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Summer camps in 2026 | Features | tucsonlocalmedia. com
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (190+ words) Gaslight Music Hall Kids Camp 13005 N. Oracle Road, Heart & Soul Kids Activity Center 8363 N. Oracle Road, 1880 E. Tangerine Road, Suite 150, Oro Valley Parks & Recreation " Summer Youth Camps 11000 N. La Ca'ada Drive, Children's Museum Oro Valley 2291 W. Dante Way, Marana Parks & Recreation Summer Day Camp 13250 N. Lon…...
Power of presence" topic for women in leadership May 28
3+ week, 5+ day ago (222+ words) Nationally recognized speaker Jenna "JQ" Quaranta talks about "the power of presence" at the Oro Valley Chamber's next Women in Leadership breakfast Thursday, May 28. Registration is open at orovalleychamber. com for the event, which is set from 8: 30 to 10: 30 a. m. at the…...
Teen builds Arizona bilingual school finder
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (986+ words) 16-year-old Emilio Saenz saw a need in his community and spent months building Naveganteaz. com, an online directory of dual language programs across the state. (Submitted) When his friend Andrea moved to Arizona from Mexico last year, she struggled to…...
Amphitheater Public Schools earns Arizona's "Copper Apple' award
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (220+ words) Amphitheater Public Schools have received the "Copper Apple" award from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne. The award recognizes Amphi's "excellence in progress," specifically in the area of gifted education, according to a release. Vanessa Hill, coordinator of Amphi's…...
5 Catalina Foothills High School seniors named University of Arizona President's Saguaro Scholars
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (259+ words) Five seniors from Catalina Foothills High School have been named recipients of the University of Arizona's inaugural President's Saguaro Scholars Award. The five honorees " Inara Smith, Felisberto Pondeca, Sophia Toapha, Connor Doty and Ava Glasner " are all members of the…...
Celebrate Marana Unified School District's 100th anniversary
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (211+ words) The Marana Unified School District will celebrate 100 years of Marana Schools with two events, the first is for Marana families and takes place from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Saturday, April 25 at Marana High School, 12000 W. Emigh Road. The event will celebrate the past, present,…...
2 University of Arizona professors named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (972+ words) Elaine Romero, a professor in the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film and Television, was named one of the 223 artists and scholars named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows, awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. (Chris Richards/University of Arizona) A…...
5 Northwest schools are "A+ Schools of Excellence
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (217+ words) Schools in the Marana Unified, Flowing Wells and Amphitheater Public Schools districts have earned the four-year A+ School of Excellence Award from the Arizona Educational Foundation. This year's A+ School of Excellence recipients in northwest Tucson are Copper Creek, Harelson…...
Amphitheater Public Schools marking legacies of 4 schools soon to close
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (283+ words) Amphitheater Public Schools is hosting four celebrations at elementary schools that are being closed at the end of this school year. The district is inviting students, families, staff, alumni and community members "to join in celebrating the legacy and learning…...
Community is this teacher's secret to learning
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (597+ words) We wish we could have been in Mr. Scott's fifth grade classroom. He doesn't have just students. He has a community, something he strives to build with the fifth-grade children he teaches. "It's almost like a family," he said. Then…...