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Peoria, AZ · Education
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Football in the West Valley
It’s crunch time for high school football teams all across the Agua Fria Union High School District. With the regular season ending soon, every game matters as teams fight to improve their records and earn a spot in the state playoffs. Football takes preparation beyond game night. Players spend time practicing plays, studying opponents, and working with coaches to correct mistakes from previous games. As the season moves forward, teams have to use what they learn each week to prepare for the next matchup. From Verrado and Desert Edge in the 5A to Agua Fria and Goodyear in 4A, Each team has a different path to the postseason, but they all have the same goal, make playoffs and most important, to finish strong!
West Valley View
Buckeye coach earns Cardinals weekly honor
For Buckeye Union High School head football coach David “Puni” Ellis, being named the Arizona Cardinals High School Coach of the Week represents more than individual recognition. It reflects the dedication of his players, coaching staff and a community that continues to support the Hawks. Ellis received the...
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Scottsdale district will close 2 schools, adding to Valley school closures
Earlier this month, the Scottsdale Unified School District board voted to shut down two additional schools after the 2026-27 school year. Both Copper Ridge and Laguna Elementary schools will close their doors, following last year’s closures of Pima Elementary and Echo Canyon schools. All four schools are a part of the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD).
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Valley medical school, first to offer Workforce Pell Grant to low-income students
One Valley school has become the first in the state to offer low-income students the federal Workforce Pell Grant. Students enrolled in the phlebotomy program at Pima Medical Institute (PMI) in Phoenix were able to apply for the grant, which is disbursed on a financial need basis. PMI’s Corporate Director...
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Undefeated Snowflake travels to Arcadia for fierce cross-state matchup
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The undefeated Snowflake Lobos will travel across the state to face the Arcadia Titans in this week’s AIA Game of the Week. Arcadia will host Snowflake at home on Friday night. Kick-off is at 7 p.m. at Arcadia High School, located near 48th Street and Indian School Road.
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ASU Joins Purdue, Tennessee to Close Nuclear Workforce Gap Amid Reactor Boom
Arizona State University is teaming up with Purdue University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to tackle a shortage of nuclear-literate engineers, forming what the schools call the New Nuclear Academic Consortium. The partnership pairs ASU's massive engineering enrollment with Purdue reactor access and Tennessee's nuclear degree programs, resources the Tempe campus doesn't have on its own, as power companies, data centers and the federal government push for a rapid buildout of nuclear capacity.
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Scottsdale Schools Weigh Screen-Time Limits, Eye No Devices Through 2nd Grade
Scottsdale Unified School District's Governing Board is moving toward new limits on how much time students spend on screens during the school day, after board members directed staff to draft a formal policy following discussion at a meeting last Tuesday. The push comes as districts across metro Phoenix, and states around the country, rethink how much classroom time belongs to laptops and tablets versus teachers and books.
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Zero wrong answers: Cartwright School District honors 52 perfect-score students
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Cartwright School District honored 52 students at a ceremony Wednesday for not missing a single question on the state test last year. Multiple students earned a perfect score in back-to-back years. Students received medals as a mariachi band played and attendees applauded. “I know it...
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Creighton ILAC reaches new milestone
Creighton University officially announced over 50 years of service for their Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC), marking a new milestone in the program’s history. Created through a long term partnership with the Centro de Educación para la Salud Integral (CESI), Creighton has supported over 6,000 graduate and undergraduate students, from the Phoenix and Omaha campus, to participate in over 200 service projects across the Dominican Republic (DR). Service projects include healthcare services or the construction of a community aqueduct or greenhouse.
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Arizona Silver Belt
Globe finishes season with loss to Chandler
The Globe High School football team lost its final game of the season Thursday night and finished the year with a 4-6 record. The Tigers traveled to Chandler on Thursday, Oct. 22, for a game against the Lincoln Prep Lightning. After leading for the first three quarters, the Tigers fell after Lincoln Prep scored 44 points in the final frame and won 44-19.
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Chandler students share perspectives on Homecoming 2026
Homecoming is a highly anticipated event at high schools across the country every year, but participation at Chandler High School seems to have been declining recently. Why are CHS students opting out of this major event of the school year? The Wolf Howl reached out to students to find out.
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Behind the Scenes at Verrado’s Haunted House
Verrado High School’s theater club hosts their annual haunted house get-together on October 24th for all students welcomed to join for the thrill. The Verrado high school haunted house is essentially a walk through experience where the students will be able to walk through the “E wing” where you can go and experience going into different rooms that each of them tell a different scary story/tale and for the students it is an opportunity to be able to act outside of class and have a new material to work with which is different from what they are given in class.
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East Valley Tribune
Mesa's ASU Polytechnic students honor the dead
What began as a single altar created by students in a Chicano literature class has grown into a Día de los Muertos tradition that brings hundreds of people to Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus in East Mesa. On Thursday, Oct. 29, the university will mark the tradition’s 10th...