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Read Across America on March 2

An annual reading motivation and awareness program by the National Education Association, Read Across America calls for children everywhere to celebrate reading in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday on Monday, March 2. Though known better by his pen name, writer and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel published more than 60 children’s …

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CIVIT Welding Program excels

Welding Instructor Charlie Valenzuel is on a mission.  Charlie Valencia is a welding instructor with decades of experience in mining, so he knows what it takes to make it in the business and survive. He spent decades in the mining industry and is a baseball coach at High Desert Middle …

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10 Days Remain in 5th Grade Essay-Writing Contest where 1 Student in Gila County will win an AZ529 College Savings Plan for $529!

ARIZONA FAMILY COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN ‘AZ529’ LAUNCHES STATEWIDE ESSAY-WRITING CONTEST  Fifth-graders from across the state may enter to win $529 toward their futures   For the past 20 years, the Arizona Family College Savings Plan (AZ529) has helped families accumulate more than $1.9 billion in tax-deferred college savings. In honor of its …

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Spirit of Education:Roberta Hunter-Patten

Roberta Hunter Patten came out of retirement to teach sixth graders at San Carlos middle school because she didn’t like the turn education had taken toward standardized testing. “Not for our kids at San Carlos,”  she says. “Their learning styles are different than the rest of the world.”  Rather than …

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