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Drama kids wrap up year with musical

Fourth- and fifth-grade drama students at Kyrene del Sureño Elementary School have been learning the in-and-outs of theater as they prepare for this year’s performance, A Year with Frog and Toad. The performance,...

Future chefs learn how to eat healthier, increase well-being

Valentine’s Day was especially sweet for 16 elementary school students who were picked to participate in the Kyrene district-wide finals of Future Chefs: Healthy Snack Challenge, a cooking competition designed to teach...

Never too early to launch budding scientists

This year, Kyrene Middle School is on the forefront of technology-assisted learning with a soon-to-be implemented learning center, a model of what other Kyrene schools could ultimately follow. Lori Walk, the Kyrene...

They’re back: Bees move in for seasonal buzz

In the last month, local residents saw a sudden increase in swarming bee activity, most likely due to increased temperatures after the recent onset of cold weather that hit Arizona, Arizona Pest...

Dirty hands no obstacle to kids’ hunger project

For the first time, Kyrene Middle School students got their hands dirty while creating ceramic bowls in art class to be donated to this year’s Empty Bowls event. Empty Bowls is a volunteer...

Volunteers sprouting a neighborhood garden

South Tempe is sprouting a community garden, with the help of volunteering residents and a group of gardeners working to fund equipment for the beginning process. Soon, people can start planting seeds, and...

More students now eligible to give graduation speeches

For the first time this year, Corona del Sol graduation will include two student speakers who may or may not be valedictorian and salutatorian. Changes to previous years’ graduation tradition will be implemented...

Early experiences smile on young man’s orthodontics future

Chris Woolaver knew he wanted to be an orthodontist even before he became a teenager. Born with a cleft palette, he got his first orthodontic appliance when he was just three months...

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