Sister Joan Fitzgerald arrived in Phoenix in 1962, ready for the assignment from her order, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or BVMs. She was to be a Spanish teacher at what was then Xavier High School. She never left. Fifty years later, now principal of Xavier College Preparatory, Sr. Joan talks [...]
I’ve read articles and listened to radio broadcasts about how boys are doing less well in school than girls, graduate from college less than girls and overall seem to be falling behind academically. Daryl Capuano, author of Motivate Your Son (Student Mastery Publishing, 2012), has read the same articles and seen the statistics. He works [...]
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 “A” in SAT stands for achievement. Maybe that’s why the SATs strike fear into the hearts of many a student. Everything they’ve supposedly achieved in school up to that point is revealed in one test they take on one Saturday morning. Most tests simply reveal the test taker’s ability to take tests, because most [...]
Being a school principal means being responsible for all the students and teachers at a school, and being responsible to the parents and of course the district brass. Everyone has an opinion about education, because everyone has gone to school, yet most people would never consider being a principal. It is a monumental job. Some [...]
Chaparral girls lacrosse coach Jessica Livingston is featured in this month’s issue of Lacrosse Magazine as one of the “10 people changing youth lacrosse now.” The magazine cites Livingston for creating AZ Girls Lacrosse, a K-9 instructional league she started with only five girls in 2004 and has since taught lacrosse to about 1,000 girls in [...]
When you run a small media company like ours, maintaining a steady stream of capable interns is the difference between muddling through and really moving forward. When you can confidently offload some of the routine tasks involved in creating and editing content for publication (for print and web), you finally find time to tackle the [...]
Stage Mom Lynn Trimble recounts an afternoon spent judging talent show auditions at the elementary school her husband once attended.
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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