Schools stories
Articles, features and columns about the latest goings on in the Payson School District.- EAC president faces probe
- March 19, 2010
- Eastern Arizona College President Mark Bryce improperly borrowed more than $7,000 from the college for personal travel expenses, including spa treatments, movies and meals for his wife and children, according to a new report from the auditor general.
- EAC changes course, will pay teachers on time
- March 16, 2010
- Eastern Arizona College plans to move its paydays to comply with state law following the complaint of an adjunct faculty member, according to a letter sent to the state labor department.
- Boot camp gives students time to refine skills
- Two-week sessions help with math and reading skills
- March 16, 2010
- The boot camp in Stacey Summers’ classroom began in the late afternoon, but these seven elementary school students weren’t squatting to build leg muscles or performing push-ups.
- Students working during spring break to improve grades
- March 16, 2010
- About 100 students at Rim Country Middle School will work mornings during a week of spring break to improve bad grades.
- Feature Teacher
- Teacher wants to help students achieve goals, do their best
- March 16, 2010
- I love the children and truly care about their academic success.
- Rim students take part in ASU Mars Research Center project
- March 16, 2010
- The seventh-grade gifted pre-algebra and science combined class (STEM) recently participated in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at ASU’s Mars Research Center.
- Override votes bring smiles to school officials’ faces
- March 12, 2010
- School advocates and officials in Rim Country rejoiced this week when voters overwhelmingly approved the once-defeated budget override.
- Gila college teacher files wage complaint against EAC
- Eastern is violating law in withholding pay, says complaint
- March 12, 2010
- A wage dispute at Gila Community College concerning adjunct faculty members has led one teacher to file a complaint with the state labor board.
- DRAFT K-12 COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT
- March 11, 2010
- Tom Horne, State Superintendent of Schools announced today that the Council of Chief School State Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) released the first public draft of the K-12 Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The public is invited to review and provide feedback.
- Vocational building for PHS will break ground in May
- Money comes from voter approved bond fund and vocational institute
- March 9, 2010
- The Payson Unified School District’s brand new vocational building could be completed by October.
- Students learn ins and outs of courtroom
- March 9, 2010
- Domestic abuse victim Martha Monroe was found guilty of manslaughter last week after 90-minutes of arduous jury deliberation.
- School Briefs
- March 9, 2010
- Payson High School English teacher Lindsay Smith is having students in her American Literature and World Literature classes write letters to their favorite celebrities. And they are getting answers back.
- PHS students help educate fifth-graders about dental hygiene
- March 9, 2010
- Payson High School students in Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) recently educated fifth-graders at Frontier Elementary School about dental hygiene, and the causes and implications of tooth decay.
- Rep: GCC independence a fantasy
- March 9, 2010
- One of Rim Country’s representatives says independence for Gila Community College is an impossible fantasy despite good prospects for two potentially helpful bills.
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