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AMAZON CELEBRATES ARIZONA’S BIRTHDAY WITH STEM DONATIONS OF LAPTOPS, SMART WATCHES, VIRTUAL REALITY GOGGLES AND CAMERAS TO MARICOPA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Maricopa County School Su- • More than 200 sets of speakers students with tools and resources for High School in Phoenix joined Amaperintendent Steve Watson • More than 500 pairs of headphones inspiration and hands-on learning.” zon employees and MCESA staff at and staff from Maricopa their downtown Phoenix warehouse County Education Services Agency “Across Amazon, we’re always Following a brief donation program, to unbox and sort more than 4,100 (MCESA) were joined by local high looking for ways to inspire the next student volunteers from Bioscience donated products. school students for a birthday party generation through science, technolcelebrating Arizona’s statehood with ogy, engineering, and math, which a special gift from Amazon – thou- is why we’re investing in our local sands of dollars worth of electronics students today,” said Matthew donated to STEM-related programs High, general manager, Amazon throughout the county’s public Fulfillment. schools. “We’ve got the next generation of Among the donated items were: innovators right here in Maricopa • More than 100 high-end laptops, County and if we can help inspire computers, smart watches and tab- those students and guide them lets to success, we will have the next • More than 70 virtual reality glasses Grace Hopper or Jeff Bezos,” said • Dozens of cameras, camcorders, Maricopa County School Supermusic players and microphones intendent Steve Watson. “That’s • Hundreds of remote control toys what this incredible donation from and drones Amazon is all about: providing
Cave Creek Unified School School Counseling. District is proud to announce our newest Na- • Mrs. Christine Huguley, sectional Board Certified Teachers! ond Grade Teacher at Desert Sun National Board Certification is a Academy, achieved National voluntary advanced teaching cre- Board Certification in the area of dential that complements a state’s Early Child Generalist. teacher license. It is valid for five years, after which NBCTs can Currently, CCUSD has three more seek certification renewal. Only National Board Candidates workthree percent of teachers in the ing toward their certification with United States are National Board several more ready to investigate Certified. In Cave Creek, our per- the process through our Pre-Cancentage is 8 percent, double the didacy course. national percentage. We could not be prouder of the • Mrs. Dee Pipitone, Special hard work and commitment of our Education Teacher at Lone Moun- new NBCTs, as well as all of our tain Elementary School, achieved 20 NBCTs. Needless to say, Cave National Board Certification in Creek Unified teachers put stuthe area of Exceptional Needs dents first, and are committed to Specialist. excellence in their classrooms. Dr. Debbi Burdick, Superintendent of • Mrs. Corrie Klinefelter, School CCUSD, has been a long standCounselor at Cactus Shadows ing advocate of National Board High School achieved National Certification, and is very proud of Board Certification in the area of the teachers in CCUSD!
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