Just after the school day finishes Monday afternoon, some 30 Prescott High students gather behind the Ruth Street Theater stage adorned in costumes suited to Charles Dickens’ famous tale, “A Christmas Carol,” a holiday classic.
On Monday, Yavapai County Superintendent Tim Carter announced that he has filled a vacancy on the Prescott Unified School District Governing Board with the highest vote-getter for the four-year seat.
If you’re feeling listless, sneezing, coughing, even nauseous, you’re not alone — but good luck getting an appointment for a diagnosis or treatment, as doctors’ offices and urgent care facilities are booked solid.
In her home office, Prescott Unified School District Board President Deb Dillon has a framed calligraphy piece given to her by a friend that reads, “It’s ALL About the Kids.”
If you think the friendly football wager between friendly rivals, Prescott Unified School District Superintendent Joe Howard and Humboldt Unified School District Superintendent John Pothast, was forgotten, well, you’d be mistaken.
A top hospitality executive for the company that operates what was formerly the Prescott Resort and Conference Center is the appointed candidate to fill a vacancy on the Yavapai College Governing Board, Yavapai County Superintendent Tim Carter announced on Wednesday.
Humboldt Unified School District’s 10 campuses will be getting some much-needed tender loving care this year, a big chunk thanks to state and federal dollars that enable the district to afford such projects.
Pete Swope in Prescott Valley is a hobby woodcrafter who thanks to a neighbor some years ago found a way to use his talents to give back to others - making toys for children for whom such a gift would elicit a smile when they most need one.
From her spiritual perspective, The Rev. Patty Willis at Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Prescott finds violence of any kind to be an affront to all people.
Prescott Unified School District’s Business Department has earned serious bragging rights this year for a two-part external audit that was near perfect, a score enviable by most any financial institution.
In their off-hours over the past couple years, the 80 people who work for the Yavapai County Community Health Services may have wanted to remain incognito.
Two decades ago, Jason Burns was a carefree Yavapai College baseball player who liked to party with friends, never imagining how amid the fog of alcohol he might make a decision that would put him within a whisper of death and forever change the trajectory of his life.
The Humboldt Unified School District Governing Board honored three members of the Lake Valley Elementary School community on Tuesday, Nov. 15 as the November VIPS.
Humboldt Unified School District’s personalized learning initiative, touted by district leaders as innovative instruction that is key to unlocking the academic prowess for all students, is making progress as teachers are no longer “invited” to try new things but “expected” to do so in their classrooms.
With a counter full of fresh-baked and other treats — pumpkin muffins, no-bake pastry crisps and other tasty treats — the Glassford Hill Middle School faculty, staff, students, civic leaders and construction trades folks celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week for their brand new culinary arts lab.
The Prescott Unified School District this week hired a longtime special education teacher, trainer, director and university professor from Ohio as the district’s new director of exceptional student services.
Lake Valley Elementary Principal Aimee Fleming was feted with love on a night when her intention was to shower love on the school “family” she said owns her heart after seven years as its leader.
Chino Valley Unified School District’s Governing Board unanimously favors building some affordable housing for teachers on land it owns behind Del Rio Elementary School as a potential recruitment tool.
To accommodate for the election, the Humboldt Unified School District Governing Board moved its regular meeting this month to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 in the Vista Training Room.
After days of awaiting final election with its numerical twists and turns this week, the two-year seat for the Prescott Unified School District appears to be a solid victory for a retired educator, special- needs counselor and one-time law-enforcement dispatcher eager to accept her new role.
Under a slate blue sky, hundreds of jacket-clad Prescott area individuals, couples and families cheered this nation and community’s veterans, especially those who waited decades for parades and gratitude.
As a hospice chaplain and veteran advocate, Kermit Hunt is always seeking to find ways to pay tribute to these men and women, offering solace to them and their families with ceremonies honoring their military service as they approach the close of their life journey.
The dynamics of the state and local election process with votes still being tallied into the early hours Wednesday, and likely continuing throughout the week, changed the course of one local Governing Board race and prompted an incumbent in another to congratulate two new board candidates.
In the most contested, and contentious, Governing Board race in recent Prescott history, the voters appear to have opted to support the pro-district team of candidates for both the two, four-year seats and the two-year seat that included an incumbent and a first-time Republican conservative candidate.
In another twist connected to candidate concerns about behind-the-scenes politicking in the Prescott Unified School District Governing Board race, one of the three self-avowed conservatives seeking a first-time, four-year seat on the Prescott Unified School District Governing Board on Friday resigned his Republican Party precinct committeeman post.
A Vietnam combat veteran, Prescott Mayor Phil Goode didn’t get a parade when he returned home from war. Instead, he was met with anti-war protesters hurling insults and forcing him to hide in plain sight.
Inside a second-floor office at Yavapai College in the cafeteria building on the Prescott campus, a seasoned Prescott High School academic advisor is engaged in a lively conversation with a senior excited about her prospects for a nursing career thanks to her chance to earn early, free, college credits.
Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk confirmed on Thursday that her office received a complaint that the Yavapai County Republican Committee violated campaign finance law by donating to nonpartisan Governing Board races across the county, including candidates in the quad-city area.
Two Prescott Unified School District Governing Board Republican affiliated candidates are apparent targets of election malfeasance.
The Prescott Unified School District had a full house for its regular Governing Board meeting on Tuesday night, Nov. 1, as district leaders and teachers presented a proposed new K-12 social studies curriculum and shared the plan to implement standards-based grading at the elementary school levels.
After a two-year hiatus, the state of Arizona’s Board of Education released its letter grade scores for public schools on Tuesday.
At a time of unprecedented national scrutiny of public education, area school districts are witnessing not only more candidates for nonpartisan school board races than have campaigned in decades, but staggering amounts of campaign contributions and expenses for the coming Nov. 8 election.
No one in education circles will dispute that the most influence any district Governing Board in Arizona is given by law is the selection of who will be the district’s top education leader, its superintendent.
The Prescott Unified School District will begin talks about a superintendent succession plan for almost eight-year Superintendent Joe Howard at its planned work/study session at the district office on East Gurley Street on Friday, Oct. 28 beginning at 8 a.m.
In a political season that has seen a divide between public education advocates and those demanding changes to reflect the will of parents and community conservatives, the Humboldt Unified School District’s five-member Governing Board did a self-evaluation focused on how to be a voice for all.
Eager to show their grooming prowess, a dozen Granville Elementary students were treated to the chance on Tuesday morning to try their hand at brushing and petting three miniature horses costumed for Halloween.
Local education leaders suggest the “doom and gloom” statistics related to ACT scores for this past year, deemed the lowest national scores in three decades, do not reflect the big picture of student preparedness for college.
Nothing like the sweet, tangy taste of a fresh cut beefsteak tomato to remind one of summer gardens, outdoor picnics or the perfect topping to family taco night.
With fall leaves swirling on the ground, and temperatures still relatively comfortable, it might be hard to think that just after Halloween temperatures are likely to drop to levels beyond uncomfortable for those living without shelter.
The local version of “Friday Night Lights” will rev up tonight, Friday, Oct. 21, on the gridiron at Bradshaw Mountain High School with the annual regular season rivalry between the Prescott High School Badgers and Bradshaw Mountain High School Bears’ teams.
Crafting a school district calendar to please faculty, staff, students and parents can be quite the exercise, but Humboldt Unified School District leaders are excited that this year they think they’ve got a winner.
In the winter semester last year, then-Bradshaw Mountain High economics teacher Michael Tannehill was caught off guard when one of his seniors raised her hand and bluntly asked, “Why does Arizona hate me?”
A 5-year-old Prescott boy with a “spitfire” personality, now undergoing a six-month, intensive treatment protocol after a May diagnosis with acute myeloid leukemia, is the inspiration for a local fitness and teen center to host a before Halloween blood drive.
For the second year in a row, school district leaders across Arizona are left to wonder whether or not state lawmakers will suspend the existing aggregate spending limit on school budgets so districts don’t lose millions needed to operate the schools that educate their community’s children.
In his two decades as Yavapai County’s unopposed elected prosecutor, and throughout a prestigious law career spanning a total of four decades, Charles Roland “Chick” Hastings enjoyed a reputation as an unflappable man of integrity and deep love of the legal profession, said those who knew him best.
Every two years, the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission asks schools across the state to survey willing eighth, tenth and 12th grade students on a comprehensive list of issues that range from whether they smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol to whether they text and talk on a cellphone while driving.
With the backing of a $3 million grant, Yavapai County School Superintendent Tim Carter is confident some area school districts are going to be able to offer a key teacher recruiting and retention tool: affordable workforce housing either on their campuses or elsewhere in their communities.
The Chino Valley Unified School District Governing Board hosted a presentation on school security at its Wednesday, Oct. 5 meeting in Paulden, a topic members intend to delve into more after the election to include conversation about reinforcing existing measures beyond what exists today.
By April 30, the Prescott Unified School District will have invested $15 million of a community-supported bond into extensive technology upgrades, a new fleet of school buses, districtwide energy upgrades, construction of new athletic facilities and a renovated Washington School into a district office complex.
Math instruction and intervention are on the academic front burner at Mile High Middle School in Prescott, admitted Principal Andrew Binder.
