Education

A top Maricopa Unified School District administrator laid out the extent of student disciplinary cases, which have their share of ups and downs, depending...

The clock is ticking to replace a vacancy on the Maricopa Unified District Governing Board. After board member Gary Miller resigned last month, the MUSD...

The Maricopa Unified School District chose Desert Sunrise as the name for the city’s new high school Wednesday night, choosing not to use any of...

Two Maricopa High School students are finalists for Flinn Scholarships, which would give them full rides to an Arizona public university. Filimon Kednmarey and Timothy...

Central Arizona College recognized seventeen radiologic technology students during a pinning ceremony at its Superstition Mountain Campus on Sat., December 11. This special ceremony...

The Maricopa High School softball team celebrated its seniors on Thursday with a game against the Tucson High Badgers. The Rams lost the Senior Day...

Proposed new schools in Hidden Valley would be the first in the district outside city limits. Site maps show land is allocated for new elementary...

The new high school has a mascot. Desert Sunrise High School, which is under construction on the east side of town, will be known as...

The Arizona Educational Foundation has honored Pima Butte Elementary School as an A+ School of Excellence. The recognition distinguishes Pima Butte Elementary among 37 outstanding...

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...

  Legacy Traditional School had a “stellar” first in-person day, according to its principal. Dion Koltes, in his second year heading the charter school, said he...

Maricopa Unified School District received glowing Arizona Department of Education report cards for three of its elementary schools, all of which earned A grades. MUSD...

In August 2019, Tom Bogle opened a microschool in Maricopa for a few students in grades 3-8 and was soon joined by a neighbor...

By Joycelyn Cabrera Proposition 437 introduces a $68 million bond on the November ballot for the main purpose of building a second high school in...

Yet another Maricopa middle school athletic team has brought home a conference title. The Maricopa Wells girls’ track team narrowly edged Casa Grande’s Villago Middle...

A lot of emotions, a lot of hard work. That’s how one Sequoia Pathway Academy senior summarized his final year of high school just prior...

Maricopa Lions Club helps thousands of children see and hear. It’s all part of the nonprofit organization’s mission. “We did over 12,000 vision and hearing screens...

Maricopa children ride buses to schools outside of the city every day. Valley schools that bus Maricopa children: Kyrene School District: Kyrene Akimel A-al Middle School, Kyrene...

Maricopa High School crowned a new class of graduates on Wednesday night in Ram Stadium, as the Class of 2021, teachers and administrators, and...

Maricopa Unified School District is the most diverse district in the Phoenix area, the most diverse district in Pinal County, and second-most diverse in...

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...

EDITOR's NOTE: This post has been updated to reflect funeral arrangements.  Pat Brock, who documented the history of Maricopa in her books “Reflections of a...

By Murray Siegel This is the second of a two-part column on preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs. Read...

Aside from all the candidates to elect, Maricopa voters have three issues to decide in the General Election. Two of the issues are statewide questions...

As the new year begins, InMaricopa asked community leaders what 2023 may bring. Here are their thoughts: ____________________ FOR THE CITY Nancy Smith, Mayor of Maricopa Here is my...

For a self-proclaimed “shy gal,” the idea of a spotlight might seem overbearing. But Abigail Panter, a recent graduate from Heritage Academy, views the...

A Maricopa resident whisked away the competition and tasted the triumph of a national culinary arts scholarship. Kaylee Segura Provencher, a Maricopa native and Central...

Friday Heritage Academy officially broke ground on its new $16 million school set to open in July. The campus in Maricopa will be the fourth...

How did they do that? Butterfield Elementary’s successful strategy to rise from a C to an A school: *  Revamp the master schedule *  Use data results...

Maricopa Unified School District and Central Arizona College are partnering to offer "A Grow Your Own Teacher" program for individuals interested in becoming a...