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Several Valley Schools Named Among Nation’s Best

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The Phoenix Business Journal reports that fifteen of the Valley’s high schools were recently named among the nation’s best by Newsweek magazine. Newsweek ranked schools by calculating the number of students per school who take either an Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests, divided by the total number of students at the school. It’s [...]

18 June 2009 Read the full article →

Continuing Education Class Falls Short

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My local board, the West Maricopa County Board of Realtors, recently began offering continuing education classes online. I need a few more credit-hours before I renew my license, so I was excited to learn about this new format. I took my first online class yesterday. Since I wasn’t sure what the format was going to [...]

23 January 2008 Read the full article →

West Valley Population Explodes – my unscientific opinion

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Every morning my oldest son & I join thousands of other Phoenicians in the tradition of parents taking their kids to school. However, in our case it’s a little more of a journey than it is for most people; we leave our house in the Arrowhead area (Northwest Valley) and travel to ACT School in [...]

10 September 2007 Read the full article →

Congratulations To The Best Teacher In Arizona!

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I know this has nothing to do with real estae, but it does have something to do with me.  So I thought I might throw it out there for all of you to read. I would like to say “Congratulations!!!” to my wife, Tiwi (a.k.a. Mrs. Nicks) who is completing her first week as the 4th Grade [...]

17 August 2007 Read the full article →

Back to school clothing sale (and buy!)

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Want to make a little extra money from all the clothes your kids have outgrown? Want to buy some new clothes for your kids at a fraction of the retail price? This may be the event for you! There is going to be a HUGE consignment sale at the Peoria Sports Complex on September 11 [...]

14 August 2007 Read the full article →

Comparing Valley Schools

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School time is almost here for the Valley!  My daughters start next week, which seems so early, compared to the September start dates of my school years – we have a hard time believing that summer vacation is almost over! If you have just moved, are planning on moving, or want more information on your [...]

16 July 2007 Read the full article →

School Safety

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With the latest shooting at Virginia Tech, it got me to thinking about how schools have really had to alter their responsibilities, compared to the previous decades that we all went to school.  It’s amazing how small-time bullying (from the “good old days”) has escalated in recent years into shooting deaths.  I don’t know if [...]

3 May 2007 Read the full article →

Challenger Space Center Still Owes PUSD

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A couple of years ago the Challenger Space Center ran into financial difficulties and was not able to keep up with their obligations. The center is located on the Sunrise Mountain High School campus. My understanding was that they changed management and restructured some of their payment terms. Now it appears that they’re still having [...]

2 May 2007 Read the full article →

Challenger Space Center Still Owes PUSD

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A couple of years ago the Challenger Space Center ran into financial difficulties and was not able to keep up with their obligations. The center is located on the Sunrise Mountain High School campus in Peoria. My understanding was that they changed management and restructured some of their payment terms. Now it appears that they’re [...]

30 April 2007 Read the full article →

Chandler and “Dangerous Schools”

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The Chandler Unified School District is voting this week on a proposal to notify and allow parents of students who attend “dangerous schools” to transfer out.  They consider a “dangerous school” to be one in which four or more firearms are found in a year, or four gun-related incidents have occurred.  If passed, parents of [...]

26 April 2007 Read the full article →

PUSD Special Needs Prom

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Kudos to Beth Tozzi. And kudos to the Peoria Unified School District for listening to her. Beth is a special education teacher who wanted to give her students a chance to participate in one of our greatest high school rituals: Prom. (Here’s an article from AZCentral.com). The more time I spend dealing with the people [...]

19 April 2007 Read the full article →

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