San Carlos High School (SCHS) students are planting seeds, petting bunnies, sniffing basil, and eating radishes, some of them for the first time ever. “I have always had a passion and excitement for educating the public about production agriculture,” says Kimberly Kerr DeSpain, AG Instructor and FFA Advisor at SCHS. …
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Meet the New AG Teacher at GHS: Jimmy Crosby.
According to the US Department of Education, students who complete career and technical (CTE) courses while in high school obtain higher median annual earnings than students that do not. “AG students are going to be much higher in continuing with their education than other fields,” says Jimmy Crosby, “because the …
Read More »Arizona Department of Education, Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Issue Joint Statement COVID Surge
Healthcare, public education leaders, and pediatricians agree, kids learn best in their classrooms – and until we are fully on the other side of this pandemic, we must take every necessary precaution to protect student health and safety in those classrooms and ensure minimal disruption to learning. We have serious …
Read More »CVIT offers HVAC and Drone programs
Major Salvatore Fiorella was the Career & Technical Education instructor and head of the JROTC program at Globe High School (GHS) when he was asked to teach a CVIT satellite course on drones. Drones are unmanned aircraft, regulated by the FAA, similar to manned aircraft. Although Major had a pilot’s …
Read More »So Many Choices. School Counselors Help Students Navigate the Future
High school students face a lot of choices. Most local students aspire to higher education, many have an eye toward the trades, a few to the military and some to something else. “My job is to help them figure out what that something else is and help them prepare for …
Read More »Forging One’s Path: Misty Groseth, M.Ed. San Carlos High School Counselor
When Misty Groseth was in high school, she didn’t really know what she wanted to do for a career. “I knew I wanted to be in a helping profession,” she says,”and I knew I wanted to work with youth.” Today Misty Grosweth, M.Ed. is the school counselor to the 315 …
Read More »A Winning Formula: GHS Cheer
The award-winning Globe High School (GHS) cheer squad recently won the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) Game Day Competition, a victory that builds on the team’s legacy of seven state titles and five state runner-up titles in the past ten years. Proud of her team, head coach Linda Noriega explained, “Game …
Read More »AIA Cancels Winter Sports
UPDATE January 15: Winter Sports back on! After canceling the winter high school sports season in Arizona, the Arizona Interscholastic Association has overturned that decision in a 5-4 vote. There will be no fans permitted and masks will be mandatory during competition. January 18th is once again the start date …
Read More »CVIT Board names Mike O’Neal Superintendent
Mike O’Neal was recently named superintendent at the Cobre Valley Institute of Technology, but he’s been training for that position essentially all of his professional life, and working in that role since last year. O’Neal began with CVIT in 2017 as Executive Program Director and Principal, but when then-superintendent Pete …
Read More »Resolution Copper fulfills back-to-school needs for hundreds of local students and teachers
Superior, Ariz., Sept. 22, 2020 – Resolution Copper announced today that the company has awarded more than $185,000 in grants to five local school districts for the upcoming school year. Along with supplying personal protective equipment (PPE) for teachers and students, the funds will ensure that up to 600 students in …
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