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 [...]
Sunrise Mountain High School’s National Honor Society staged the 11th annual An Evening in Paris “Senior” Prom for residents of The Forum at Desert Harbor retirement community in Peoria. With an Eiffel Tower triptych and strings of twinkling lights, the high school juniors and seniors danced with Desert Harbor residents to the sounds of the [...]
Teachers can’t always repeat lessons or reteach concepts. In classroom of students with a limited amount of time before the next class period, not everyone will get their questions answered. Some students want to move through the curriculum more quickly than the rest of the class. Scottsdale company Adaptive Curriculum, a provider of interactive online [...]
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. [...]
Introduce your child to the science of robots with this week’s craft (Dec. 4-9) at The Children’s Museum of Phoenix. Art Studio Manager John Bomhoff shares instructions. Ages: preschool (with assistance) and above. Materials: 6” X 9” piece of colored construction paper Aluminum foil Gift wrap and construction paper scraps Foam shapes Markers Scissors Glue [...]
Want to help with your kids’ education? Let them see you being a student while you demonstrate a positive attitude toward learning and test-taking and problem-solving skills. Arizona students must pass the AIMS test in reading, writing and math to get a diploma. The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has sample AIMS* practice tests on [...]
Where does our water come from and how much do we use? Worldwide Project WET teaches children how to answer both of those questions. According to The Nature Conservancy, 77 percent of Americans don’t know where their water comes from. Arizona Project WET came to Peter Bartenen’s seventh-grade classroom at Orangedale Junior High in the [...]
The facts: 1.Autism is a neural development disorder. 2.Autism is genetically based. 3.There is no cure for autism. A recent study in the Journal “Pediatrics” suggests that 1 in 100 children have some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Thatʼs about 1% of children. It sounds scary. But letʼs pretend weʼre Nancy Drew or Encyclopedia Brown [...]
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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