The City of Glendale and Centerline Project in partnership with the City of Glendale Fire Department proudly announced an art contest for all students in City of Glendale Schools that Sierra Verde students will be participating in. This art contest requires students to create a design that could be painted on one of the 50 fire hydrants within the boundaries of the Glendale Centerline.
Sierra Verde 7th grade teacher Niki Hart started ePortfolios with all of 7th grade students. Students set up folders and selected their first item in Language Arts. They wrote a reflection pertaining to their reasoning and thoughts on selection of the piece. Many selected to have their glogster project. Mrs. Hart stepped students through taking a screen shot and placing this in accessories in paint program. From here they are able to cut and paste into a word document to then add their reflection. This way they can get a color copy as opposed to printing and then scanning this in black and white. Students were excited to start compiling their own working portfolio. Mrs. Hart will be using Blackboard or weebly in the future so students can have a professional portfolio as well and add the dimensional work.
Deer Valley High Schools
Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek High School student Brian Moore was awarded a DVUSD 2010 Fall Sports Award for earning the Individual Runner-Up state title for boy’s swimming 200 freestyle.
Mountain Ridge
Mountain Ridge High School 9th grader Hannah Leber was selected as the winner of the 26th Annual AZ State Martin Luther King, Jr. Contest in the poster category. Hannah was presented with an award at breakfast award ceremony on Thursday, January 20.
Sandra Day O’Connor
Sandra Day O’Connor head football coach John Rodriguez has been named the 2010 Arizona Football Coach of the Year by the Arizona Cardinals and Channel 12 news.
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