Education

Current Superintendent Steve Chestnut could leave Maricopa Unified School District as soon as March 9. The board previously approved his contract through July 1,...

A trio of siblings from Maricopa are making waves in the world of science. Sarah, Jonathan and Adam Fish are pursuing their PhDs in biological...

Athletes will no longer have to wear masks during competition in the Arizona Interscholastic Association. The group's executive board voted Tuesday to remove the mask...

Students from Desert Wind Middle School took to the skies Wednesday in the annual display of rocketry skills. The event was created to give students...

After a possible threat against Maricopa Wells Middle School, parents are being cautioned by Maricopa Unified School District and Maricopa Police Department to talk...

Dr. Gary Miller was sworn in Wednesday evening as the newest member of the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board. He was appointed to succeed...

Maricopa’s growth means widespread changes across the city, and the effects will trickle down all the way to elementary-school students next school year. The Maricopa...

Maricopa High School junior Nolan Ford dramatically exceeded his state ranking Friday to take second place at the Division 1 Swimming Championships. Competing in the...

A false alarm brought multiple fire units to a local elementary school on Monday morning, according to a city information officer.  At about 10:30 a.m.,...

For more than 50 years, Central Arizona College has been serving and educating the diverse communities of Pinal County. With five campuses located strategically...

While preliminary results of the vote on the Maricopa Unified School District budget override bill show just 131 votes separating the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’...

Students in the Maricopa Unified School District will return to their school classrooms no sooner than Feb. 1. The district’s Governing Board on Thursday night...

Quality schools help drive robust economic development in Maricopa. Literally, it is one of the most important factors businesses, retail establishments, CEOs, corporations and...

  In Arizona, the winter season of the high school sports year typically start the first of December, even earlier if Thanksgiving weekend tournaments are...

Post-pandemic graduation rates improve, but still trail pre-pandemic era From 2019 to 2020, the graduation rate at Maricopa High School tanked from 80% to 69%....

A date has been set for groundbreaking on Maricopa Unified School District’s new high school. Construction of the new facility, which will be the district’s...

By Bernadette Russoniello Maricopa High School seniors received honors and recognition for academic, athletic and private scholarships totaling more than $8 million at the May...

The Maricopa Unified School District governing board voted 4-1 to approve the adoption of a new K-12 science curriculum at its meeting Wednesday night,...

Coming off the chaos of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools to in-person learning, forced students and staff to wear masks and observe...

Every Sept. 11, we remember those we lost in one of history’s greatest tragedies in 2001. Mountain Pointe High School graduate Raul Ontiveros is...

Teachers and students taped a local elementary school administrator to a cafeteria wall Friday. https://youtu.be/CcY167Xdtso Butterfield Elementary School Assistant Principal Alan Gofron adhered to the wall...

This week the Maricopa High School Symphonic Band and Chamber Orchestra participated in the ABODA State Concert Festival held at Chandler Center for the...

A longtime employee of Leading Edge Academy in Maricopa was recently awarded “Elementary Teacher of the Year” out of six campuses in the charter...

  Maricopa High School will soon add an aquatic sport to its athletic department. The MHS swimming and diving team will form this fall with practices...

A dropped mercury thermometer caused a hazardous situation at Maricopa High School. According to Maricopa Police Department, a student brought a traditional thermometer to a...

Central Arizona College’s Early Childhood Education program was granted accreditation renewal by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of...

Maricopa City Council members on Tuesday night accepted the resignation of City Councilmember Rich Vitiello, who is running or District 1 Pinal County supervisor. The...

Maricopa High School's varsity baseball team, led by Head Coach Brad Vericker, has emerged as an example of sportsmanship both on and off the...

After a lively debate on the positive and negative impacts of social media on American youth, the winner of Legacy Traditional School's The Great...

By Angela Askey, Executive Director, Public Relations and Marketing Naomi Barraza, a 2018 Central Arizona College graduate, is currently up for consideration of the Rhodes Scholarship...