Advanced Placement programs at Marana and Tanque Verde high schools are being honored by The College Board.
The districts鈥 programs were recognized in the board鈥檚 annual AP District Honor Roll for their commitment to increasing under-represented students鈥 access to AP classes, according to a press release.
AP classes offer students an opportunity to pursue academically rigorous, college-level studies while in high school. Students can earn college credit if they pass end-of-the-year AP tests.
Marana and Tanque Verde were two of five 蜜柚直播 school districts honored this year.
Rotary club awards 7 local high schoolers
The 蜜柚直播 Kino Rotary Club has honored seven Southeastern 蜜柚直播 high school students with character awards.
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The awards recognize students who demonstrate they are role models and leaders at their schools. This year, the Rotary Club awarded Star Academic High鈥檚 Joscell Bailey, Desert View鈥檚 Chantal Bustamante, Sunnyside鈥檚 Alyssa Miranda, Baboquivari鈥檚 Johnathan Joaquin Bailey, Pueblo Magnet鈥檚 Rohan Ather, PPEP TEC鈥檚 Hanna Smith and Alta Vista鈥檚 Alan Manuel Loreto.
Each student received a $50 gift card. The Rotary Club will also donate $25 to every awardee鈥檚 charity of choice.
TUSD educator named 鈥業lluminator of the Year鈥
Illuminate Education has named Daniel S谩nchez, TUSD鈥檚 instructional data coordinator, as an 鈥淚lluminator of the Year.鈥
S谩nchez scored the honor for his work on SchoolCity, 蜜柚直播 Unified鈥檚 鈥渙ne-stop-shop鈥 system for data, assessment and instruction, according to a press release. He has also led the effort alongside TUSD鈥檚 language-acquisition department to translate assessments for English-language learning students.
鈥淚鈥檓 humbled by this recognition,鈥 S谩nchez said in a press release. 鈥淓mpowering our younger learners with their data is a crucial next step in educationally serving them.鈥
2 Tortolita teachers win $5,000 grants from Fiesta Bowl program
Tortolita Middle School teachers Adam Scafede and Flor Preciado have been awarded $5,000 each through the Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers program.
Scafede, a seventh- and eighth-grade teacher, said he will use the money to teach his students engineering design through underwater ROVs, or remote-controlled robotic systems.
Preciado, a Spanish teacher, will use her grant to purchase art supplies for student projects and an interactive projector.
The Tortolita teachers competed against more than 4,100 educators from over 115 cities across 蜜柚直播 for the grants.
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