Jun 13 2019 Rose Tring Laveen education, Laveen Elementary School, Laveen youth / 0 Comment Laveen school district adds preschool program at Vista del Sur for fall 2019 Registration open during summer for openings at Paseo Pointe and Desert Meadows programs; waitlist established for new preschool at Vista del Sur. Guest column from Laveen Elementary School District The Laveen District will be opening its third preschool in Fall 2019 at Vista del Sur. Vista will joi...
Jun 12 2019 Rose Tring Laveen education, Laveen News, South Phoenix / 0 Comment HeroZona back-to-school event set for July 27 at South Mountain Community College Arizona’s Largest Backpack Drive to Impact over 10,000 Families with School Supplies 7th Annual ‘Phoenix Tools 4 School’ Also Provides College Readiness Workshops to Students PHOENIX – In an effort to support local families with the cost of their kids returning to school, the HeroZona Foundation wil...
Jun 03 2019 Rose Tring Laveen education, Laveen News, Laveen youth / 0 Comment Free breakfasts and lunches ALL SUMMER at Laveen schools School might be out, but Laveen schools are serving FREE breakfast and lunch to all kids all summer! In addition, both our local high schools, Cesar Chavez and Betty Fairfax are part of a similar program in the Phoenix Union High School District. Children 18 years and younger may join us throughout ...
Aug 11 2017 Rose Tring Laveen education / 0 Comment All Phoenix Union students get free breakfast & lunch for 2017-18 Phoenix Union High School Press Release (Aug. 11, 2017) PHOENIX UNION— All Phoenix Union High School District students will be able to eat free breakfast and lunch through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2017-18 school year. It is the second year that t...
Mar 23 2017 Rose Tring Laveen education / 0 Comment Developmental preschool coordinator Kandy Clauss retiring Parents of young children with special needs in Laveen will say goodbye in May to one of their staunchest champions when Kandy Clauss, coordinator of the school district’s developmental preschool program, retires after nearly four decades of teaching. Clauss came to Laveen in 2007 from the Tempe Ele...
Nov 10 2016 Rose Tring Historic Laveen, Laveen education, Laveen Village Voice / 0 Comment Laveen Teacher Retiring After 30 Years in the District This article first appeared in the November issue of the South Mountain District News. In 1986, the population of Laveen was just shy of 10,000 residents. There were two elementary schools and one high school. Cotton fields were more common than street lights and the Central Arizona Project had just...
Nov 07 2016 Rose Tring Laveen education / 0 Comment Laveen preps for 3rd Annual Winter Festival While most of us are just getting our Halloween decorations put away, members of the Laveen Education Foundation already are wearing their winter thinking caps because it’s almost time for the Third Annual Winter Festival. This year’s festival is scheduled for 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9 at the Lavee...
Jun 13 2016 Rose Tring Laveen education, Laveen youth, South Mountain District News / 0 Comment Districts struggle to meet needs of special education students More than four decades after Congress enacted legislation to ensure children with special needs are granted the same opportunity for education as those without a disability, parents and school officials still struggle with how those services should look for individual students. In Laveen and Rooseve...
Mar 23 2016 Rose Tring Laveen education, Laveen News, Laveen youth, Phoenix Union High School District / 0 Comment Fairfax student name state poetry champ Hunter Hazelton, a senior at Betty Fairfax High School was named 2016 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Champion at the state finals competition held on March 11, 2016 at the downtown Phoenix studios of Arizona PBS. As State Champion, Hazelton will represent Arizona at the 11th annual Poetry Out Loud Na...
Mar 04 2016 Rose Tring Laveen education, Laveen youth, South Mountain District News / 0 Comment Heritage Academy Dedicated to Youth, Committed to Teachers (Article from the South Mountain District News) Dedicated to youth, their growth and development, Heritage Academy teaches the mastery of primary and secondary skills in the fields of history, math, writing, literature, reading, science, music, foreign language, visual art, performing arts and physi...