Education

  After two days of interviews, the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board emerged from executive session Wednesday night to announce three superintendent finalists. Heather Cruz,...

March 8, the Desert Wind Middle School Symphonic Band earned a rating of excellent in the Arizona Band and Orchestra Director's Association Regional Elementary/Junior...

After upheaval in Maricopa High School’s administration level last fall, district officials confirmed Monday another assistant principal is on leave. MHS Assistant Principal Heidi Vratil...

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...

Maricopa Wells Middle School Principal Thad Miller has spent his entire professional career at Maricopa Unified School District. And his 20-plus years as an...

Maricopa Unified School District Superintendent Steve Chestnut’s early departure was approved Wednesday. His last day on the job will be March 9. The MUSD Governing...

Maricopa public school teachers joined a statewide movement Wednesday in protest of low teacher pay. “This is not an indictment of our local schools; it’s...

By Angela Askey Executive Director Public Relations and Marketing Five of Central Arizona College’s outstanding students have been selected to the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor...

By Murray Siegel Who is the most important person in a school building? A previous column stated the answer is the school’s principal. He or...

Students celebrated Theodore Geisel’s birthday last week at local schools. Geisel is better known by his pen name: Dr. Seuss. Butterfield Elementary invited guest...

Maricopa Unified School District hosted a School Safety Forum with school and community leaders answering questions from a crowd of students, parents and other...

A report on enrollment growth from a Phoenix-based consulting firm prompted cautious optimism from school leaders Wednesday. Rick Brammer and Don Graves with Applied Economics...

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

Eleven Maricopa High School (MHS) students earned national honors on the 2018 National German Exam. Seniors Porter Jones and Angelica Vesconi earned gold medals (top...

Leading Edge Academy Maricopa robotics team, the Gray Wolves, qualified for the 2018 State Championship at the Vex IQ Challenge tournament in Queen Creek...

Friday, 49 U.S. history students from Maricopa High School were able to attend the musical, Hamilton, at Arizona State University’s Gammage Hall.  Teacher Jason...

Maricopa High School students have demanded gun law reform after participating in a demonstration on campus last week. Students walked out of their classrooms Feb....

Maricopa High School Softball fell at home, 12-2, against Florence Thursday during the team’s season opener at the annual Krystin Diehl Tournament. It was the...

The Maricopa Unified School District is hosting a School Safety Forum on Thursday, March 1, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Administrative Offices...

A month ahead of naming its new superintendent, Maricopa Unified School District whittled down a list of prospective future leaders vying for the position. Out...

Maricopa High School students staged a quiet and brief protest of gun violence. Principal Rick Abel addresses the crowd in front of the high...

After years of hosting a Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial event, Legacy Traditional School opted to strike out on its own with a speech contest...

Have a musical instrument in your house that is collecting dust? Want to get that old clunker out of your house? Bring it to the...

Legacy Traditional School is taking flight for their annual musical spectacular. The charter school will present “Peter Pan” on two weekends, beginning Friday. The junior...

Copa Shorts Film Fest wrapped two days of short-film screenings Sunday with a wrap party and awards. Students from Maricopa Wells Middle School won...

Sequoia Pathway Academy first opened in Maricopa in 2009 as a K-8 campus with 350 students. 2012 featured our first graduating class of six...

The Maricopa Police Department says a school-shooting threat allegedly made by a local junior high student this week is “unfounded.” A Desert Wind Middle School...

A former basketball coach for Maricopa High School is expected to return next year – this time as district athletic director, school officials said...

Leading Edge Academy will be hosting two teacher job fairs this spring, one at their Gilbert campus for positions throughout the network and another at...

Local high school students traded their classrooms in for airplanes. Air Force JROTC cadets from Maricopa High School have taken to the sky with help...