Tag: Williams Unified School District
Education Spotlight — 2024 Teacher of the Year nomination deadline is Sept. 24. See more local, state and national education news here
Superintendent of Schools Cheryl Mango-Paget invites you to nominate a teacher for Coconino County Teacher of the Year!
Deadline to nominate is September 29, 2023.
Nominate online at: https://coconino.az.gov/TOY
Education Spotlight — Page Unified School District Preschool Adds Elevate Pre-K. See more local, state and national education news here
Elevate Pre-K is designed, in part, to be a tool to help working families with young children return to the work force. One of the key components of the Elevate Pre-K program it that students are in school from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The program is also year-round. This differs from PUSD’s preschool, which runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday. PUSD’s preschool also closes during the summer months on the same schedule as the rest of the school district.
“This allows working parents with young children a chance to return to the work force, knowing that their child is in a safe, caring environment,” said Beth Giacalone, Program Director of Northern Arizona Programs.
Education Spotlight — The FUSD June/July 2023 newsletter is now available. First Day of School is Wednesday, Aug. 9. See more local, state and national education news here
The FUSD June/July 2023 newsletter is now available in PDF and digital Smore formats.
Back to school events to be held throughout Coconino County
COCONINO COUNTY — A number of school districts throughout the county are finalizing plans for their annual back to school events.
They include:
Education Spotlight — FUSD Summer Job Fair (on July 26). See more local, state and national education news here
Are you looking for a new and rewarding career in education? Join us for the Summer Job Fair from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, at Killip Elementary School.
This job fair will be focused on all of our open positions, including classified and certified.
Education Spotlight — (CCC) Honoring our Past by Focusing on our Future. See more local, state and national education news here
By Flagstaff Business News My family and I have been so warmly welcomed to our new home in Coconino County, and I have been busy in my new role as the sixth president of Coconino Community College. My priority upon assuming the post was to embark on a wide-ranging tour of the communities served by […]
Education Spotlight — NAU announces Summer Youth Camps. See more local, state and national education news here
Our camps educate and entertain children entering Kindergarten through eighth grade for 1-10 weeks in the summer. We provide a fun and friendly environment where your children can take part in safe, high-quality activities led by a well-trained and knowledgeable staff across the NAU campus. Our enthusiastic camp leaders create engaging and non-traditional program opportunities that are sure to enhance your children’s summer, and are all grade and age appropriate. Please visit our camps section for more details!
Education Spotlight — 2023 Coconino County Summer Camps. See more local, state and national education news here
The following is a listing of upcoming summer camps in Coconino County. Contact individual programs for more information on their 2023 summer camps. (Updated March 14, 2023)
If your organization would like to be added to this listing, please send an email to frank@coconinokids.org
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.
Education Spotlight — Nomination Deadline is Sept. 15 for Coconino County Teacher of the Year Awards. See more local, state and national education news here
The Superintendent of Schools is requesting nominations for the 10th Annual Teacher of the Year, Fifth Annual Rookie Teacher of the Year, and Second Annual Lifetime Achievement Award. The deadline to nominate a worthy teacher is Sept. 15, 2022.
The awards are a distinguished countywide event created to celebrate, honor, and recognize full-time teachers from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. Nominating a teacher recognizes them for their hard-work and efforts throughout the academic year.
Nominations are required for consideration for all three award categories. If nominated, teachers submit a detailed essay application with letters of support. A panel of five judges will score the applications using a rubric and discussion to determine the top six candidates in each category. The top six candidates will then be interviewed. Judges will score the interviews with another rubric to determine the three finalists in each category.
To nominate a candidate for any of the three awards, please submit a completed Coconino County Nomination Form. Forms are available at the County Superintendent of Schools’ website by visiting https://coconino.az.gov/1863/Celebrate
