The Glendale Star
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February 3, 2022
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Coyote Hills student Peoria honors school wins district spelling bee district’s young artists BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF gion IV Spelling Bee in February. The The Peoria Unified School District winners of the Regional Bee will move held its annual spelling bee on Jan. 27, on to the state-level Arizona Spelling when top spellers from across the dis- Bee in March, followed by the Scripps trict competed in front of their peers. National Spelling Bee held in WashThe winner of this year’s bee is ington, D.C., in the summer. Ethan Greenwood from Coyote Hills Those who were unable to attend Elementary School. Greenwood won the annual district spelling bee may in the 12th round with the word “qui- watch the recorded event on the disnary.” trict’s YouTube channel at https://bit. The seven runners-up include: ly/3o6wBWN. • Archer Hill from Apache Elementary School of Peoria. • Jackson McLean from Lake Pleasant Elementary School of Peoria. • Brian Fielder from Sun Valley Elementary School of Peoria. • Aidan Clark from Desert Harbor Elementary School of Peoria. • Vinh Le from Parkridge Elementary School of Peoria. • Gerald Sanchez from Oakwood Elementary School of Peoria. • Julia Bergner from Heritage Ethan Greenwood from Coyote Hills ElementaElementary School of Glendale. ry School in Peoria won the district spelling bee These eight students will com- in the 12th round with the word “quinary.” (Phopete in the Maricopa County Re- to courtesy of the Peoria Unified School District)
BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF Peoria Mayor Cathy Carlat and councilmembers recently celebrated 22 young artists from the Peoria Unified School District, spanning kindergarten to eighth grade, who participated in the 11th annual exhibition of the Mayor and Council’s Young Artists Program. Covering Glendale and Peoria, these district students were recognized: • Andrew Fastrup and Xenia Sledge from Apache Elementary. • Daylene Barcelo Barraza and Sawyer Harris from Cheyenne Elementary. • Jaela Dees and Samantha Machado from Cotton Boll Elementary. • Ali Alroubaiee and Mallory Sardella from Coyote Hills Elementary. • Marissa Walker-Deitzler and Kiley Webb from Desert Harbor Elementary. • Lukas Lakatos and Becca McClary from Frontier Elementary. • Ivan Begay and Emilea Rogers from Ira A. Murphy Elementary. • Dutch Jarrett, Kamden Quijada and
Austin Rollins from Lake Pleasant Elementary. • Fiona Baker, Elic Hinderer and Levi Martin from Oakwood Elementary. • Kai Beaudoin and Ashley Wudarski from Oasis Elementary. Students were honored with a certificate of recognition for their creative contributions, and the framing of their personal artwork. The West Valley Art Museum (WVAM) selected one student’s artwork to have on display near the museum through March. Becca McClary, an eighth grader at Frontier Elementary School, was chosen. The WVAM is on the first floor of Peoria City Hall, located at 8401 W. Monroe Street. The gallery is open free to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, contact WVAM at 623-972-0635 or wvam. org. To experience art in Peoria, visit peoriaaz.gov/arts.
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(Left) Desert Harbor Elementary School student Marissa Walker-Deitzler talks with Peoria Mayor Cathy Carlat about her artwork. (Right) Eighth grade Frontier Elementary School student Becca McClary was chosen to have her artwork on display at the West Valley Art Museum through March. (Photos courtesy of the Peoria Unified School District)
