Education

The Maricopa Unified School District is chasing down a new athletic director. MUSD Superintendent Steve Chestnut said former Athletic Director Mark Cisterna submitted a resignation...

Maricopa High School graduate Pamela Crabajales received this year’s top scholarship from Desert Schools Federal Credit Union. The company gave out $27,500 to seven Arizona...

Although school has ended for most, principals and staff are still on campus over the summer preparing for the 470 additional sixth grade students...

It was as close as most Arizona high school students will get to the Tony Awards. Maricopa High School students showed off just a bit...

A familiar face in Maricopa will lead a committee of the Arizona School Board Association. Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board Member Torri Anderson was...

Thursday, Maricopa Unified School District teachers will finish training for the new assessment system the district purchased earlier this year. SchoolCity replaced the contract MUSD...

Draft budget talks progressed Wednesday evening at the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board Meeting. However, board members are split between three proposals that...

The budget priorities for the Maricopa Unified School District are homing in on three main areas: funding for afterschool activity buses, setting classroom target...

The hunt for a new superintendent will not be on Maricopa Unified School District’s agenda any time soon Superintendent Steve Chestnut, who announced earlier in...

Sequoia Pathway Academy saw 61 seniors graduate Friday in front of a standing-room-only crowd. The Class of 2017 heard from Principal Nate Lamma, valedictorian...

More than 380 students graduated from Maricopa High School during ceremonies at Ram Stadium May 25. The Class of 2017 earned $6.75 million in...

The Class of 2017 will soon complete their high school journey this week as they walk across the stage, receive their diplomas and turn...

In its fifth year of existence, the Cisco Academy at Maricopa High School achieved some significant milestones. They created the 24 Pin Technologies student-led business. ...

Numbering 510, eighth graders from Desert Wind and Maricopa Wells middle schools in the Maricopa Unified School District came together for a unification ceremony...

A Maricopa High School freshman received honorable mention in a countywide essay contest. Fernando Ramirez was one of 3,400 students who participated in the Pinal...

Adjudicators from Arizona State University Gammage came to see "Beauty and the Beast," the Mariciopa High School Theatre Company's spring musical. With this adjudication,...

Arizona Department of Transportation will accommodate graduation ceremonies planned for next week by delaying nightly night work on John Wayne Parkway and Maricopa-Casa Grande...

Four gentlemen from the Maricopa chapter of the VFW Post 12043 visited Desert Wind Middle School in Shannon Hull's and Jennifer Szoltysik's classrooms on May...

A student at Maricopa High School was taken into custody Monday after a gun was found in the student's vehicle. Maricopa Unified School District Superintendent...

By Michelle Chance Spring athletes and artists received recognition during the Maricopa Unified School District’s Board meeting Wednesday. Track and field coach Sheldon Hutchinson presented certificates...

The scholars at Maricopa Elementary School had a chance to toot their own horns Friday as parents and community members gathered for Leadership Day. Children...

Maricopa Unified School District's Native American Education Program hosted an art expo featuring student artwork, San Carlos artist Douglas Miles of Apache Skateboards giving a...

By Michelle Chance Boosting pay for district employees remained the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board’s top priority Wednesday night. During an ongoing budget debate between...

By Michelle Chance After more than a decade of using outdated math textbooks, Maricopa Unified School district students will begin learning from brand new curriculum...

On Monday evening Maricopa High School held its annual "Evening of Honors" to recognize the academic accomplishments of the Class of 2017. There will...

Today Maricopa High School's Senior Aerospace Science Instructor, Lt. Col. Allen Kirksey, USAF, Retired, took eight AFJROTC cadets to the Titan Missile Museum just...

The class of 2017 at Maricopa High School and Sequoia Pathway Academy is filled with many goal-oriented, career-minded individuals. Learn about just a few...

With guests comprised of veterans, active duty personnel, elected officials and others, the Maricopa High School Air Force Junior ROTC presented more than 15...

By Murray Siegel Special Education is a branch of education focused on students with special needs, such as learning disabilities, behavioral or physical challenges, or...

When one of fiction’s most memorable screwballs is hauled into an insane asylum in Sequoia Pathway Academy’s production of “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s...