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Phoenix, Ariz., February 20, 2025 – The Arizona Educational Foundation (AEF) announced 53 Arizona public schools have qualified for its prestigious A+ School of Excellence Award®. The A+ School of Excellence is the highest state-level recognition given to a public school.

Phoenix, Ariz., February 20, 2025 – The Arizona Educational Foundation (AEF) announced 53 Arizona public schools have qualified for its prestigious A+ School of Excellence Award®. The A+ School of Excellence is the highest state-level recognition given to a public school.

Phoenix, Ariz., February 20, 2025 – The Arizona Educational Foundation (AEF) announced 53 Arizona public schools have qualified for its prestigious A+ School of Excellence Award®. The A+ School of Excellence is the highest state-level recognition given to a public school.

In this edition of SUSD Showcase magazine, you'll read about SUSD's 2024-25 school-year theme, Elevate Excellence: Reaching New Heights Together, and how it is achieved by identifying our Wildly Important Goals, or WIGs.

You'll also learn more about our long legacy of success, from Pima Elementary School's celebration of 65 years, to Desert Mountain High School marking its 30th year, to Cherokee Elementary School's 50th anniversary. These milestones are a testament to our community's collective commitment. Parents share with us why they Choose SUSD, and we look at what it means for our early learners and kindergarteners to Grow with SUSD.

Have you checked out the new February edition of The Source?

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Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 3:30 – 6:00 p.m.

If you’re ready for a career where passion meets purpose, Scottsdale Unified School District is hiring. There are many full-time and part-time ways you can help support our students’ success. SUSD employees who work 30+ hours/week are eligible for flexible employee and family health benefit plans that include:

The Scottsdale Unified School District is expanding the Math and Science Academy at Saguaro High School to Mohave Middle School, which school officials say will create a premier destination for families seeking a rigorous Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education.

At Desert Canyon Elementary School, the DLI program follows a 50/50 model, where students split their day between English and Mandarin instruction.

In grades K-3, subjects like Reading, Writing, and Social Studies are taught in English, while Math, Science, and Mandarin Language are taught in Mandarin. By grades 4-5, English instruction shifts to Reading, Writing, and Math, with Science, Social Studies, and Mandarin Language taught in Mandarin.

A Valley teacher is being recognized for helping to shape the lives of preschoolers for over two decades.

Whether it’s in the classroom or in the school’s community garden and greenhouse, Ms. Lynn always shows up and shows out. Every single day, she works before and after school for her students’ success, and she really, truly cares. 

Ms. Lynn has been working with preschoolers at Navajo Elementary in Scottsdale for nearly two decades. The children are just at the beginning of their education journeys. 

She’s involved in the school’s Panda Program, which provides early intervention services for kids ages 3 to 5 with special needs.

The Scottsdale Charros Program supports SUSD in various ways – namely, by bringing programs, resources and scholarships to the schools and recognizing the district’s outstanding students and educators with The Scottsdale Charros Education Awards. 

For the past 60 years, educators in the district have received a personalized plaque and a $2,000 grant from the association. 

Arcadia softball sophomore Sydney Kelley may be an underclassman, but she has played like an experienced veteran in her first two seasons with the Titans. 

The sophomore middle infielder led the team last season in five categories as a freshman, and she’s doing more of the same this year for the reigning Desert Sky Region champions.

Kelley last season batted a whopping .445 with 49 hits, 23 RBIs, 46 runs, 30 stolen bases, and an on-base percentage of .479 in 34 games played.

The Chaparral girls soccer team is not only good on the field but they can cook up a mean bowl of pasta for bonding nights. 

To keep up with their championship appearances, Chaparral prioritizes the bond within the entire team.

Parties such as pasta nights helps keep the team as close knit as possible to continue to earn their state championship titles.  

The momentum is building toward a family festival to celebrate visual and performing arts created by Scottsdale students as it returns in late March for its third year.

Scottsdale Family ArtsFest at SkySong will be held on March 21-22 at SkySong, The ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center in Scottsdale. The event is a partnership between Arizona State University, the Scottsdale Unified School District, Scottsdale Arts, the city of Scottsdale, and the SkySong development team.

The hallways of Pima Elementary School were jammed with Panther families on a recent evening as the school celebrated its annual Title I Reading Night.

This year’s theme, according to a press release from Scottsdale Unified School District, was “Reading Through the Eras.” Students traveled from classroom to classroom, collecting clues from different decades and eras, from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s to Star Wars, Care Bears and Where’s Waldo?

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In July, two Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) assistant principals (APs) will take the reins of the schools they’ve been serving as seconds-in-command. 

The SUSD Governing Board recently voted to elevate Maggie Finan to the principal’s post at Hohokam Elementary School and Zachary Woodward to the principal’s post at Cherokee Elementary School. Finan will succeed award-winning, 30-year SUSD educator Chuck Rantala; Woodward takes over from 15-year Cherokee principal and 32-year veteran educator Walt Chantler.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (April 16, 2025) – Make that four Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) schools that are now Blue Zones Project® Scottsdale-approved.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Jan. 29, 2025) – Powered by nerves and French pastries, two Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) middle school students claimed the district’s annual Spelling Bee championships last week. On Jan. 23, Tonalea Middle School eighth grade student Fabian Marquez Rodriguez won the SUSD Spanish Spelling Bee, followed the next day by Ingleside Middle School sixth grader Landry Bruyere, who claimed the District Spelling Bee title. Both events were held at Coronado High School.