Our new series in 2019 on the geology of this region helps to answer questions and bring you a lay mans’ understanding of the rock formations you see as you drive through the area. Hosted by Rick Levelli, a geologist and Greg McKelvey a photographer, we hope you find the …
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GLOBE, Ariz. — The Midnight Cicadas, Globe Unified School District’s robotics teams, will host a community open house on December 6 from 5 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Globe Robotics Center which is on the first floor of Globe High School’s Center for Accelerated Learning, located at the corner of Maple …
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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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Gila County Elections have posted the unofficial votes for two local school overrides showing that Miami approved an override by nearly 72 percent of the voters, while in Payson the measure passed with 68 percent of vote. In a statement issued Wednesday morning, MUSD Superintendent Sherry Dorathy thanked the community …
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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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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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When voters in the Miami Unified School District mail in their ballots for November’s upcoming election, they will have the opportunity to renew an initiative that brings a significant amount of money to help pay for maintenance and operations for Miami schools. The initiative, known as an “override,” is a …
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The Cobre Valley Institute of Technology (CVIT) not only provides job training for high school students in the rural areas of eastern Arizona, but also gives them tools to deal with life beyond the classroom. From agriculture to health care, CVIT offers career and technical education programs to enhance the …
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“First, they are children. With all the needs of every child,” says Carolina Gamelo. “If you get that, then you can teach them.” That’s the most important thing to know about any child, “no matter how incapacitated,” according to Carolina. She taught students with special needs for over 40 years, …
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Miami High School recently brought a group of poet-teachers to its campus, the L.A. Street Poets, a nonprofit organization that goes into classrooms to teach poetry as a means to “transformational change,” and as a tool for healing. Poets Frank Escamilla and Maira Rios used their art form to teach …
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