Meet the Sequoia Pathway graduates (GALLERY)
Sequoia Pathway Academy Class of 2020. The valedictorian is Leah Peterson, and the salutatorian was Brielle Duff.
MHS grad named U.S. Presidential Scholar
Freya Abraham, a graduate of Maricopa High School, has been named a U.S. Presidential Scholar, considered among the highest recognition in the country.
She is...
Maricopa High graduates have a window seat for Diploma Day
After a year that culminated in so much disappointment for many Maricopa High School graduates, the Class of 2020 and its accomplishments were celebrated...
Pathway seniors get drive-in graduation to end memorable year (GALLERY)
It was a tightly organized, drive-in graduation ceremony for Sequoia Pathway Academy graduates Wednesday.
Seniors and their families arrived in a line of cars off...
Clock is ticking for MHS students to enter big Senior Giveaway
Seniors at Maricopa High School have one last chance to get entered for free prizes, but the clock is ticking.
The MHS 2020 Senior Giveaway...
MUSD may create career academy
As it decides how to start a school with $26 million, Maricopa Unified School District has been investigating concepts from around the country.
In particular,...
MHS to have drive-by diploma distribution
Maricopa High School is sticking with its May 21 graduation date, but it will be very different than imagined.
With COVID-19 causing the postponement of...
New principals chosen for MHS, Pima Butte
Two new principals have been named in Maricopa Unified School District.
Deana McNamee of Winslow will take over Maricopa High School for the coming year,...
Amid COVID-19, what will next school year look like at MUSD?
School is officially still in session, but Maricopa Unified School District is deciding how it will start next school year in the wake of...
MHS students named state finalists for theater awards
Three Maricopa High School theater students and the backstage crew have been named finalists in the Arizona High School Musical Theatre Awards.
The awards ceremony,...
With full board, MUSD ready to look at 2nd high school options
Sworn in Monday as the newest member of the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board, Jim Jordan will jump right into business Wednesday as...
Moms start ‘Adopt a Senior’ page to lift spirits of graduates
The first week we created it, the support of this community was infectious.With more than 600 graduating high school seniors living in Maricopa, the...
‘Operation Senior Night’ celebrates Pathway graduates
Initiating Operation Senior Night, the administration of Sequoia Pathway Academy, including secondary Principal Markchele Kamson and elementary Principal Taylor Stanton, spent Thursday night dashing...
Siegel: Math taught differently, better in other countries
Erin Richards, an education reporter for USA Today, published a Feb. 29 article about the lack of success realized in American K-12 education in...
Senior Spotlight: Some standouts from Maricopa’s upcoming graduates
High school seniors across the country saw their final year implode as COVID-19 stripped away many of the spring events that normally put a...
No need for a cape when you have an apron
School lunches (and breakfast) have always been an important service at Maricopa Unified School District, but the closures caused by COVID-19 placed the Child...
Jordan joins MUSD board touting financial literacy
The newest member of the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board has been surrounded by teachers all his life.
Jim Jordan’s parents were both teachers,...
Maricopa teachers bring it home, find creative ways to connect (VIDEO)
“This is a crazy time, and I don't think any of us expected to ever be teaching like this.”The things that our kids are concerned...
MHS graduate video to get May 21 release, big-screen treatment at UltraStar
In a year when high school graduates nationwide are missing out on traditional celebrations due to public health considerations over coronavirus, Maricopa High School...
A+ Charter Schools continues Virtual Open Houses, student voting for school mascot
A+ Charter Schools began hosting virtual Open Houses via Zoom in March, with great success for families and students. The school will continue this...
MUSD sets plans for 2nd high school as ‘career academy’
Dealing with an overcrowded high school and denied a bond to build a comprehensive second high school, Maricopa Unified School District is creating an...
Maricopa kids shine in ‘Character’ essays
Two students from Leading Edge Academy and two from Maricopa Unified School District were winners in Pinal County Juvenile Court Community Advisory Board's annual...
Girl Scout earns highest award for founding Multicultural Club
A Maricopa Girl Scout won the Gold Award for outstanding community service and creating sustainable change in the city of Maricopa.
Maricopa High School junior...
Inside the classrooms of Heritage Academy
By Murray Siegel
Heritage Academy presents an interesting perspective on providing an excellent education.
The charter school covers grades six through 11; grade 12 will be...
Copa Closet still operating during COVID-19
Resources for students in need don’t intend to stop operations during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Copa Closet, a resource of basic needs for K-12 children that...
Winter proud of legacy he leaves at MHS
After two years as principal, Brian Winter is leaving Maricopa High School, where he had previously been athletic director, dean of students and vice...
COVID-19 policies, new high school, resignations on MUSD agenda
Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board will discuss policies necessitated by COVID-19 just as the virus has changed how the board meets.
The meeting will...
Seniors reflect on loss of would-be high school memories
“I know people are dying and in really bad situations. So, I feel super guilty that I’m upset about losing a senior prom...
Harvard calls for MHS senior
While the Class of 2020 was grappling with the repercussions of school closures, one Maricopa High School senior received very good news last week....
‘He never quits’: Track coach still teaches by example
He may have come late to track and field, but Corey Nelson has kept going and going … and going.
In his second year as...