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Area schools get A+ grade Hamilton and Perry high schools, Santan and Willie & Coy Payne junior high schools and Jane Dee Hull Elementary School, all in the Chandler Unified School District, are recipients of the A+ School of Excellence distinction from the Arizona Educational Foundation (AEF) for the 2012-13 academic year. Gilbert schools that received the distinction include Patterson Elementary, South Valley Junior High and Eduprize schools. The A+ designation is the third for Hamilton High and Eduprize and the second for Jane Dee Hull and Patterson elementary schools. The AEF A+ School of Excellence program recognizes outstanding public schools. Applicant schools are evaluated in the areas of student focus and support, school culture, active teaching and learning, curriculum, leadership, community and parent involvement and assessment data. Schools receive $500 and a banner to display with the A+ designation; all staff and faculty at the award-winning schools are eligible
for partial scholarships from Argosy University Phoenix. The award is valid for three and a half years.
AEF teacher award noms sought
Students, parents and co-workers across Arizona are encouraged to nominate their favorite pre-K through 12th grade public school teachers for the AEF 2014 Teacher of the Year. Nominations are accepted through Fri., Aug. 5. Teachers may also self-nominate. The Arizona Teacher of the Year is a statewide program recognizing exceptionally skilled and dedicated teachers who play an active role in their communities as well as their schools. Each year, the honored teacher takes a trip to Washington, D.C., to meet the U.S. president and tour the White House and Smithsonian, receives a generous prize package and becomes Arizona’s candidate for National Teacher of the Year. AEF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering excellence in education. Visit AzEdFoundation.org or email bobbie@azedfoundation.org to learn more.
Tee off to benefit CHS football
Golfers can swing into action at the 10th annual Chandler Football Golf Classic in support of the Chandler High football program Sat., May 18 at Kokopelli Golf Club, 1800 W. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert.
Contact Anna White at 480-307-3795 or anna@chandlerwolvesbooster.com, or Gary McCulley at 480-286-7582 or gdmcculley@yahoo.com for more details.
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Scholarships offered for vocal youth Two “Outstanding Vocal Musician” scholarships, worth $500 each, are available from the East Valley’s Barbershop Chorus for area high school seniors active in vocal music and attending college in the fall or summer. Qualified male or female candidates should also show good leadership and citizenship skills and commitment to
being a lifelong learner and participant in vocal music. Experience in singing barbershop and a cappella music is helpful but not necessary. A letter from a choir director or other adult describing the applicant’s qualifications should be sent to linfo@ evbarbershop.com. Go to evbarbershop. com for more details.
Gilbert author pens kids ABC book When Gilbert resident Linda Ann Jones’ sons were young, she made up stories about the letters of the alphabet to help her children enjoy learning. Now, the legal assistant and mom of four sons is releasing a unique new book, “Alphabet Anatomy: Meet the Capital Letters.” Jones and Branson, her youngest son, now age 17, collaborated on the book, with Linda writing the story and Branson creating the illustrations. “Alphabet Anatomy: Meet the Capital Letters” is the first in a planned series. What sets “Alphabet Anatomy” aside from other alphabet books is the way it instructs on how to write the letters in addition to shapes and sounds, thus their anatomy. The book explores what the letters do behind the scenes when they’re not busy making words, and presents a visual of each
letter, combining the rhyming verse and unique illustration. This increases comprehension for children, in addition to all the other benefits of rhyming. “I hope libraries and schools will be very receptive to the educational value of ‘Alphabet Anatomy’ as well as parents who want to give their children a good head start on reading and writing,” Jones says. She also “hopes that each child who meets the letters in this story will embrace this wondrous journey, and develop a lifelong love for not only reading, but writing as well.” “Alphabet Anatomy: Meet the Capital Letters” is available for sale at amazon.com, barnesandnoble. com and Friesen Press at friesenpressaccounts.appspot.com/bookstore/ title/119734000007152007. For more details, visit alphabetanatomy.com.
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