K-12 recess (no school): Tuesday, September 30

Foothills has been chosen as the 2008 recipient of the Schoolyard Habitat Foundation's free wildlife habitat! Construction dates: October 9 and 10.
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Foothills Elementary School is a Water Champion school for Project Wet, a coalition of UA, ASU and ASU Polytechnic Institute. Project Wet promotes responsible water stewardship through water education. Several fifth-grade Foothills students will be partnering on  a trip to Cherry Creek, AZ along with some Paradise Valley High School students and teachers to observe the water management programs taking place in that area, as well as a taking part in a collaborative study of macroinvertebrates.

Foothills biotech emphasis reflects the school’s Signature studies program. Students benefit from the modeling done by these scientists and other experts from partnerships with UA, ASU and ASU Polytechnic Institute. > See photos from Cherry Creek site