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Kids find a unique way to aid cutting-edge recycling project

Kyrene de la Paloma Elementary School students donated a total of 3,138 pounds of recyclable textiles to Phoenix Fibers, a sister company of Chandler’s United Fibers and Bonded Logic, to be converted...

Math, literacy cuts pondered

Kyrene school board members continue to struggle with the district’s dwindling finances, most recently considering options that could narrow one dimension of math and literacy education. At a study session Feb. 28, the...

Schools continue budget talks

At a Kyrene School District governing board meeting Feb. 14, Jeremy Calles, business services specialist for the district, presented another two items being explored to balance the $5.2 million budget deficit for...

Feb. 6 deadline for Tempe Diablos teacher awards

Among students and teachers, the best of the best are due to receive a deserved round of applause—and some significant financial recognition—on Monday, March 26. That’s when the Tempe Diablos’ 23rd annual Excellence...

Cielo 1st-grade teacher among nine receiving national board certification

Longtime Kyrene del Cielo teacher Susan Bryant is one of nine Kyrene professionals this year to receive National Teacher Board Certification. “It took about year, although it can take up to three years...

Awareness Day opens a path to tolerance

In the small gym at Corona del Sol High School, 60 students gathered for one reason: to learn tolerance from one another. The occasion is known as Awareness Day, a bi-annual event organized...

At new class, success breeds success

As director of adult education for Tempe Union High School District, Vanda Salls understands that people sign up for the program for a variety of reasons. Some are unemployed, some under-employed. Some want...

All-day kindergarten to remain free

Kyrene schools will continue to offer free all-day kindergarten, provided that no budget changes will be made to programs affecting the middle schools, according to a decision voted by the Kyrene Governing...
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