Butterfield students helped caravan staff teach about good character traits. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

Butterfield Elementary was one of only six schools in the state treated to a visit by the Sun Devil Caravan’s Sparky Tour this week.

While the tour later had a service project at Copper Sky Regional Park and a meet-and-greet at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Course Tuesday, it was a Butterfield where the Arizona State University mascot was welcomed by hundreds of screaming fans.

The tour brought coaches Charli Turner Thorne, Bobby Hurley and Todd Graham along with Athletics Vice President Ray Anderson, band members, athletes and other students and staff to Maricopa. At Butterfield, they used the mascot Sparky to teach life lessons at an energetic, all-school pep rally.

Teacher Allie Krigbaum was credited with persistently asking the caravan to come to Butterfield until ASU made it happen.

After the visit to Butterfield, the caravan went to Copper Sky, where the participants pulled weeds and trimmed vegetation. They then traveled to Ak-Chin Southern Dunes, where they were greeted by Chairman Robert Miguel.

This is the third year of the caravan, which is intended to build rapport between ASU and surrounding communities and give some of the university’s most notable figures some face time with potential future students.

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