Just about every morning and afternoon when Krista walked up to the front of the school, a group of students in a circle were spitting out rhymes in a cypher. They had more passion in those [...]
As a way to help students creatively engage in a writing process, Jen Nowicki Clark of Creative Narrations taught Joanna’s students the art of creating a storyboard for a digital story. She then [...]
As a way to build team skills, students learned “Interactive Vaulting,” a certified discipline that engages people in horsemanship activities and movements around, on and off a horse. This [...]
In a collaboration across grades and schools, students with a variety of academic and social needs were able to connect and collaborate around concepts related to pollination and ecology. The [...]
An 8th grade class, the teacher and Joaquin Murrieta, a community partner, worked together to determine that the school should build capacity for younger students and expand green infrastructure [...]
137 high school students took the year-long academic program known as “National History Day” to the next level through a partnership with the University of Arizona. Students learned to do what [...]
Teacher, Marisol Badilla, knew the importance of restorative programming at City High School and wanted to reinforce those ideas by engaging a community member doing similar work. Vana Lewis [...]
What do we think of when we reflect on water in a desert – our Sonoran Desert? That’s a question teachers wanted their 6th grade students to explore as part of an interdisciplinary [...]
Annie Holub, as part of her Creative Writing class, wanted to give her students the opportunity to create a finished, professional product in the form of a magazine or “zine.”
This year, with [...]
Lack of art teachers and art programs in her school motivated Alejandra Ayon to find another way to offer an in-depth art project for her students. Working with guest artist, Kate Hodges and [...]
