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Nanci Hutson
Reporter

928-445-3333 Extension: 2041

nhutson@prescottaz.com

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Prescott spelling phenom Aliyah Alpert emerges as 2024 Arizona Spelling Bee champ
The win poises her for second, and final, chance to win National Scripps Spelling Bee in May

For the second, and last time, Aliyah Alpert of Prescott will have a chance to wow viewers on a national stage with her penchant for spelling words most people would be clueless to find even armed with an electronic dictionary.

By Nanci Hutson March 18, 2024
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A once rebellious teenage girl in Colorado credits the adults in her life who were able to see beyond the adolescent tumult and push her to be someone better, a role model and leader for others.

By Nanci Hutson March 16, 2024
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Bradshaw Mountain Middle School earns rave reviews from HUSD Governing Board
In public participation, board encouraged to consider technology to inform parents of students’ library reading choices

Standing tall in a pair of tan spiked heels, Bradshaw Mountain Middle School Principal Samantha Opperman is always proud to highlight her “small, but mighty” school of star students, faculty and staff.

By Nanci Hutson March 14, 2024
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The Coalition for Compassion and Justice’s Paloma Village project in North Chino Valley back on track
Leader of Prescott-based agency hailed for her ‘social impact’ work

Coalition for Compassion and Justice Executive Director Allison Lenocker is psyched about manhole covers.

By Nanci Hutson March 14, 2024
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In observance of March as Women’s History Month, the Sharlot Hall Museum in downtown Prescott has plenty of exhibits and lectures for locals and tourists to visit and explore, including the Territorial Women’s Memorial Rose Garden.

By Nanci Hutson March 14, 2024
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Chino Valley Unified School District’s soon-to-be Superintendent Cindy Daniels recognizes that this coming year will require some numbers-crunching across-the-board to adjust to less federal grant money, limited staff increases and some decreased school enrollment.

By Nanci Hutson March 13, 2024
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HUSD arranges EPA samples to be taken on Humboldt Elementary site over spring break
School soil and water samples part of town Superfund Site surveillance

The Humboldt Elementary School in Dewey-Humboldt built on former Iron King Mine property is one of the Environmental Protection Agency targeted properties for soil and water samples this week.

By Nanci Hutson March 12, 2024
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PUSD Governing Board offered presentation on Beyond Textbooks online resource for instruction and intervention
Conn encourages district research potential use of UVC lighting in HVAC units for infection control

Prescott Unified School District leaders have invested in what they consider an educational secret weapon when it comes to offering teachers intervention strategies to improve proficiency goals for their students.

By Nanci Hutson March 12, 2024
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New HUSD middle school to be named Pronghorn Ridge
Campus will be current home of district administrative offices on North Robert Road

Drum roll! And the winner of the Humboldt Unified School District’s 2024-25 contest to name its new sixth-through-eighth-grade middle school is: Pronghorn Ridge.

By Nanci Hutson March 11, 2024
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With a focus on enhancing academic achievement, Humboldt Unified School District Governing Board members voted to approve the selection of several new assistant principals for the district’s elementary and middle schools, with the new elementary positions an effort to enable principals to engage more with instruction.

By Nanci Hutson March 9, 2024

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