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Middle school to help students with high school credits
BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
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vondale Elementary School District has added a program to help middle school students participate in a fast-track high school program starting in August. The dual immersion program will expand to include high school offerings to the incoming seventh-grade
class. Students from AESD will participate in high school courses in algebra, band, chorus and Spanish at the Feeder School District, Agua Fria Union High School District. Students can earn high school credit before their time in high school begins. Through the collaboration between AESD and AFUHSD, scholars will be transported weekly to the high school
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Maria Googins of Goodyear earned a M.Ed. from Concordia University, Nebraska. Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accred-
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opportunities and get a powerful introduction to the high school staff and schools while still in middle school,” said Dr. Betsy Hargrove, AESD superintendent. “Students are set up for success in their high school years and build confidence connections to teachers and peers in high school.”
es after hosting virtual events due to COVID-19 the past two semesters.
students are placed on the dean’s list to honor those with a GPA of 3.6 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credits and whose cumulative GPA is at least 3.2.
Eric Williams of Goodyear has graduated from McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois, with an MBA degree in business administration. The McKendree University Class of 2021 hails from 29 states and 15 countries.
Kayla Laguerre-Lewis and Omar Laguerre-Lewis, both of Litchfield Park, made the fall dean’s list, at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island. To be included on the dean’s list, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades during a semester and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average. Part-time students qualify with the accumulation of 12 or more credits for letter grades earning at least a 3.30 quality point average.
Jacob Jefferson of Buckeye earned a Bachelor of Arts from Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska, during in-person commencement exercis-
Timothy Houlihan of Litchfield Park was named to the Biola University dean’s list for academic excellence. BU is in La Mirada, California. Biola
Know a student who’s doing something remarkable? Tell us about it! Email Christina Fuoco-Karasinski at christina@westvalleyview.com. Ryan Brown of Goodyear earned a Master of Science from the office of graduate studies at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The graduates are from 58 countries, 43 states and the District of Columbia, and more than 250 Nebraska communities.
campuses to engage in the enhanced course offerings. AESD has been providing fast-track opportunities in algebra, band and choir for multiple years and has added Spanish to the list, due to the effectiveness of the collaboration between the two districts and the impact on students’ academic success. “Our students get enhanced learning
ited, coeducational university located in Seward, Nebraska, and serves more than 2,500 students.
Tiffani Sollars of Litchfield Park, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham Campus in Madison, New Jersey, has been named to the dean’s list for the Fall 2020 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must carry a 3.2 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0 and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 letter-graded hours (four courses). Anisa Jones of Goodyear made the honor roll for academic achievement during the fall semester. Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri, recently recognized 119 students on its honor roll. Students on the honor roll have earned between a 3.2 and 3.49 grade point average and were enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours with no grade lower than a C. Anngelyque Stevenson of Litchfield Park earned a Master of Science in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Stevenson was among approximately 4,435 undergraduate and graduate students who earned their degrees during the spring 2021 semester and were recognized during the institute’s 260th commencement exercises.
