Can’t make it to a high school graduation because your son or daughter is graduating the same time as a niece or nephew? Or maybe it’s too expensive for all the relatives from the other side of the country. You could have someone send pictures taken from faraway seats. Or you could be on the [...]
Last Tuesday, Jennifer Cheesman, who teaches sixth graders science and math at Zuni Hills Elementary School in the Peoria Unified School District, prepared a 700-gram latex helium weather balloon for launch. Her husband, Jim, helped. The balloon was capable of climbing to 50,000 feet and the extremely high altitude would cause it to swell and [...]
Two hundred kids from seven Valley schools participated in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) event Tuesday at the Arizona Science Center. Activities focused on what engineers do, how they use technology and what science they need to know to create the gadgets, tools and technologies we so gleefully use every day. The event, called [...]
It isn’t surprising to learn that the wealthiest families can offer their kids more opportunities. What may be surprising, however, is that before 1980 rich kids didn’t do that much better than middle-class kids, though middle-class kids did better than poor kids. “The academic gap is widening because rich students are increasingly entering kindergarten much [...]
I went to Paradise Valley Christian College Preparatory High School (PVCCP) in Phoenix to talk to members of its first graduating class, but 16.7 percent of the seniors were absent. Senior ditch day? They graduate on May 20, so the timing would be about right. But no, there are only six seniors at PVCCP, and one [...]
Miss Rosa, played by Jennifer Pena on PBS Kids preschool television programming, came to Phoenix from New Jersey last week to meet some of her fans. During program breaks on PBS Kids shows Curious George, Sid the Science Kid, Super Why! and Dinosaur Train, Miss Rosa, alternating between Spanish and English, teaches kids through art, [...]
Science is an exacting, careful manipulation of materials and processes. For a bunch of third graders at Rio Vista Elementary in the Pendergast Elementary School District, science includes giggling and fun. I was visiting Kara Ridgeway’s class to take a picture to go with an essay she wrote about the last day of school from [...]
Rancho Solano Preparatory School recently opened a new, 25,000-square-foot athletic complex and student center at its campus on Via de Ventura in Scottsdale. Last weekend the school held its prom in the facility’s gymnasium. When a curtain is drawn to divide the gym in the half, there is enough room for two, full-size high school [...]
When I was a kid my parents limited the amount of time my sisters and I could watch television to weekends and some weeknights if our homework was done, but only for half an hour. My parents encouraged us to read, play game or do anything “constructive.” Staring at the television was considered a waste [...]
How many funds can a fundraiser raise, if a fundraiser must raise funds? This week’s roundup is about raising money for schools and teaching kids how to understand and manage it. If you have kids in school or you’re in charge of fundraising, you know that Box Tops for Education from General Mills and Labels [...]
A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an [...]
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MAY 2013
$6.00Our 2013 directory of Valley aquatics programs — everything from learn-to-swim programs to diving, racing and synchronized swimming!
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April 2013
$6.00Our April 2013 issue features the 2013 Summer Solutions directory — more than 500 day camps in Maricopa County!
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March 2013
$6.00Our March 2013 issue features the 2013 directory of Overnight Camps in Arizona and the Southwest!
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February 2013
$6.00Our February 2013 issue is all about babies! Learn how to begin building your baby’s bookshelf, make your own baby food, find parent/tot classes and Daddy Boot Camps around the Valley. Plus: gifts, gadgets and great new looks for baby.
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January 2013
$6.00It’s our annual pregnancy issue! Learn about the latest trend among expectant parents: “gender-reveal” parties. Plus: Should you bank your baby’s umbilical cord blood?
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December 2012
$6.00Ice hockey in the desert? Our December issue tells you how to get your kids started. Plus, an insider’s tour of the Arizona Doll and Toy Museum. And two terrific holiday crafts your kids will love!
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