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May 22 Grade 4, 5 and 6 Band Concert
May 26 Memorial Day Holiday
May 28 High School Graduation
Jun 3 Governing Board Meeting
Jun 17 Governing Board Meeting
Aug 11 School Starts

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DR. MICHAEL HELMINSKI NOMINATED!

Our own Dr. H, based on the nomination by the Superintendent and survey feedback from staff and parents, is a finalist for the Circle of Honor award!

While the Circle of Honor recognizes the top 1% of Arizona principals, it is more than recognition; it is an induction to an institute of leaders who will commit to sharing their expertise and mentoring to improve school leadership in Arizona.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
~John F. Kennedy

 

Scottsdale Republic Features SUSD Teachers

Do you know an outstanding teacher in the Scottsdale Unified School District? Would you like that teacher to be recognized in the newspaper? The Scottsdale Republic is running a weekly feature highlighting a different SUSD teacher each week. To nominate a teacher for this feature, simply fill out the online Teacher Nomination Form.

*Please note that a high resolution digital photo must be submitted to be considered for publication.

Take Your Child to Work – After School is Out

Scottsdale Unified School District and other schools across the Valley encourage parents to take their children to the workplace for a learning experience – after school is out for the summer. Districts around the Valley are recommending June 19 as a preferred date for Take Your Child to Work Day.

The national date, April 24, comes at a particularly difficult time for students who are working hard to complete their school work for the year. Taking children to work after the school year ends allows them to learn from their visit to the workplace without missing a single precious day of school.

SUSD Offers Summer Programs

As summer quickly approaches, many parents are beginning to research quality summer programs for their children. Scottsdale Unified School District is offering a variety of summer camps, enrichment programs and academic summer school classes to meet your child's interests and needs.

  • Academic/Enrichment Camps
    • Elementary School Summer Camps
      • Cheyenne Camp Gold Academic Summer Camp
      • Desert Canyon Elementary Camp Cub
    • Middle School Summer Camp
      • Cocopah Summer Academic Camp
    • Scottsdale Spanish Academy Summer Camps (Spanish-based programming)
      • Aztec Elementary Camp
      • Pueblo Elementary Camp
      • Pueblo - Spanish Immersion Jump Start Program
  • Fine Arts Camps Band Camp
    • Dance Camp
    • Strings/Choral Camp
  • High School Athletic Camps at Arcadia, Chaparral, Coronado, Desert Mountain and Saguaro high schools
  • Academic Summer School at Coronado and Desert Mountain high schools
    • Session I- June 10th- June 25th
    •  Session II- July 7th- July 22nd
    All camp brochures are available on the Community Schools Web page at: www.susd.org/district/communityschools/index.cfm.

For more information, please contact the Community Schools Department at 480-484-8614.
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EVERY YEAR KIVA STUDENTS CELEBRATE READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK!


Lin Sue Cooney Visits Kiva

Kiva Elementary School had a special visitor for Jumpstart’s Read for the Record on Thursday. Lin Sue Cooney, Channel 12 news anchor, read The Story of Ferdinand to students.

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a national campaign to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read the same book, The Story of Ferdinand, on the same day - September 20th.

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts donated copies of The Story of Ferdinand to local preschool organizations and libraries across the U.S., and also hosted reading events on Thursday, September 20. To encourage online participation among adults and children worldwide, Hyatt and the book’s publisher, Penguin Young Readers Group, created an interactive online version of The Story of Ferdinand available in both English and Spanish. The digital version was created by Pearson’s Family Education network and is available on its site for the month of September, as well as at www.readfortherecord.org and www.Hyatt.com.

Jumpstart is a national nonprofit organization that engages preschool children from low-income communities in an intensive early education program. Jumpstart trains adult mentors, primarily college students, to work in yearlong, one-to-one relationships with at-risk children to improve their language, literacy, and social skills.


START SMART Walk 2007

Paradise Valley Mayor Winkler and city officials including city council members, fire and police visited Kiva in support of the START SMART Walk reminding parents that school starts on Monday, August 13th.

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The cougar is also known as Puma, Panther, Mountain Lion, Catamount, and many other names. Males can be 6 ft. long excluding the tail and weigh up to 200 pounds.

 


The largest of the North American cats, the cougar, or puma, may travel through winter ranges of 49 square miles and summer ranges of up to 113 square miles. Habitat destruction and hunting for the fur trade threaten the cougar.

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