Stepping Stones Charter School Expanding
With enrollment at its maximum, Stepping Stones Academy, on 7th Street east of Tramonto, is adding six additional classrooms and a high-school sized gymnasium.
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Schools
Here you’ll find the latest news and information on private, public and charter schools in North Phoenix, including the Deer Valley Unified School District (DVUSD). See also our Guide to NoPho Schools, including enrollment data and a performance comparison.
DVUSD Book Club Mails Free Books to Pre-K Kids
Deer Valley Unified School District’s new Big Kid Book Club is giving away books to any kid age 3 to 5 who is not yet enrolled in kindergarten. Find out how to sign your kid up.
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Submit Your Questions to 6 DVUSD Governing Board Candidates
A pair of four-year-term seats on the Governing Board of Deer Valley Unified School District are up for election in November. A Candidate Forum will be held Tuesday, Oct. 2. In advance of the forum, you can submit questions. Deadline to submit questions is 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
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DVUSD Extends Contract of Superintendent Finch
At its Aug. 28 meeting, the DVUSD Governing Board voted 5-0 to extend the contract of Superintendent Curtis Finch through June 30, 2022.
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Sonoran Foothills School’s New Principal Remembers His Own Week of Detention
Dennis Chartier remembers the fetal pigs episode that sent him to the principals office in high school. Now he’s the principal at Sonoran Foothills School.
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New River Elementary’s New Principal is a Lifelong DVUSDer
Courtney Fredlund went to DVUSD schools, then volunteered, interned, and became a classroom teacher. Now she’s the principal at New River Elementary.
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Sunset Ridge School’s New Principal Was Born to Do This
Cassie Hauck was born to parents who were teachers, and she remembers helping her mom set up the classroom each summer. Now she’s the principal at Sunset Ridge School.
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Schools That Make the Grade
See the seven DVUSD schools in NoPho that received the A+ School of Excellence rating in recent years, and learn what the ratings are all about.
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Deadline is Aug. 8 for DVUSD School Board Candidacy
A pair of four-year-term seats—those held by Kimberly Fisher and Ann O’Brien—are up for election on the five-member board.
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New High School Option for North Valley
A new public high school opens this fall in North Phoenix as Caurus Academy, an established K-8 charter school, launches grades 9 and 10 when school resumes Aug. 7.
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DVUSD Faces Over- and Under-Capacity Issues
When classes start Aug. 7, enrollment will range from less than 50 percent in some schools to over capacity in others. Find out why, and what might be done.
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