District

Dialogue

Bi-weekly news from the Laveen Elementary School District March 27, 2015

The District Dialogue is issued twice monthly.

Former Vista student receives full ride to NAU Former Vista del Sur student Quesha Avalos is

the recipient of the Chief Manuelito Academic Excel-

lence Award by the Navajo Nation. She will receive a

full ride scholarship to Northern Arizona University

next year.

Digital Learning Day

Classrooms across the Laveen Elementary School

District participated in Digital Learning Day on

March 13. We asked teachers to tell us how they were

integrating technology into their lessons and received

over 200 responses!

Did you know that all Laveen schools have a 2:1

student to device ratio?

Three students recognized for essays

Three students were recognized as the district

winners of the Grand

Canyon State Games

essay contest.

K i n d e r g a r t n e r

Melissa Goodwin of

Desert Meadows won

the K-3 category;

sixth grader Mavett

Medrano of Vista del

Sur won the 4-6 category; and eighth grader Richard

Nguyen, also of Vista, won the 7-8 category.

The three students were recognized at a recent

governing board meeting.

Vista student sets goals, wins award

Vista fifth grader Breanna Hurd participated in

the nationwide Children’s Goal Setting Project and

became their February winner.

Breanna’s goal was to make

honor roll, which she did. She not-

ed that it wasn’t a fast process

and their were many obstacles

along the way, but she did it over

one quarter. In addition to mak-

ing the honor roll, she was also

named a Student of the Month.

Breanna was recognized at a recent governing board

meeting.

Peace Poster winners announced

The Laveen Lions Foundation recently announced

the winners of their Laveen Peace Poster Contest.

One first place winner

from each participating

school was named. They

are: Eric Chagolla, Rogers

Ranch; Damien Contre-

ras, Cheatham; Faith Her-

nandez, Desert Meadows;

Keisha Johnson, Trailside

Point; and Angelyk Wilkinson, Vista del Sur.

The winning posters were then sent on to compete

at the multi-district level. Angelyk’s artwork took 1st

Place at multi-district and was selected to move on to

regionals.

Laveen Spring Art Festival

Student Performances

Arts & Crafts Vendors

Art Galleries

Children’s Craft Projects

Food Fun for the whole family

Benefitting the Laveen Education Foundation. For more info, visit www.laveeneld.org