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SAFETY TIPS TO KEEP KIDS SAFE FROM HOT CAR DEATHS

Fifty-two children died in hot org, there are three primary circum- 3. Someone knowingly leaving a cars nationwide in 2018 of pe- stances resulting in deaths of children child in the vehicle: There is no safe diatric vehicular heatstroke — in hot cars. Knowing what they are amount of time to leave a child in a more than any other year on record can help you avoid them. vehicle, even if you are just running a in the past 20 years. Experts say quick errand. Even on mild or cloudy that these tragic deaths are entirely 1. A caregiver forgetting a child in days, temperatures inside vehicles can preventable. a vehicle: Leaving a child behind in a reach life-threatening levels. Leaving parked vehicle is an often-overlooked windows slightly open doesn’t help. “Even one child dying in a hot car is consequence of distracted driving. Children should never be left unattendtoo many,” says Amy Artuso, senior NSC advises parents and caregivers to ed in a vehicle. program manager of advocacy at the avoid distractions -- such as cell phone National Safety Council (NSC), a non- use -- when driving and parking, in EDUCATE YOURSELF profit organization whose mission is to order to reduce the risk of forgetting Acquaint yourself and anyone who eliminate preventable deaths at work, a child in the car. A routine that helps cares for your child with free resources in homes, in communities and on the you remember to check for your child providing vital information about vehic- available at the end. It can be found at road. “The good news is that parents in the backseat can help, too. Place a ular heatstroke. For example, NSC re- nsc.org/hotcars. For more information and caregivers can act immediately to purse, briefcase or even a left shoe in cently released “Children in Hot Cars,” about pediatric vehicular heatstroke, end these preventable deaths.” the backseat to force you to take one an online training course providing visit noheatstroke.org. last look before walking away. information about why cars heat up so June is National Safety Month and an quickly, why children in particular can Hot car deaths have claimed the lives of excellent opportunity to review the 2. The child gaining access to the succumb to increasing temperatures in children in almost all states in the U.S. facts and learn more about keeping vehicle: Keep car doors locked so cars, and what parents, caregivers and However, these deaths are preventable. kids safe. children cannot gain access, and teach others can do to prevent these needless Learn more about the causes to help them that cars are not play areas. Chil- deaths. The course is interactive, free keep your family and loved ones safe. UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES dren should never be able to access a and can be completed in 15 minutes or According to NSC and noheatstroke. vehicle on their own. less, with a certificate of completion (StatePoint)

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CAVE CREEK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2019 TEACHER OF YEAR: ERIC DEVORE

Cave Creek Unified School District (CCUSD) celebrates great teaching with their annual Teacher of the Year celebration. Eric DeVore, a Spanish Teacher at Sonoran Trails Middle School was named CCUSD Teacher of the Year 2019. Eric was awarded $3,000 and will complete his application for the 2019 Arizona Educational Foundation’s Teacher of the Year program. Also recognized were honorees, Kendra Frigard, third/fourth grade Combo Teacher at Desert Willow Elementary and Doni Nasr, Spanish Teacher at Cactus Shadows High School. Kendra and Doni both received $1,000. CCUSD appreciates and thanks incredible community members, Mr. and Debbi Burdick states that this is one Mrs. Richard Gunderson, for their of the most important celebrations of generous donation to financially the year in the Cave Creek Unified support the CCUSD Teacher of the School District as we honor our Year program. Superintendent Dr. incredible educators.

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BUILDING A STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Jerry Withers, principal at Campo Bello Arizona Furnishings, a Phoenix-based provider Elementary School, is a believer in the power of school furniture, has revised the way in which of classroom furniture to build a student- classroom furniture influences the learning that centered learning environment. Withers’ school is takes place. Call it educational space design. From getting a physical facelift; it is being rebuilt from standing to sitting, teachers are now integrating the ground up. “We are truly excited about the “spaces” into the learning environment to inspire transformation of our school,” said Withers. learner-centered education and to capture the synSchools are organized into classrooms: nothing noteworthy here. However, if you think of the The next generation of “learniture” is changing the classroom as a performance environment, you physical nature of the classroom and impacting the open the pathway to evaluating how to best use the dynamics of the performance environment. desks, chairs, and tables that inhabit every classroom. “I know,” said Withers, “the students and parents Often overlooked, the comfort of seating and the school. Every room in our school is receiving arrangement of students have much to offer the new furniture that will enable teachers to engage performance environment. In the good-old-days, students through collaborative work.” In today’s seats were assigned by column and row. Not today. classroom, when the teacher asks the student to Seating arrangements are interchangeable and the take his seat, he’ll ask “where?” desks adjustable with the introduction of the next ergy of collaborative learning. are going to be excited about the changes to the generation of school furniture. In the modern class- Campo Bello Elementary School is one of many room, teachers and students design and redesign outstanding schools in the Paradise Valley Unified the learning space, sometimes several times daily, School District (PVSchools). For more information to meet the students’ learning needs. on PVSchools, please visit www.pvschools.net

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