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“Preparing Every Student for Success in College, Career and Life” EDUCATION PHOENIX A Newsletter From the Phoenix Union High School District Spring 2014 Superintendent’s High School Expo is Great Success Corner Over 2,000 people attended the first-ever Experience Phoenix I have often used this column to Union: High School Expo which was held January 25 at Phoenix share our progress as a District, citing the College. There were 30 booths highlighting every school, magnet upward trends and the positive trajectory programs, career and technical education, athletics, arts, JROTC, of our academic indicators. Indeed, student services and more. Hundreds of staff and students met Phoenix Union prospective students, their parents and community members, who has improved were treated to a wide variety of student entertainment on stage, significantly. interactive activities and informative break-out sessions about However, as high school. A radio station DJ/mixer, giveaways, including free the author Jim backpacks for 8th graders, food trucks, perfect weather and an Collins says, enthusiastic crowd added to the festivities. Sponsors included Cox many times, the Communications and the Connect2Compete program, APS, and most challenging Phoenix College. SRP and The Phoenix Union Foundation for task is going Education also helped underwrite the Expo. from “good” to “great.” We have been working on a strategic plan over the past 18 months with Governing Follow Superintendent Kent P. Scribner on Board members, Twitter @KentPScribner administrators, teachers and staff, parents, students and community members. Our vision: To become the Premier Urban District in the United States. From September to November, we gathered feedback from our community partners, which was squarely focused on the six pillars of our Strategic Plan - Leadership, Community Engagement, Professional Development, Culture of Excellence, Family Involvement/ Empowerment and Student Development. In each pillar, we asked two central questions: 1) What should the District NOT be willing to compromise in the work that it does and the services it offers? 2) What would help PUHSD achieve See “SUPERINTENDENT” - Page 2 ALHAMBRA BIOSCIENCE BOSTROM BROWNE CAMELBACK CENTRAL CHAVEZ DESIDERATA FAIRFAX FRANKLIN HAYDEN MARYVALE METRO NORTH SOUTH SUNS-DBACKS Education Phoenix - Spring 2014 “SUPERINTENDENT” Franklin Police & Fire Named - Continued From Page 1 Arizona Higher Performing School its goal of becoming the premier urban district in the United States? Franklin Police and Fire High School has been Our Steering Committee has recognized as an Arizona Higher Performing School, diligently reviewed feedback from the according to the National Center for Educational community meetings. The findings were Achievement (NCEA), a department of ACT, Inc. truly insightful. We have strong, steady The school was honored at the Arizona Business leadership, talented staff and diverse & Education Coalition’s “Advancing Toward College programs and services. However, we and Career Readiness” luncheon in December. need to continue changing the perception NCEA identifies Higher Performing Schools that some have of public education. We based on one or both of two measures: Growth have a great story to tell at Phoenix Union, and/or Performance. Franklin was cited for student growth in reading and writing, based on and it is imperative that we continue to three years of achievement scores. The Growth Measure evaluates schools whose students convey it to our parents, students and perform better than predicted for a school with similar demographics and prior achievement community members. While our District using statistical analyses. is large, we must continue to be nimble It was the second year that Franklin was named one of 145 Higher Performing Schools in and proactive in our decision-making. Our Arizona. The small school that includes public safety career training in law enforcement and fire school-community is ready for innovation. fighting, has been an “A” school for the past three years, according to the state’s Letter Grade With all of us working together, we can accountability system. According to the NCEA, a Higher Performing School indicates a school’s deep commitment ensure that our students are prepared to to raising student achievement and putting more students on the path to college and career succeed in college, career and life. readiness - regardless of socio-economic barriers or any other obstacles that might otherwise Now, the real work begins. Working impede success. groups will set priorities and measurable goals and present their findings as a comprehensive Strategic Plan to the The End of AIMS, But What’s Next? Governing Board for approval by the end of the school year. This February and April, many sophomores This process has given the leadership Upcoming AIMS Test Dates will take the AIMS (Arizona Instrument to Measure of our District an honest assessment of April 8 - Mathematics where we are and where we need to be, Standards) tests for the final time, and the Class of April 9 - Science to truly become the premier urban district. 2016 (this year’s 10th graders) will be the last class I want to thank the many individuals who that must pass AIMS to graduate high school. What comes next is the big question mark in have participated in this process, and look the ever-changing world of Arizona public education accountability. forward to the implementation of a positive The Arizona State Board of Education will be requesting proposals for a new assessment road map for the future of the Phoenix aligned with Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards. However, even those standards, Union High School District. formerly known as Common Core, have been challenged by the state legislature this session. Three years after adoption, some congressmen want Arizona to abandon them, even as - Dr. Kent P. Scribner, Superintendent school districts and their teachers are currently teaching the standards in the classroom. The Senate Education Committee also discussed bills that would withdraw Arizona from the partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium of 18 Metro FBLA states that developed the standards and ban using any exam it develops. According to Christine M. Thompson, executive director of the Arizona State Board of Virtually Education the board will select “the test that best suits Arizona’s needs.” The new test is important for many reasons. It will determine the state’s accountability Unstoppable measures. Right now, AIMS results determine how schools are ranked according to the A-F letter grade system. Also, teacher and principal evaluations require the use of student Two Metro Tech teams have qualified assessment data to determine how much students grow in one academic year. A new test is for the Future Business Leaders of America expected to be more difficult and scores could be much different than AIMS, confusing and disappointing students, parents and school officials. Also, with student growth factoring into (FBLA) Virtual Business Management the A-F Letter Grades formula, and teacher evaluations, a baseline year will be needed before Challenge and will be two of only 16 teams growth can be accurately measured. nationwide competing this summer at the The new assessment is due to be selected by the summer. In the meantime, about 100,000 FBLA National Leadership Conference. students, including Phoenix Union students, are taking a field test of PARCC’s Performance- The “Destroyers” placed in the top eight Based Assessment in April or May. However, the Arizona Department of Education Board in the first round of competition, among says that field testing is not part of the selection process, but rather, is considered a best 500 teams nationwide in October. The practice in test development. “Triple A’s,” earned a spot in the nationals AIMS won’t be disappearing altogether when the new test is adopted. Tenth and 11th in the second round that was completed in graders that do not pass an AIMS test this year will be able to re-take the test next year. Tenth February. graders will have one final chance to pass AIMS before graduation in the 2015-16 school year. 2 Phoenix Union High School District Music Festival Celebrates 30 Years The 30th Annual Greater Phoenix Music Festival took place January 17-18 at Camelback High School. Top musicians from junior high schools and Phoenix Union high schools converged for two days of rehearsal, culminating with a performance. A percussion group, a combined high school and junior high orchestra, a junior high honors band and a high school honors band entertained. Guest conductors worked with the students who earned their way to the event through auditions. Fourteen junior high schools from Isaac, Cartwright, Laveen, Alhambra, Madison and Roosevelt school districts joined musicians from nine Phoenix Union schools. For the high school honor band, 167 auditioned, and 97 were chosen. Over 80 students were selected for the junior high honors band. This event began 30 years ago as a way to introduce junior high students to high school music programs, and continues to be an effective and fun way to recruit new musicians to the Phoenix Union programs. Construction Bond Yields New School Buildings Three new classroom buildings highlight the latest news for the 2011 Phoenix Union Construction Bond program. A two-story classroom building at Franklin Police and Fire is getting its final touches. Betty Fairfax will also have a new classroom building for the 2014-15 school year. Designs for a building to house an alternative small school have been completed. Construction for the 40,000 square foot, 13-classroom facility next to Central High School will begin in July and be ready for the 2015-16 school year. New Building at Betty Fairfax High School Renderings Courtesy of ADM Group Renderings of the new Educational Academy facility New Building at Franklin Police and Fire High School 3 Education Phoenix - Spring 2014 Betty Fairfax Student Foundation Dinner Raises Scholarship Named National Funds for PUHSD Students Hispanic Heritage The Sixth Annual team. Student speakers Youth Award Winner Phoenix Union were Ruben Leal Mazon Foundation for Education from Betty Fairfax, and Betty Fairfax Scholarship Dinner was Gustavo Loredo, a South High School senior the most successful ever, Mountain graduate Genesis Miranda- attracting 375 attendees who benefited from a Soto was honored as to “An Evening For Foundation scholarship one of six National Education,” February 7 and is completing his Hispanic Heritage at the Renaissance Hotel degree at Arizona Youth Award winners in downtown Phoenix. State University. A new for her leadership in Sponsored by Blue award for Counselor the classroom and Cross Blue Shield of Maryvale Mariachi Performing of the Year was given Genesis Miranda-Soto community at the Arizona, the evening included silent and live to Trevor Browne’s Allison Williams. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation Youth Awards auctions, student entertainment and awards. “Friend of Phoenix Union” was longtime event, January 30, in Miami. Proceeds go to the Foundation to fund Foundation member and former president Over 10,000 high school students apply post-secondary scholarships for Phoenix Dave Johnson, and the evening’s Master for the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards from Union students. Student entertainment and of Ceremonies, Frank Camacho, was the 10 cities. Those are narrowed to hundreds presentations included singer Alan Ponce “Alumnus of the Year.” Camacho, a 30-year of regional winners. The Phoenix winners Duarte from North, the Maryvale mariachi television newsman, is a graduate of South were recognized by local businesses, group, pianists from Alhambra, Central, Mountain. education and community leaders in Carl Hayden and Maryvale, dancers from Foundation Scholarship applications November. Miranda-Soto earned her Cesar Chavez and South Mountain; JROTC were available in March, with a March award in the Business and Entrepreneurship units from Camelback 28 deadline. Last category. and South Mountain, year, $72,000 in Miranda-Soto was named the City of Trevor Browne scholarships were Phoenix Young Woman of the Year last guitars, Metro Tech awarded to 50 spring. She has a 3.98 grade point average guitars and table students. in the International Baccalaureate program treats and decorations and was the school’s first junior elected as from its culinary and student body president last year. Her other floral programs, North extracurricular activities include National chamber strings and Trevor Browne’s Allison Williams (middle) Honor Society, Friends of Rachel club, the Carl Hayden robotics was named Counselor of the Year. IMPACT Now, Be A Leader and YHAP (You Have a Purpose), a club she founded. Miranda-Soto, who is fluent in Spanish Seven Phoenix Union Academic Decathlon and French, is a graduate of Valley Teen Teams Advance to State Leadership and also is a youth leader at her church. She plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania or Arizona State University. Phoenix Union qualified seven teams for the 40-team State Academic Decathlon, held Her future plans include earning a Master’s March 7-8, at ASU West, and Cesar Chavez led the PUHSD contingent with a seventh place degree in International Studies. finish. It was the Champions’ fourth Top 10 State finish in five years, including seventh place Youth awardees received roundtrip finishes in 2009-10 and 2010-11. Alhambra placed 11th, South Mountain was 18th. Maryvale, accommodations to Miami, an educational Trevor Browne, Betty Fairfax and Bioscience also qualified and competed at State. Canyon grant, a laptop computer, and then, are del Oro won the event, followed by Boulder Creek and Mesa Mountain View. It was the second entered into the LOFT (Latinos On Fast year in a row that seven PUHSD teams made it to State, the most ever for the District. Track) Institute which prepares, connects, Top performers included South Mountain’s Markaya Hill and Eugenia Anane-Wae who and places young leaders as they transition finished in a five-way tie for first place and from high school to college, and graduate gold medals in the Scholastic Interview school, and well into their careers. event. Each scored a perfect 1,000 points. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation is Alhambra’s Jesus Salinas took gold in a nonprofit organization which inspires, Varsity Science. Other medalists were: identifies, prepares and positions Latino Mikail Uddin, Cesar Chavez - bronze in leaders for classroom, community and Scholastic Art; Naila Little, Trevor Browne workforce. - bronze in the Scholastic Interview; and The awards ceremony took place at Amanda Canez, Cesar Chavez - bronze Emilio and Gloria Estefan’s Bongos Cuban in Varsity Art. Mackenzie Kong-Sivert of Café in Miami. Bioscience was District’s high scorer with 7,123 total points in the Honors Division. 4 Phoenix Union High School District Seven Phoenix Union Teachers Earn National Board Certification Seven Phoenix Union teachers, matching the most in one year, became National Board Certified (NBC) teachers this year. They were honored at the February Governing Board meeting. Sunghwan Byun: Math, Metro Tech; Carrie Deahl: English, Maryvale; Joyce A. Donaldson: English, North; Niki Karandreas: English, Trevor Browne; Cynthia Maher: ELL, Alhambra; Christina Yoder: Art, Alhambra; and Sue Wright: Art, Alhambra, who is now at Mesa Red Mountain High School, earned certification. Considered the teaching profession’s highest honor, it is presented by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to teachers who demonstrate, through a performance assessment, that they meet the high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. The seven National Board Certified Teachers match last year for the most PUHSD NBC Teachers named in one year. There are now 31 current NBC Teachers in the District. Alhambra’s three NBC Teachers are the first earned at the school since Kate McDonald (now Metro Tech principal) in 1999. SUNGHWAN BYUN JoYCE DoNALDSoN CYNTHIA MAHER earned his first degree in is in her 16th year with the teaches writing and South Korea, but became District, including the last grammar to many refugee interested in the U.S. as seven at North where she and immigrant students an international exchange teaches sophomore English, at Alhambra High School. student at the University and Honors English. She She has been with PUHSD of Hawaii. He went to has also taught transitional since 2006, but has taught Oregon State University ESL and Literary Magazine. at ASU, American University where he received his M.S. Donaldson is the English in Cairo, Egypt and at the in Mathematics Education. Byun has taught for Department Instructional Leader, and coaches UofA. With the certification, she will never be six years, three at Metro Tech where he teaches Generation Ink, North’s Poetry club. She able to teach again without asking “why am I AP Calculus and Pre-Calculus classes. He worked two years to earn her NBC, is grateful doing it, how will I assess progress, how will I believes the NBC process will help him improve for the rigor and wants to inspire all teachers know that the kids have learned it, what will I do his teaching practices, including reaching out to to pursue it. She thinks more deeply about the if they don’t and how will I extend the learning, if more parents, colleagues and communities. It individual student and how she can help each they do.” Her grandfather and her father were also motivated him to establish a Math Club at achieve. Donaldson, who says she wanted to both educators, and Maher says it is in her Metro to make an impact on students outside of be a teacher all her life, grew up in Washington, genes. “The best part of teaching, besides the the classroom. He says his students’ success D.C., and earned degrees at Ottawa University students is the fact that there are always ways stories are the most joyful part of teaching. and ASU. to improve as a teacher, and it never gets old or stale.” CARRIE DEAHL has NIkI kARANDREAS taught for 14 years at knew she wanted to be a CRISTINA YoDER PUHSD, including the teacher the day her father is in her second year at last six at Maryvale. brought home a chalkboard. Alhambra, after 13 years in She teaches freshmen She and her sisters played the Peoria District. Yoder honors English and school, and she was was an art therapist for sophomore English, and the teacher. A Chicago years, and never wanted to is a Professional Learning native with degrees from follow in the footsteps of her Community leader. She DePaul University, Karandreas grew up in a mother, an English teacher. pursued the NBC so that she could better meet bilingual family, speaking Greek and English But after having children, the diverse needs of her students, and it has and developed a love for language. The NBC she became a teacher, and loves every day of shown her the importance of increasing student- process has made Karandreas want to make teaching. Yoder wants to be the best teacher to-student interaction. Ever since her sixth grade real-world connections to whatever students are for her students, and she says the NBC process teacher encouraged her to enter a district poetry learning, and someday, work with fellow teachers really helps refine our craft. She enjoys teaching contest in which she placed, Deahl had several on an international level so her students can her students how to draw and paint, and see teachers inspire her to develop a love of reading, learn alongside peers from other continents. them realize that they are capable of amazing writing, music and culture, and “showed me the She is in her 18th year of teaching, including 16 things. Born in Cuba, Yoder attended colleges in world beyond my world.” She writes a blog, at PUHSD, four at Trevor Browne. Indiana and Kentucky before coming to Arizona. “The Real Deahl,” where she reflects upon the teaching practice. She has degrees from Grand Canyon and NAU. Connect2Compete and Cox offer Low-Cost Home Internet and Computers Having a computer and internet access is critical to a student’s success today. A program offered by Cox Communications, called Connect2Compete, is working with Phoenix Union High School District to offer low-cost computer and high-speed Internet for students and their families, along with free digital training to safely use the Internet. Eligible families who have a child who receives free school meals through the National School Lunch Program can receive high speed internet for $9.95 per month for up to two years. Families can also purchase a $150 desktop or $199 laptop computer. Free in-person computer and Internet training is also available. The discounted computer offer and free digital literacy training are available to anyone. Visit connect2compete.org/cox or call 1-855-222-3252 to apply. 5 Education Phoenix - Spring 2014 Arizona College Application Campaign Takes off at Three Schools The goal is for every senior at Central, Carl Hayden and Betty Fairfax to apply for college and complete the Free Application for Financial Student Aid (FAFSA) application for financial aid. These three schools participated in the Arizona College Application Campaign, in partnership with the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education. In November, seniors had opportunities to complete college applications during the school day with assistance from staff and community experts. Then, February 18-20, the schools hosted College Goal Nights on campus for parents and students to complete the financial aid application, prior to the traditional College Goal Saturday and Sunday, February 22-23. Last year, PUHSD provided transportation to the College Goal Sunday for parents and students, but this year, the three schools made it easier for parents and students. Principal Zack Muñoz and Mayor Greg The campaign hopes to build a college-going culture in Arizona’s high schools that benefits students, their Stanton at the kickoff event at Betty Fairfax High School. families, and the community by having each senior submit an application to at least one postsecondary institution in the Fall and the FAFSA in the early Spring as an expected part of every student’s 12th grade experience. Already in 24 states, this is the first year Arizona and Phoenix Union has joined the campaign. “We know that students are more likely to enter a post-secondary institution if they complete FAFSA,” Phoenix Union’s Cyndi Tercero said. “With these three campuses participating in the College Application Campaign and hosting financial aid prep presentations, their students are ready to complete this final step.” Turning in Why Get a College Education? Assignments, Getting a college education is more “The only thing more expensive important than ever for earning a good living. Grading Now online than getting college education A study by Georgetown University Center on is not getting one. The economic Education and the Workforce reports that All Phoenix Union schools have penalties for not getting a by 2018, 61 percent of jobs in Arizona will implemented Turnitin, enabling teachers college degree are so much stiffer require some postsecondary training beyond in every now than in the past.” high school. Between 2008-2018, there will discipline to - Paul Taylor, Pew Center be 907,000 job vacancies both from new jobs check the work and from job openings due to retirement, and of students for 554,000 of these vacancies will be for those with postsecondary credentials. New jobs originality, online grading and conducting requiring postsecondary education will grow by 227,000 by 2018. peer review exercises online. The service The earnings gap between those with a bachelor’s degree and those without has allows students to turn in assignments online, widened to its greatest level since 1965. Young adults with only a high school diploma saves instructors time grading papers, earn 61 percent of the typical salary of college graduates, according to a study by the gives feedback to students, and checks for Pew Research Center, which concludes that a person with a college degree earns more plagiarism. It also better prepares students now, while a high school diploma is worth less, widening the gap between rich and poor. for college, where much of the student work is submitted online. College graduates, ages 25-32 earn $45,500 a year compared with $28,000 for high “Turnitin is one tool helping us prepare school-only individuals. In 1965, the gap was just $7,449 between college grads and our diverse student population for life high school grads. beyond high school. We are encouraging The most sobering statistic, according to the study is that young adults with just a and developing the use of Turnitin across high school diploma are 22 percent more likely to live in poverty, compared to 7 percent the curriculum in every school in our in 1979. District,” Language Arts Content Specialist Ann Murray said. The English instructors were among the Students who are in dual enrollment drafts. Through the originality checking first to request Turnitin, and from September programs with Maricopa Community feature I teach students about plagiarism. I to December, more than 29,000 student Colleges, and those participating in Grand can give fast feedback on draft assignments, papers were submitted with over 14,000 Canyon University classes are already and make comments for customized graded using the online grading tool. familiar with Turnitin, and welcome the feedback,” said Dawn Birch of Betty Fairfax Adoption came quickly with a train- service at PUHSD. High School, who has used the system for the-trainer model with tech-saavy teachers “I have students submit nearly every nine years, and is a teacher-trainer. teaching their colleagues. assignment to the service, including multiple 6 Phoenix Union High School District Dr. Gabriel Trujillo Named Rodel Exemplary Principal Finalist Trevor G. Browne Principal Dr. Gabriel Trujillo was named a 2014 Rodel Exemplary Principal Finalist, the Rodel Foundation announced in December. Of the 13 finalists, seven were selected as Rodel Exemplary Principals. The Rodel Foundation of Arizona is committed to recognizing extraordinary Nearly 30 principals who are making a difference in Career and Technical the lives of students in “high-need” schools. Rodel Exemplary Principals are recognized for Education Programs exceptional leadership and for two years will train, mentor, and inspire the next generation offered at of Arizona principals. Exemplary Principals provide professional development and mentoring to three Rodel Aspiring Principals, creating a pipeline for educators who can Phoenix Union eventually lead high-need schools. Schools Trujillo is in his fifth year as the principal of Trevor Browne, the largest school in the District with over 3,000 students. He was an assistant principal for three years at Browne prior to becoming principal. He has been a principal and assistant principal at charter February was Career and Technical schools, and taught social studies and ELL English for five years. Trujillo earned a B.A. Education (CTE) month. What used to in History from Park University (Missouri), a Post-baccalaureate Secondary Education be referred to as vocational education degree and a Masters of Education at ASU. He completed his Doctoral Program of has come a long way. Phoenix Union Educational Leadership from ASU last fall. He is also president of the Phoenix Union has 29 programs as varied as Business Administrators Association. Operations, Sports and Entertainment Trujillo was selected as a semifinalist in November. A site visit team conducted Marketing, Web Design, Law Enforcement, an observation and interview with Trujillo and select staff members at Browne during Early Childhood Education, Engineering, November. Computer/Networking Technology and “I’m incredibly honored and humbled to have been selected as a Rodel Exemplary Pharmacy Support Services. Almost 9,000 Principal finalist. Thank you for this incredible opportunity and for coming out to TGB to PUHSD students have taken a CTE course, see all of the amazing things we do for kids,” Trujillo said. including a freshman class, where students explore a variety of careers, develop an Education Career Action Plan (ECAP) and receive internet safety and technology Support My Club is literacy training. There is a myth that CTE programs are Helping Schools, Students for students not going to college. In fact: • The percentage of CTE students entering post-secondary schools is 13 percent Since Support My Club has teamed up with higher than non-CTE students. PUHSD, clubs and teams all over the District • Nearly 50 percent of all Dual Enrollment have received over 1,000 items with no cost to (earning college credit) opportunities at teachers or students. Phoenix Union are through CTE programs. Here is a sampling of items received just in • CTE students score significantly higher in the last couple months: AIMS reading, writing and math than • Tools for theater set designs and robotics other PUHSD students. clubs • Students enrolled in a CTE program had • Soccer balls, swim goggles and baseballs a 99 percent graduation rate in 2012-13. • A 50lb. bag of sugar for culinary training • CTE graduates are 10-15 percent more • Prismacolor pencils for art likely to be in the labor force and earn • Theater and museum tickets nearly 10 percent more than academic Support My Club guides donors to their program graduates. website and gets club and team members the Members of the Metro Tech Robotics Club with their new drills! L to R: Maria Sumale, items needed. Go to www.supportmyclub.org to Ariana Lima, Seefa Islam, Dalia Uriostegui To learn more about PUHSD’s Career and find out more about Support My Club. Technical Education programs, visit www.phoenixunion.org/cte. 7 Education Phoenix - Spring 2014 Another Maryvale State Champion Wrestler Maryvale High School has a long tradition of outstanding wrestlers. Everyone knows of Olympic Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo, but there have been more before and after Henry. In fact, there have been 19 Maryvale State Champions since 2001. A few weeks ago, the Panthers added another name to their Wall of Fame. Alejandro Calderon of Maryvale was crowned a Wrestling State Champion, February 22, in Prescott Valley. The senior won four matches at the Division I State Tournament in 113-pound weight class. He came into the tournament seeded second, and won four straight matches, including beating the top-seeded wrestler from Mesa Mountain View, 4-3, in the championship match, avenging a loss to the same wrestler last month. Calderon finishes the season with a 50 win-4 loss record. South Mountain Girls Among the North Coach Gets 300 Wins Best in Arizona North High Boys Basketball coach Joe Bustos, recorded career-win number 300 when the Mustangs beat Trevor Browne, January 7. Bustos, who led The South Mountain Girls Basketball North to back-to-back state titles in 2009 and 2010, has been coaching for team made it to the quarterfinals of the 18 years. Division II State Championship before a disappointing overtime loss to #1 seeded Seton Catholic, February 25 at Alhambra Soccer Shines Jobing.com Arena. The Jaguars led for much of the game, and by two points in The Alhambra Lions Boys the final minute, but Seton tied it with Soccer team went toe-to-toe 13 seconds in regulation and outscored with the best team in the state, South by 10 points in the overtime. It February 12, before dropping a may have been a matchup of the heart-breaking Division I Semi- two best teams in Division II. Seton Final match, 3-2, to Brophy Prep, ultimately won the state title. South the eventual state champion. had defeated Seton in the final week of The game was decided in a the regular season to become the top- penalty shot shoot-out after the ranked school in the state, undefeated teams were tied in regulation in regular season games. However, a 1-1 and again after two overtime loss in the Sectional Tournament, the periods, 2-2. Alhambra led Jags first loss of the year, relegated 1-0 at halftime, thanks to a them to an 8th seed in the tournament, Josias Ortiz goal, and stellar even though they were still ranked 2nd goaltending by the Lions’ in the state power rankings. South had Eriberto Paredes, who had made one stop, but Alhambra missed a a bye in the first round, and beat Marcos several brilliant saves throughout the game. shot, and in the final round, Brophy made a de Niza in a second round game to Brophy tied it, 1-1, eight minutes into the goal, and Alhambra’s final shot was blocked. set up the rematch with Seton. South second half. Alhambra took a 2-1 lead in Alhambra finished its best season ever, at finished the year, 26-4 overall, including the first 10-minute overtime with a Benny 17-2-1, under coach Zachary Zamenski. holiday tournaments. The Jaguars were Meza goal, but seconds later, Brophy tied Brophy went on to beat Hamilton, 1-0 in vying for their first state championship it again, 2-2. In the shoot-out, Paredes penalty kicks in the championship game. since 2007-2008. Zamenski was named the Section 1 Coach of the Year and six Alhambra players were on the All-Section first or second teams. Aziz Allanidkim (forward); Jules Pacifique (midfielder); Omar Llanos (midfielder); Brian Martin (defender) were first team picks. Kevin Nunez (defender) and Eriberto Paredes A Camelback girls bathroom, decorated with notes of love, hope, inspiration, (Goalie) made the second team. encouragement and friendship, greeted girls on Valentine’s Day with the theme of “You Are Beautiful.” 8 Phoenix Union High School District North Students Meet Former Secretary of State Carl Hayden Student Honored for Filmmaking Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, met with North High International Baccalaureate (IB) juniors to discuss the importance of international diplomacy and respond Mia Hernandez, a senior, won an to their questions during a visit to Phoenix, January 10. This event was held in conjunction honorable mention in the Scholastic Art & with an exhibition of her collection of pins, often worn to send subtle diplomatic signals in the Writing Competition in New York City. She course of her work. competed with art students from around the North High was one of a select group of schools invited to identify a total of 50 students to United States. She is a fourth year Magnet participate in an hour-long program with Ms. Albright at the Phoenix Art Museum. IB student student with exceptional skills in design, Yohan Sivakumar shared the stage with Secretary Albright and after participating in a question animation, video and audio editing. Her and answer session, presented her with a silver Mustang pin to add to her collection. animation “Tea for Two,” is an original story, designed specifically for the Duck Tape Company award. “She created and animated the characters, from duck tape, animated and wrote all the music herself. This is a tremendous undertaking for one artist,” teacher Michele Delgado said. Camelback Hosts Student Government Conference Camelback hosted the Phoenix Union High School District Student Government Metro Strongman Conference, February 19. Students from 14 schools attended workshops Metro Tech’s Martin Lopez finished 5th in and listened to speakers. The event the 56-kilogram weight class at the National started with a performance from the Youth Olympic Weightlifting Championships National Comedy Theatre, showcasing in Aurora, Colorado, February 1. Lopez, performers from Camelback. The 5-4 and 123 pounds, snatched 167 pounds group then held a workshop for the and “clean and jerked” 191 pounds. Only students about “Finishing Strong.” The lifting since August and competing in only conference finished strong with a music his second event in his life, Lopez has festival presented by the High School been identified as a top prospect by the Nation Tour. Camelback students and United States Olympic Committee. He is staff were invited to join the festivities on the Spartan Football field for a free music and also a member of the Metro Tech Olympic arts assembly and concert with interactive experiences to raise awareness and support for Weightlifting club and is strong in Calculus, music and arts in schools. as well. Social Studies Teachers Get a Lesson in the Arizona Constitution Twenty-four members of PUHSD’s Teaching American History Grant attended a seminar taught by Arizona’s two leading Constitutional lawyers, David Bodney and Paul Eckstein. They convened in the historic Senate chamber of the Arizona Capitol Museum, February 26, where the lawyers presented key cases in Arizona and United States First Amendment law, the legal history of statehood, and 100-plus years of Arizona ballot propositions. The grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education four years ago, has introduced content instruction and materials to Phoenix Union social studies teachers that integrate the history of the Southwest and Arizona with U.S. History. 9 Education Phoenix - Spring 2014 Carl Hayden Robotics Coming to a Theatre Near You Documentary, Motion Picture Feature Robotics Team Ten years ago, when supporters and fellow version. The movie, starring George Lopez, the Carl Hayden Falcon competitors. In fact, the Marisa Tomei and Jamie Lee Curtis, is coming Robotics team arrived Falcons traveled to MIT in the fall. Much of the filming took place in at its first underwater in November for a day Albuquerque, where a local high school robotics competition in of filming, and a reunion was renamed Carl Hayden for the shooting. Santa Barbara, California, with the MIT Alumni they Coaches Lajvardi and Alan Cameron, and coach Fredi Lajvardi said defeated. the Hayden students were on hand to meet “we looked like the carnival “It’s still affecting their acting counterparts, and lend technical had arrived.” That my life, even 10 years assistance and insight into the story. carnival has now turned after,” said Falcon “I love having real people on the set. It into a media circus for alumnus Oscar Vazquez makes it more authentic. Every so often they the ultimate underdogs to an MIT student who would say ‘Oh, I wouldn’t do that,’” Director from central Phoenix, who asked how the experience Sean McNamara said. beat every college team, had changed his life. Lopez is playing a hybrid of the two including MIT, to win the “It gave me a career in coaches, Lajvardi and Cameron. event. It spawned a legacy engineering; it helped me “I’m a huge fan of ‘Rocky’, and ‘Stand of college-bound student pay for college; it brought and Deliver.’ This story has the elements of engineers and social me to MIT today; it sent what makes movies great. There are heroes, activists that continues me on the right path.” twists and turns, and emotions. Nothing is today. The unlikely story While “Underwater better than real life,” Lopez said. was first chronicled in Dreams” is a real life look “It’s the chemistry. Sometimes things just a magazine article, and at the story, a motion click, and it clicked so much this time that we Carl Hayden student Jose Martinez is now, a motion picture and featured on the promotional poster. picture, entitled “La Vida didn’t even know what we were getting into,” a documentary film are Robot,” is Hollywood’s Lajvardi said, in retrospect. coming out this year. The documentary is called “Underwater Dreams,” produced by Mary Mazzio and 50 Eggs Production. The release date is this spring. The film crew came to Phoenix and Carl Hayden Community High School, and interviewed the 2004 team, as well as current and former team members, coaches, Mary Mazzio, writer/producer, interviews Team members and their acting counterparts meet on the La Vida Robot set. From Left to right: oscar Gutierrez Carl Hayden student Sergio Corral for documentary. plays Luis Aranda; Lorenzo Santillan is played by Jose Julian; oscar Vazquez, played by Carlos Pena, and Cristian Arcega, played by David Del Rio. Front row: Alan Cameron, George Lopez and Fredi Lajvardi. School Safety Bus Drivers Needed is Everyone’s Business Phoenix Union High School District is in need of bus drivers. Drivers work six- A big part of school safety is the communication between parents, students, the hour shifts but receive fulltime benefits, community and our schools. We encourage our students and parents to contact school and start at $12.58 per hour. A job description, administration when they have information that may impact the safety of our students and qualifications and campuses. The Phoenix Police Department also has resources for reporting. You can application can be found contact the Phoenix Police Department Crime Stop at 602-262-6151, or Silent Witness at at www.phoenixunion.org 480-WITNESS, or (in Spanish) 480-TESTIGO. For more information, call (602) 764-1614. 10

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