Student musicians, singers and songwriters in the Cave Creek Unified School District will have more performance opportunities with the newly formed “Rock the District Unplugged” concerts organized by the Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation. Donations and tips during the performances will be used for classroom resources and technology, international learning, health and wellness, and music [...]
Prospective college students who hope to appear well-rounded by putting together resumes with lengthy lists of extra-curricular activities would be better off focusing on a few areas of deep, sustained interest to prove they are “angular.” Phoenix educational consultants Eden Feuer and her mother Adrienne, of The College Workshop, say the notion of well-roundedness in [...]
Parents whose children are now infants or toddlers may find that the university experience is completely transformed by the time their kids’ applications are sent and acceptances start to arrive in the mail. At a College Savings Foundation conference in Scottsdale on Wednesday, a panel of industry experts talked about how higher education is changing [...]
Paradise Valley Unified School District is offering tours of gifted preschool programs at Desert Cove Elementary School and Fireside Elementary School with a new gifted preschool program planned at North Ranch Elementary. The Desert Cove tour, 11020 N. 28th St., Phoenix, is Feb. 5 at 10:15am. The Fireside tour, 3725 E. Lone Cactus Dr. is [...]
Parents who can pay for their children’s college education sure their kids will work their hardest and and earn that coveted degree. Right? There’s a new study published in the American Sociological Review by University of California, Merced, sociology professor Laura T. Hamilton finding that when parents provide increased financial support, their child is more [...]
Ten Arizona graduating high school seniors receive the Baird Foundation scholarships to the University of Arizona Honors Collegeeach year. Each Arizona high school can nominate one student per year. Students who are selected as Baird Scholars and accept their nominations receive a $10,000 scholarship that is renewable for four years. Baird Scholars must take 24 [...]
Doniel Giangobbe along with students, parents and teachers at Foothills Elementary in the Peoria District planted a garden this fall to grow fruit and vegetables. The garden uses planters and paving stones to create an inviting space for reading and outdoor classes. All fruits and vegetables harvested from the garden will be consumed on campus. [...]
Paradise Valley Community College opened a new Health Sciences building last week where staff will teach nursing, paramedic and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) students. To celebrate the opening, the college set up a mock trauma drill simulating a car-pedestrian accident. Theater, communications, nursing and EMT students collaborated to create the tableau, along with Phoenix Fire [...]
Despite bad press the Boy Scouts have received lately, plenty of kids benefit from the many positive aspects of scouting. Connor McGettigan of Gilbert Boy Scout Troop 522, a Gilbert Classical Academy sophomore, has been in scouting for seven years and recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout, Gilbert Classical’s first. In addition to earning at [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote about students bringing their own technology devices to school to use with the teacher’s direction during classroom activities. The article featured a high school senior writing class and an eighth-grade science class. Carol Rae Ranch Elementary School is one of the Gilbert Public Schools piloting that district’s Bring Your [...]
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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