SUSD's new website
made its debut last week! We have appreciated your patience as we have worked through some of the inevitable 'bugs.'
We hope you are finding it more user-friendly and easier to navigate, especially if you access the website by mobile phone.
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Annual SUSD Foundation Gala Just Around the Corner
The Scottsdale Unified School District Foundation will host its annual Quest for the Best Gala on September 9 at The Phoenician.
Two outstanding graduates from Chaparral High School's Class of 1994 will be inducted into the Foundation's Hall of Excellence at the event that celebrates not only their achievements, but also the potential of current SUSD students.
Jaime Cerreta developed her passion for visual storytelling while an excelling student at Chaparral. The Emmy Award-winning news anchor and reporter saw her future in broadcasting while serving on the Firebirds yearbook staff and now is a fixture at local TV station KTVK, Channel 3.
Paul Konerko was a Major League Baseball first baseman for 17 years, helping lead the Chicago White Sox to the 2005 World Series title. He batted .558 his senior year at Chaparral, when the Firebirds won the 4A state championship.
In addition to these Firebirds standouts, two current SUSD seniors, two teachers and two administrators will honored at next month's Gala. For more information on the 2017 Quest for the Best Gala, click here.
Over the past decade, the SUSD Foundation has awarded more than $400,000 in mini-grants to SUSD teachers to help them develop innovative, new ways to educate our students. It has also been instrumental in funding the work of our teachers seeking National Board Certification.
SUSD greatly appreciates the Foundation's ongoing support of our district. To find out more about the Foundation's work, click here.
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New Assistant Principals (APs) and Deans of Students have been named to a number of SUSD schools for the school year. Some are merely changing campuses; others are new to the district.
Regardless, we are glad you have chosen SUSD ... or continue to choose it!
- Laura Victor - Dean of Students, Anasazi
- Erik Hedrick - Dean of Students, Desert Canyon Elementary
- Melissa Faeh - AP, Hopi
- Jennifer Hawks - AP, Kiva
- Kimberly Mills - AP, Pima
- Amy Hardy - AP, Redfield & Sequoya
- Art Velarde - AP, Yavapai
- Jennifer Waldron - AP, Copper Ridge
- Amanda Rand - Dean of Students, Copper Ridge
- Erin Kadera - AP, Ingleside
- John Andrews, Amy Palatucci - APs, Arcadia
- Sarah Barela, Adam Kohnen, Sam Messina, Joshua Pantier - APs, Chaparral
- Danielle Fuchs, Brandon Larson - APs, Coronado
- Alisha Bradford, Stephen Cervantez, Christopher Perry - APs, Desert Mountain
- Kristen Tindall - AP, Saguaro
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Peachjar Digital Flyer Distribution System
SUSD now uses
Peachjar
to distribute employee-only information, as well as to deliver school flyers and extracurricular activity notices to parents, through each school's website. Just click on the Peachjar logo, like the one to the right, on your school's new home page.
This initiative is saving schools time and money, not to mention lots of trees! Never again will a parent have to wonder, "Now where did that flyer go that was scrunched up at the bottom of Jimmy's backpack last month?"
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Over There ... Chaparral Theatre Troupe Hits the Road
For the fourth time since 1998, Chaparral High School theater students performed at the world-renowned, annual Edinburgh, Scotland Festival Fringe. The troop, under the direction of theater teacher Ed Como, took its production of
Wiley and the Hairy Man to the American High School Theatre Festival, which runs in conjunction with the Festival Fringe. The students and their teacher chaperones return to Arizona this weekend.
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SUSD Students Write Their Way to Recognition
Congratulations are in order for recent Saguaro High School graduate Reyna He, Chaparral High School senior Milica Korizma and Coronado High School junior Angel Maravel, who were named this summer as runners-up in the inaugural Safed House essay contest for students who came to the U.S. as either immigrants or refugees. Safed House is a Phoenix-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a welcoming place for refugees and immigrants to share their stories.
The contestants wrote about the challenges of adjusting to life in America. Reyna is originally from China; Milica, Serbia; and Angel, Mexico. The competition was open this year to students in the Phoenix area and Brooklyn, New York.
Each of the SUSD runners-up received college essay mentoring from a Brooklyn-based Ivy League graduate and novelist. Write on!
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 Yavapai Summer Enrichment Program
Every June for more than 20 years, Yavapai Elementary School has hosted SUSD's Native American Summer Enrichment Program.
SUSD students grades K-5 concentrate on reading and math during the morning hours and engage in fun learning activities in the afternoon. This summer, 1st and 2nd graders read Ferdinand the Bull. Third through 5th graders read Walking in Two Worlds. The students also write in their journals daily about what they're reading.
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Doing Arizona Proud
The annual Congressional Art Competition honors the artistic achievements of American high school students.
This year's competition featured artists from 422 congressional districts. Representing Arizona Congressman David Schweikert's 6th district in the competition, with her painting An Extra Joy to My Desk, is Chaparral junior Leilani Gastelum Valenzuela.
Congratulations, Leilani!
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The Art of Teaching: Saguaro's Michelle Peacock
Saguaro High School art students have known for some time what it's like to be taught by a passionate teacher who knows her stuff and draws out the best in them.
The Michelle Peacock 'secret' is out now, and we're happy to report she is receiving some well-deserved recognition from the Arizona K12 Center. Read more here.
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It Seems Like Just Yesterday ...
The Saguaro High School Class of 1987 30th Reunion is September 15-16, 2017! Want to know more?
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Scottsdale Unified School District values our partnerships with local business. Businesses now have the opportunity to support SUSD through the purchase of monthly advertising in SUSD newsletters that are distributed to the families of more than 23,000 SUSD students and more than 3,000 employees.
Additionally, SUSD offers several other opportunities for businesses to support the District through event sponsorships and school wish-list fulfillment.
Businesses interested in learning more about opportunities to support SUSD can contact the SUSD Communications Department at
[email protected]
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| Tax Credit Contributions Benefit SUSD Students |
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Tax Credit
Tax Credit contributions can be made anytime throughout the school year. Anyone who pays Arizona state income tax can give. Please click HERE to learn more about making a tax credit contribution to SUSD.
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Upcoming Events
- August 15: SUSD Governing Board meeting, 5 p.m., Board Room, Coronado High School, 7501 E. Virginia Ave., Scottsdale
- August 30: Early Release - All grade levels - Professional Development for teachers & staff
- September 4: Labor Day holiday - No school
- September 21: District Recess - No school
- September 27: Early Release - All grade levels - Professional Development for teachers & staff
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CONNECT TO SCOTTSDALE STUDENTS AND STAFF
THROUGH OUR MONTHLY DIGITAL NEWSLETTERS!
Support your own business by supporting Scottsdale Schools.
We have two monthly newsletters with ad space available - one to the parents of our 23,000 students and one to our 3,000 employees. Every dollar you spend advertising with us goes back into promoting our amazing students and schools!
SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR EDUCATION BY BECOMING A SPONSOR!
Scottsdale Unified School District is always looking for new community partnerships. From sports to science and from fine arts to robotics, our school teams can always use more support. If you are looking for a way to help our students and promote your business at the same time, ask us about our sponsorship opportunities!
Contact our representative today at 480-484-6223 for more information.
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