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 [...]
Fifty people from 26 different countries took the oath of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony at All Saints’ Episcopal Day School yesterday. The naturalization ceremony was presided over by U.S. Federal Judge David Duncan. For the students, it was an immersion lesson in civics. The new U.S. citizens were escorted in by students bearing flags [...]
It’s crunch week for dance students at Metropolitan Arts Institute in Phoenix, according to dance department director Nicole Olson, who notes that 70 students in grades 8-12 have been working since December on pieces they’ll perform during this Sunday’s Spring Dance Concert at the Herberger Theater Center. Metro Arts junior Gabrielle Battaglini recalls dancing on the Herberger Theater Center stage [...]
Photographs taken by 19 students charged with documenting their own lives are part of an exhibit headed to Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix thanks to seven professional photographers from an organization called Through Each Other’s Eyes, which seeks to help people from around the world understand and appreciate cultures different from their own. Freelance [...]
A bookworm named Belle, a prince transformed into a beast and an ensemble of enchanted objects took to the stage at McClintock High School in Tempe Thursday for opening night of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” being performed again at 7pm tonight and Saturday, Jan. 26. The family-friendly performance stars senior Mackenzie Abbott as Belle, [...]
Forty-one years ago, in 1972, Judy Pemberton started Arcadia Montessori in her home. She’s still running the school, currently located at 5115 E Virgina Ave. in Phoenix. Arcadia Montessori serves Valley families with children ages 18 months to through kindergarten. It offers music, yoga and Zumba instruction, along with flexible schedule for working parents. The [...]
The Cactus Shadows High School Jazz Ensemble will be well represented in the 2013 Arizona All State Jazz Ensemble. Of the 17 member ensemble, directed by Gary Wykoff, four Cactus Shadow musicians will be first-chair, meaning they will lead their sections. They are senior Rhys Kelso, trombone; senior Chris Light alto sax; junior Austin Boici, [...]
The 17th annual Math/Science Field Day at Scottsdale Community College is Thursday, Jan. 10. The event is free for registered high school students and teacher sponsors. There are student competitions, demonstrations and prizes relating to math and science. There will be booths highlighting the latest trends in forensics, computer science, robotics, biology, math and physics. [...]
The STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) class at Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona has developed a product designed to reduce the incidence of childhood drowning. The class, taught by Jess Horton, is divided into different task groups to engineer and build a shirt equipped with an air bladder that automatically inflates via CO2 cartridge if [...]
The Gilbert Rotary Club is in the process of distributing dictionaries to 2,700 third graders in Gilbert Public Schools. This is the dictionary project’s sixth year. These are not electronic dictionaries or apps for smart phones, but actual books the students are encouraged to write their names in and, it is hoped, use for years. [...]
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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