Skills learned on the playing field can build more than just athletic prowess. They can lay a foundation for teamwork, for tenacity, for the ability to confront life's challenges head on.
And while...
At Sureño Elementary School, a select group of kids dig gardening, an interest they’re developing through their
studies of sustainability.
Photos by Billy Hardiman
Story & photo by Chelsea Martin
Edward Townley is appreciative of
plenty things—most importantly
his life. Townley suffered a
massive heart attack on Jan. 10, and
Chandler Regional Medical Center,
with the use of the world’s smallest
heart pump,...
Lost Our Home Pet Foundation, the Valley’s
only no-kill animal shelter dedicated to the
rescue of dogs and cats found in abandoned
and foreclosed homes, will hold grand opening
ceremonies for a new, larger facility at...
by Chelsea Martin
Research has found that studying
music facilitates learning other
subjects and enhances skills that
children inevitably exercise in different
areas.
Kyrene de las Brisas music
teacher Karen Monks is one who boldly
preaches by those dictums.
Monks, who...
More than 500 Kyrene kids are
busy preparing for a free, firstever,
district-wide Fine Arts
Showcase, coming to Desert
Vista High School on Friday,
April 4. Art and music students
from throughout the district will
show off their talents,...
The Valley music scene that served
as an incubator for the successful
careers of a number of singers,
songwriters, musicians and producers
in the 1950s and ‘60s is the topic of
the next Our Stories guest-speaker
presentation Saturday,...