Tag: Fredonia High School
Education Spotlight — How NAU is tackling the teacher shortage in Indigenous communities. See more local, state and national education news here
In an effort to increase the number of qualified teachers statewide and help Indigenous educators remain in their communities, NAU started Preparing Indigenous Teachers for Arizona Schools—a program that offers a pathway to a bachelor’s or master’s degree to educators who are already in the classroom but are not certified teachers.
The program, which recently won a grant from the Office of the Governor, is already seeing success—the first cohort of participants, which graduates in a year, are making connections, getting leadership and teaching experience among Indigenous students and putting to use the culturally responsive content they’re learning.
Education Spotlight — Fredonia High School legend of 30 years retires. See more local, state and national education news here
Ray Bowler started teaching at Fredonia High School back in 1993, and has been an influence in students’ lives ever since! Bowler was influenced by his own teachers to pursue his career in teaching and taught for 30 years at Fredonia High School. He must have liked it because he only taught in Fredonia and nowhere else!
Education Spotlight — ‘Something you can use in the real world:’ Tuba City high school students learn to code with NAU graduate students. See more local, state and national education news here
Maliya Peyketewa, a freshman at Greyhills Academy High School in Tuba City wants to become an app and web developer when she gets older. And a virtual after-school coding course offered to STEM students at her school is helping her learn one of the computer languages she can use to get there.
“I get to intertwine my computer information science class and my knowledge from coding class to make my own website,” Peyketewa said. Building the website is an assignment in her computer science course, and she said she was able to add more pictures to the site because she can code. “You get to build on it and express yourself that way.”
The virtual coding class, which is entering its third year at Greyhills on the Navajo Nation, is offered after school once a week for 16 weeks each spring and fall. It was started by Ph.D. students Ayla Martinez and Jeff Propster in the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (Ecoss), who wanted to help students build professional development skills in a safe way during the COVID-19 pandemic. Martinez and Propster, who led community engagement work as part of the NAU McAllister program in Community, Culture, and Environment, worked with Greyhills STEM instructor Reny Mathew to offer via Zoom a course in R, a coding language commonly used in biology and ecology. Subsequently, Ecoss Ph.D. candidate Peter Chuckran offered introductory and intermediate courses in Python, a language with wide-ranging professional applications.
Local Education Spotlight: FUSD High Schools to hold graduation procession on May 29. View videos of other high school ceremonies in Coconino County. See more local education news
Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) high schools, Coconino High School, Flagstaff High School, and Summit High School, will hold graduation processions on Fourth Street in Flagstaff, Arizona on Friday, May 29, 2020. The event will include an opportunity for graduates to be recognized while still ensuring necessary social distancing measures.
(Graduation ceremonies were also held at Fredonia, Grand Canyon, Tuba City, Page and Williams high schools. View videos below)
College and Career Readiness Day April 2 – No school for CHS and FHS Seniors. See more local education news here
Coconino High School and Flagstaff High School have designated Tuesday, April 2nd as College and Career Readiness Day for students in grades 9, 10, and 11. Each school will be administering the Aspire exam to freshman, the Pre-ACT to sophomores, and the ACT to juniors. These exams give students a predictable measure of their academic strengths and weaknesses whether they intend to go to college or enter the work place after high school.
2018 Fredonia Drill and Cheer Review
Fredonia High School cheerleaders and drill team members “lit up the night” at their Drill and Cheer Review on March 2.
The performers danced and cheered their way through the evening, showcasing the talents and routines they perfected over the school year.
Fredonia High School rodeo athletes
Fredonia High School rodeo athletes Sadee Mackelprang and Kelli Johnson practice hard and study harder. Like other high school athletes, they strive to find the perfect balance between school and sports.
Fredonia Homecoming
Homecoming week for Fredonia was filled with lots of fun activities this year. Tuesday was sci-fi day, and that night we had a community movie night and watched “Remember the Titans” in the gym. Wednesday was twin day and peach fuzz volleyball. Thursday was Blue and White Day. The parade was Thursday evening, followed by an Indian Taco Dinner. That night there was the bon-fire out at red hills.
(Fredonia High School’s) Mariah Mudrow wins state competition
Mariah Mudrow placed first in Children’s Literature at the Arizona Educator’s Rising state competition with a perfect score.
Although one of the smallest schools at state, Fredonia High School continues to show off their Early Childhood Education students by once again qualifying for national competition.
Jeanne Crookston, Early Childhood Education instructor, not only prepares students for competition, but offers her students six credits a year of dual enrolled credit with Coconino Community College.
Workforce Employability Seminar at Fredonia High School
The students at Fredonia High School had the opportunity to meet with leaders of the Fredonia, Kanab, Cedar City and St. George communities. On March 16, a Workforce Employability Seminar was held at Fredonia High School. Presenters from around the area came to talk to the students about workforce topics like goal setting, team building, personal finance, test taking strategies and communication.
Eighth Grader Sarah Duffield said, “I really enjoyed the session talking about resume writing and job interview skills that was presented by The Skin Institute. Mary Ronnow told us when you are in an interview you need to look through the employer’s eyes and let them know what you can do for them.”
