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Willow Canyon High School senior Lauren Nolin was chosen to be a part of the University of Arizona KEYS Research Internship program. KEYS is an opportunity for 52 Arizona high school students with interest in bioscience, engineering, environmental health, data science and biostatistics.
Willow Canyon senior earns KEYS to program
Lauren Nolin, a senior from Willow Canyon High School, was chosen to be a part of the University of Arizona KEYS Research Internship program. The KEYS program is a unique summer opportunity where … more
The Dysart Unified School District main offices.
COVID update part of next Dysart governing board meeting
The Dysart Unified School District Governing Board will hear an update on the district's COVID-19 mitigation plan at its next meeting. more
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Joseph Martinez was approved by the Dysart Unified School District governing board as the new vice principal at Valley Vista High School.
Dysart board OKs new Valley Vista assistant principal
A new administrator is headed to Valley Vista High School next fall. more
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Progress continues on the construction of a new Performing Arts Center at Paradise Honors High School, 12775 N. 175th Ave.
Panthers building a place for plays
Progress continues on the construction of a new Performing Arts Center at Paradise Honors High School, 12775 N. 175th Ave. The building will include a stage, audience area, a ladder for the … more
The Dysart Unified School District front office in Surprise.
Dysart district data shows learning loss during pandemic
Understanding the context of academics can be more telling than a benchmark. more
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Submissions will be accepted online and by direct mail April 1-May 29 for fifth graders to participate statewide in an essay writing contest themed, “What is your dream job and how do you plan on achieving it in the future?”
5th-grade essay contest offers college savings
For more than 20 years, AZ529, Arizona’s Education Savings Plan, has helped families accumulate more than $1.9 billion in tax-deferred education savings. more
Legacy Traditional Schools recently opened its West Surprise campus, the charter school district’s second in the city, at 17300 W. Cactus Road.
Legacy Traditional Schools offer on-campus summer camps
Registration has begun for Legacy Summer Camp at each Legacy Traditional School campus. more
The Student Leadership Council Mask Up Campaign encourages students at the four Dysart Unified School District high schools to continue to wear a mask. Teacher Lisa Parachini, left, and Dysart Leadership Council members, from left, Aubrey Sims, Alyssa Ciacco and Luis Payan, and district CTE director Jim Grieshaber. They stand after completing a COVID-19 relief and canned food drive in February and March, that was donated to Valley View Food Bank in El Mirage.
Students in Surprise lead mask up campaign
Several students in the Dysart Unified School District are working to give back to each other and the community. more
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Jason Hayes, a 2020 Willow Canyon High School graduate and baseball player looks at a pitch during a March 3, 2020 game against Shadow Ridge. Hayes was a fall 2020 dean's list student and plays baseball at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
College students from Surprise earn academic honors
Mark Hudson of Surprise graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Main campus in Davenport, Iowa on Feb. 26. more
Then-Shadow Ridge High School students line up to turn in tickets during the school’s 2015 prom. After the initial wave of COVID-19 hit in 2020, proms district wide were canceled. This spring, all four high schools in the Dysart Unified School District will have proms on campus.
Proms still on at Surprise high schools as virus lessens
All four of Surprise’s largest high schools are making final plans for proms in the next month, as signs of normalcy creep into social events for the first time in more of a year. more
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Phoenix Vice Mayor Betty Guardado and West-MEC Superintendent Greg Donovan smile after West-MEC was given the West Valley Regional Advancement Award Oct. 22. Guardado nominated the career technical education district, which has a campus in Surprise.
West-MEC begins podcast from 'Generation Orange'
The Western Maricopa Education Center communications team recently announced its new district-centric podcast, “Generation Orange.” West-MEC is a public career technical education … more
Ashton Ranch Elementary School social worker Melanie Caron-Vlasak holds up her 2021 Lifetime Achievement in School Social Work from the School Social Work Association of Arizona.
Ashton Ranch social worker earns lifetime achievement honor
Melanie Caron-Vlasak, a social worker at Ashton Ranch Elementary School, 14898 W. Acoma Drive, has been recognized with a 2021 Lifetime Achievement in School Social Work award by the School Social … more
Jessiah Nelson, junior at Willow Canyon High School operates a camera for DSB Live.
Dysart Unified gets tech upgrade with grant from Surprise
In just eight months, a Dysart Unified School District Career and Technical Education program covered 100 events, with more on the way. more
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Dysart Unified School District’s community education program offers several services to community students.
Dysart students helped outside of class
There is a real need for programs within a school district that benefit students before and after the bell rings. For those residents in the Dysart Unified School District opportunities through the … more
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Dysart High School seniors Robert Blanco, Jennifer Olague Carranza and Jesus Izaguirre are members of the school’s Advancement Via Individual Determination club. Their AVID cohort was challenged to garner $4.5 million in scholarships this year and so far has garnered $6.2 million.
A millionaire’s club at Dysart High
Robert Blanco, Jennifer Olague Carranza and Jesus Izaguirre from the Dysart High School Class of 2021 were recently named members of the Million Dollar Club for earning scholarships through the … more
Jean Vogel from Asante Preparatory Academy, 23251 N 166th Dr., received the National Board Certification.
Dysart district teachers earn national recognition
Achieving the highest certificate as an educator is no easy feat. But three Dysart Unified School District teachers just earned a major accolade. more
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Ofelia Reyna
Elks choose top Dysart High student for March
The Sun City Elks Lodge chose Ofelia Reyna as its March student of the month at Dysart High School in El Mirage. Reyna is a member of the National Society of High School Scholars, Health … more
Christina Ubochi, a seventh-grader at Canyon Ridge School, won first place in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) 2020-2021 American History Essay Contest.
Canyon Ridge student wins DAR contest
Christina Ubochi, a seventh-grade student at Canyon Ridge School, won first place in the Sun City’s National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Agua Fria Chapter 2020-2021 American … more
Legacy Traditional School–West Surprise placed first in the “McTeacher’s Night Challenge” and received an additional $500 donation for a total of $975.
Surprise McTeacher’s Challenge nets $4,325
Surprise’s Litchfield and Waddell McDonald’s restaurant raised more than $4,325 for local schools during its annual McTeacher’s Night Challenge in February. more
Nominations open for Arizona Teacher of the Year
The Arizona Educational Foundation’s AEF Teacher of the Year program, the only statewide teacher recognition program that spotlights Arizona’s public school teachers, is accepting nominations. more
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