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March 9, 2010
This is to inform you that the following student has passed both phases of Comptia testing to become Certified as an IT professional.
1. Clayton Long, PVHS
Sincerely,
Ed Gaudette
CISCO Academy Instructor, PVHS
On Thursday evening, PVUSD held the second annual Empty Bowls fundraiser. Numerous students from our ceramics classes made bowls that were sold that evening. Patty Nadzieja and the Culinary Arts classes made the soup that was served.
At the start of the Thursday Governing Board Meeting, a quintet of flute players from PVHS performed. These 5 girls were a last minute replacement for a performance group that was unable to attend. In true PVHS fashion, Dave Vosler and the girls stepped up to help out.
Robotics
You are invited to watch the
Paradise Valley High School Robotics Club
aka Team Paradise (FIRST Team 1165)
defend its FRC Arizona Regional Title
High School students have had 6 weeks to design and build robots to participate in the FRC 2010 Arizona Regional. The teams found out about this year's game, Breakaway, at the Kick-Off on January 9, 2010, hosted at Brophy College Preparatory High School. Now the time has come to find out who will be this year's champions.
FRC 2010 Arizona Regional
March 12-13, 2010
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Phoenix, AZ
56 High School Teams from 8 states and Mexico
Attendance at the event is free and open to the public. Veterans Memorial Coliseum charges a nominal parking fee.
Team Practice Day: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Competition: Friday & Saturday, March 12-13, 2010
(The High Rollers (Team 987 from Las Vegas) is going to webcast the entire AZ Regional. This is the link that allows you to watch: http://www.team987.com/webcasts/
No guarantees as to quality or server availability.
Bob Kabrich)
Congratulations to our Students of the Month
January - Casey Grant.
February - Marco Chavira
Congratulations to the Boys’ and Girls’ Track Teams and their coaches on a successful PV Relays. I was able to watch some of the field events and was impressed with the efforts of all of the athletes. It truly is a monumental task to organize such an event, so kudos to our coaches.
 
While I was attending the PV Relays, I also had the opportunity to take a tour of the CREST construction site. At a glance from street level, it doesn’t appear that much is taking place but once inside the site I was able to see the scope of work completed to date. The old “P” Building is completely framed out. The engineering classrooms, prototype lab and staff offices can now be visualized. It was amazing to see the transformation and the amount of work completed to date. The concrete slab for the new construction has been poured and is almost complete. The only area left to complete is the site of the new presentation room. The laying of water/sewer lines, which involved the closing of lanes on 40th St, was completed today. The site superintendent told me that
shortly we will see the walls of the new building. The best news is that they have almost caught up to their time schedule. After entering construction 30 days behind, they now find themselves only 2 days behind. Video was taken yesterday and more will occur on Sunday, so we anticipate having construction video to share sometime in the coming week.
Congratulations to Senior Ashley Peter and Sophomore Meredith Chew. The Arizona Republic sports writers honored these two Trojan Soccer players by naming them as 4A All-State honorable mention recipients. Ashley was chosen for her work on defense and Meredith for her season as goalkeeper! Congratulations girls!
Last week Paradise Valley's TV Production students competed in Anaheim at the National Student Television Network Convention. Nearly 2,000 students, representing more than 20 states, attended this prestigious competition. Paradise Valley students received outstanding awards for feature writing and filmmaking. Special recognition should also be given to Jacen Sievers. Jacen received an honorable mention for his silent film. The convention provided many opportunities for students to hear and work with the industry's professionals. The students and staff would like to thank the district and school board for approving this educational field trip. The experience provided students with a real-life competitive environment and an opportunity to showcase and develop their skills.
February 22, 2010
Ashley Peter
Congratulations to Ashley Peter for being selected Paradise Valley High School Female Athlete of the Month for January. Co-Captain Ashley Peter led the Trojans to a 13 win, 2 loss and 1 tie season. The girls finished the regular season as the Black Canyon Region Champions and the fifth seed in the State Tournament. Ashley was also named the Region Player of the Year. Throughout the month of January Ashley’s defense helped shut down the opponent’s attack. The team gave up only 7 goals in ten games in January. Ashley is an excellent student, serves as a terrific role model for the underclassmen in the program, and has worked hard to continue the fine tradition of excellence in the girl’s soccer program. Great Job Ashley!
Connor Birkhold
Congratulations to Connor Birkhold for being selected Paradise Valley High School Male Athlete of the Month for January. Senior, Captain Birkhold, scored 14 goals and contributed to 10 goals through assists this season. He provided good feedback to his teammates, helping them to better understand their positions and the flow of the game. Connor was named First Team All-Region midfielder and a runner-up for All-Region athlete of the year. He was also named PVHS’ All-Region Scholar Athlete for 2010. He holds above a 3.5 GPA and takes honors/AP courses. You’ve made PV proud!
February 21, 2010
Infinite Campus, the PVUSD new student data system, will go live for students and parents on Tuesday, February 22. Access is found through a link on the PVUSD website. Hopefully, we will have the same link on the PVHS website by Tuesday. User names and passwords remain the same as they were in POGb.
Robotic's News - Team Paradise
We have now completed 5 weeks of our 6 week build schedule and have something looking like a working robot (see attached pictures). A few of the things we still need to do this week are complete the wiring, install the covering around the upper side of the robot, test all of the systems, and get the robot packed for shipping on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
A special thank you to the following supporters:
Science Foundation Arizona - partial payment of our entry fee this year.
JDB Ltd. - aluminum wheel pulleys as seen in the pictures.
Fabric Depot - bumper cover fabric (not installed yet).
Mark your calendars! The Arizona Regional will be held March 12 - 13. This years game, Breakaway, is going to be a fast moving soccer match with two teams of three robots attempting to score 12 soccer balls against their opponent. It should be a lot of fun to watch. The event will be held at Veterans Memorial coliseum and is free to the public. There are currently 56 teams registered to attend from across Arizona as well as California, Idaho, New Mexico, Hawaii and Mexico. The end of the qualification rounds will be Saturday morning (3/11). If we make it into the finals, we will be defending our championship Saturday afternoon (three-peat baby!). Further description of this year's game can be found at http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/content.aspx?id=16209
Thank you for your support!
Bob Kabrich
PVHS Math Instructor
Robotics Club, FIRST Team 1165 (Arizona Regional Champions - 2008, 2009)
Dear Principal Davis:
It is my pleasure to inform you of the fantastic work being done by one of your outstanding teachers. We are honored to have, Kami Green, your Thespian/Drama Club Sponsor on the AZ Thespian State Board. She assisted with the AZ State Thespian Festival in November which hosts more than 1800 students, promoting Educational Theater Art, and Leadership Camp in July, which assists more than 200 students with developing skills to become successful leaders in our community.
Kami’s willingness to volunteer to serve also allows one or more of your students to serve on the student advisory board as well. Our board meets monthly on Saturday mornings and often requires work outside the meetings to accomplish the various tasks necessary to provide leadership to the members in your school, as well as those throughout the state of Arizona. We are grateful for the dedication, commitment, and adult leadership Kami has provided, and hope you will join me in congratulating her.
Please know that we, Arizona Thespians, deeply appreciate Kami’s dedication to education, students, and the arts. I hope you will join me in thanking your sponsor for their commitment to the arts, theatre and all students involved.
Sincerely,
Denise Furguson
AZ Thespian Co-chapter Director
Leadership Camp Director
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On Wednesday February 17th Agriscience students went to Yavapai Community College Agribusiness campus in Chino Valley to compete in District FFA Career Development Events (CDEs). CDEs are an opportunity for students to show what they know via written assessments and hands on practicums. PV FFA competed in Aquaculture, Wildlife and Nursery/Landscape CDEs. CDEs provide students a great chance to meet people in post-secondary education and industry who do this kind of work every day. We are very thankful to YCC and all the industry people who donated their time to help run these competitions. I have attached some pictures.
Our students did well...
Aquaculture CDE Team placed 2nd in district
Wildlife CDE Team placed 4th in district
Nusery/Landscape placed 2nd in district
We will be traveling to the U of A Friday March 5th to compete in the State level CDEs.
Thanks!
April White
Agriscience Teacher
PVHS/ST
BLACK CANYON REGION
ALL REGION GIRLS BASKETBALL
Name School Pos Yr
Player of the Year: Amber Reade PV G JR
First Team All Region
Name School Pos Yr
1) Shelbie Hess T-Bird G JR
2) Lindsey Abramspn Cactus F JR
3) Megan Mullings Cactus G JR
4) Tayelor McCallister Cortez G SO
5) Jessica Burks Greenway G SR
6) Abby McNeely T-Bird C SR
7) Lillian Southwick T-Bird G SO
Second Team All Region
Name School Pos Yr
1) Olivia Lozano Cortez G SO
2) Ashley Welchel Cactus G SR
3) Tyrcia Payne Greenway F SR
4) Kiara White Washington G SO
5) Michelle Carrasco Washington F JR
6) Jazmyn Medina PV G SR
7) Jamie Heath T-Bird F JR
Scholar Athletes
Name
Paradise Valley: Kaydie Mae Anderson
Rolando Nunez's role in Youth of the Year for 2010~is that of usher.~ He will be Brittany's escort for the Stars event on Saturday.~ We are hoping to~prep him for the role of Youth of the Year for 2011.~ Ushers attend the same workshops in preparation for the Stars event that our nominated Youth of the Year have to attend.~ We are hoping that this experience will further prepare him for that role.~
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Poetry Winners
The English Departments thanks everyone who entered the Paradise Valley Poetry Contest. We appreciate every entry.
Audra Carlisle, Freshman 1st place
Linda Hicks, Freshman 2nd place
Robby Cooper, Sophomore 1st place
Sara Speen, Sophomore 2nd place
Madison Galbraith, Junior 1st place
Susan Carey, Junior 2nd place
Zach Sanchez, Senior 1st place
Connor Catlett, Senior 2nd place
Karen Loya 1st place Dual Language
David Ingold 2nd place Dual Language
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Congratulations to the Boys’ Basketball Team on making it to the second round of the AIA 4A-II Basketball Tournament. They lost on Friday evening but not without putting up a valiant fight.
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Congratulations to Marek Fila on being named the Phoenix East Rotary ECT student of the month. Marek is a student in David Pandone’s business class
February 17, 2010
Congratulations to our Lady Trojans' basketball team on an excellent season. They qualified for the AIA 4-A II Tournament and traveled to Flagstaff for a first round game against second seeded Flagstaff. In spite of the loss, it was a great season and look out for The Lady Trojans next year.....
Paradise Valley tops Thunderbird in boys basketball
by Richard Obert - Feb. 16, 2010 09:55 PM
The Arizona Republic
Paradise Valley was quicker to the ball and to the basket, and rarely missed when it got to the line Tuesday night.
It added up to a 70-60 victory at No. 8-seed Phoenix Thunderbird inthe first round of the Class 4A Division II boys basketball tournament.
No.9-seed Paradise Valley (20-6) to play top-seed Tucson Amphitheater - a 94-56 winner over Maricopa - Friday in the quarterfinals.
First Team All Region
Name School Pos Yr
1) Ronald March T-Bird G JR
2) Brandon McKnight PV G SR
3) Junior Coleman Washington G SR
4) Mike Davis T-Bird G JR
5) Anthony Gonzales Washington F JR
6) Daniel Godley PV G JR
7) Nehwwe Mirza PV G SR_
Second Team All Region
Name School Pos Yr
1) Jonathan Kaufer T-Bird G SR
2) Trevor Page Washington G JR
3) Christopher Miller Greenway G FR
4) Kyle Hansen PV G SR
5) Rashawn Miles Cactus G SR
6) Dee Andre Moore Coretz G SR
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Scholar Athletes
Name
Paradise Valley: Brandon McKnight
February 16, 2010
Brittany Kovacs named Youth of the Year at the Boys and Girls Clubs' Ed Robson Family Branch!
Brittany Kovacs Two years ago, Brittany Kovacsís life was turned upside down when her mother left the family, leaving Brittany and her younger sister to be raised by her father. The
experience was a turning point in her life.
A quiet young girl with big ambitions, Brittany lives her life based on three ideals: always be honest with yourself and others, be respectful to others and you will earn their respect, and never be afraid to speak your mind. Using these principles as her guide, Brittany is committed to being a positive influence for others. Brittany also admires her younger sister, who suffers with spina bifida.
My younger sister has had a tremendous impact on my life, she ís my hero, Brittany says.
Through 40 surgeries, Brittany has been by her sisterís side. She even created a Club activity binderî to bring home just a bit of the Boys & Girls Clubs activities, when her sister couldnít be at the Club due to her illness.
For Brittany, the Ed Robson Family Branch has become a second home. Through all of the familyís struggles, the staff have been there to lend support, guidance and encouragement.
ìrenda, the Branch Manager, has always seen me as a leader, she says, even when I didn't see it myself,îBrittany says.
Through tutoring other youth, assisting staff with programs like Career Launch and Smart Moves, and taking an active roll in the YOUTHpreneur project at the Club, Brittany has been a role model and mentor to the other Club members. As a Keystone Club member, Brittany has been able to give back to the community.
When it comes to schoolwork, Brittany sets high standards for herself, and getting good grades is what she expects. After graduating high school in 2013, she plans to attend Arizona State University and become a registered nurse.
Hooray!!! GREAT NEWS!!
We took two young men to the State Wrestling Championships, Cindy, and we came home with TWO medals!! They BOTH placed in the state-wide competition in Prescott, AZ this past Thursday and Friday.
Casey Grant - our only senior this year - took 3rd place in the 125 pound weight class and Mario Figueroa - a junior - came home with a 5th place finish in the 285 pound weight class. Both young men went to Prescott just hoping to at least win enough matches to make it through to the second day. Both not only did that, but then exceeded their goals by advancing, first to the semi-finals, and then to the finals. It is impossible to find the words to adequately describe how exciting the matches were, or just how hard the boys worked and trained to earn the right to even be in those matches.
As PV's newest (and "oldest") budding photo-journalist and long-time fan of these young men, I want to share all the glorious moments that I had the privilege to see in person so more photos will follow. In the meantime, let me add this commentary on the competition . . .
I spent two very long days - from early in the mornings until almost 11 o'clock at night, sitting in the stands watching literally hundreds of young men (and one young lady who, by the way, did a remarkably fine job of representing her Flagstaff school) and their coaches, dealing with wins and losses, injury and anger, elation and crushing disappointment. There was not a single competitor who carried themselves with as much class as did Casey and Mario. They handled their defeats with enormous dignity; they graciously celebrated their victories, and they consistently conducted themselves with unmatched sportsmanship and style. I was humbled to witness such character and was amazed at the generosity with which they supported fellow wrestlers from around the state. It was nothing less than a privilege to be in the stands to support
these fine young men. Perhaps a comment by Mario after winning his semi-final match will say it best . . . "I think I made the coaches proud of me today, Ms. Walker. They have worked so hard helping me to get here and I really wanted to make them proud. Do you think we made PV proud today too
 
Yes Mario and Casey…..PV is proud of you!
Kudos to our ReadingToGether Students:
Dear Cynthia,
Hello! My name is Mandy Minette and I work for TruWest Credit Union. I help run a program with the radio station MIX 96.9 called “Teens Making a TruDifference”. Thank you for submitting the nomination for the Reading Together Leadership Academy. The hard work and dedication of the teens you nominated is commendable and they are great role models for their peers. While they were not selected as the winner, we believe their accomplishments should be recognized. We have included your nomination for the group on our Web site as an honorable mention. Please feel free to share this link with your students: https://www.truwest.org/html/promotions/teenwinnerfeb2010b.
Thank you again for sharing their story with us!
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February 12, 2010
PVUSD students attend Minority Student
Achievement Network conference
Paradise Valley Unified School District is a member of the Minority Student
Achievement Network (MSAN), a national coalition of multiracial, subur-
ban-urban school districts who have a history of high academic achievement
but also demonstrate wide gaps in performance between students of color
and their white peers. In September, a group of Honors and AP students
from Paradise Valley High School (Anthony Sanchez, Pauline Muñoz
and Jorge Martinez- Quiroz) and North Canyon High School
(Zaida BailonGarcia, Juan Carrillo, Christopher Cleveland, and
Rosa Muñoz) attended the 2009 Annual MSAN Student Conference, gathering to hear from
successful, inspirational speakers and to engage in discussions about the barriers students of color face
in their schools and districts.
Buddy Program will offer support to more students
With the knowledge and ideas gained at the conference, the students devel-
oped and have committed themselves to an action plan to ultimately help
close the achievement gap between Caucasian and minority students in our
district. Their plan, which they presented to the Governing Board on Febru-
ary 4, is to implement a “buddy” system where students who are already in
the AP/Honors class will encourage and actively recruit other students who
have the skill sets, motivation and drive to take Honors and AP classes, but
may not have the courage to do so.
Minority students face two main challenges when thinking about AP and
Honors classes. The first is that they feel intimidated by a class that is mostly
Caucasian. Second, their parents, many of whom have not gone to col-
lege, don’t know how to support and encourage them to take more rigorous
courses. The plan is to help ease the tension and intimidation students may
feel by providing a “buddy” with whom they can relate and a support system
on which they can rely. The goal is to increase the number of under-repre-
sented students in Honors and AP classes by 10 percent and help close that
achievement gap.
Devised “by students, for students,” the Buddy Program aligns perfectly with
the Vision and Belief statements of COMPASS 2015 and has the potential
to help hundreds of students over the next five years, while pursuing COM-
PASS 2015 goals. (Read more about COMPASS 2015)
Superintendent Lee and members of the Governing Board expressed great
pride and admiration for this exceptional group of students and their dedica-
tion to helping fellow students reach their full potential.
PVHS and NCHS students who attended the MSAN
conference, along with superintendent Dr. James P. Lee at
the February 4 Governing Board meeting.
Microsoft donates laptop to PVHS StuGo!
Here are the pictures from today's outing. The people at Microsoft were so excited to have us there. They said we were the first high school group they have ever had in their Tutorial Theater AND the first ever to receive a free laptop. Usually they just donate software. Former PV student, Nick Caromano, was there and we all thanked him for his effort in getting us this tremendous donation. There are so many cool apps that the StuGo kids are eager to start using. Microsoft has invited us back at the end of the year to present them with some of the awesome projects we plan on putting together with this new piece of equipment.
On a proud note, our guide through this process, took me aside after the presentation to laud our school on what well-behaved, polite and respectful students we had attending today's event.
Lisa Privitera, MA Eng.
February 11, 2010
Dear Cynthia,
Hello! My name is Mandy Minette and I work for TruWest Credit Union. I help run a program with the radio station MIX 96.9 called “Teens Making a TruDifference”. Thank you for submitting the nomination for the Reading Together Leadership Academy. The hard work and dedication of the teens you nominated is commendable and they are great role models for their peers. While they were not selected as the winner, we believe their accomplishments should be recognized. We have included your nomination for the group on our Web site as an honorable mention. Please feel free to share this link with your students: https://www.truwest.org/html/promotions/teenwinnerfeb2010b.
Thank you again for sharing their story with us!
Mandy Minette
Product Manager - Marketing TruWest Credit Union tel: 602.629.2044 fax: 602.629.2088
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February 7, 2010
This past week we celebrated National School Counseling Week 2010, "Celebrate School Counseling."~ This week is meant to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.
Our counselors do an awesome job, especially in light of the fact that their caseloads were dramatically increased this year. So thanks to our entire counseling department: Jim Groseta, Janice Coy, Larel Jacobs, and equally as important, Clif Forrest, Jan Myers, Nancy Wancour, Camille Mason and Nancy Russell.
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The PV Academic Decathlon team came in 8th at Regionals this past weekend out of 23 teams.
Congratulations to the following team members who earned medals:
David Ingold: Math & Economics
Jordan Swartz: Music
Faith Miller: Math
Jody Waters: Speech
Robby Cooper: Math
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This past Wednesday was the National Letter of Intent signing day. Congratulations to the following football players on their college letter of intent signings:
Joe Wylezik - Travis Ramirez - Kevin Spain - Jake Brown - Tyree Parker
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At Thursday evening’s Governing Board meeting, three PVHS and four NCHS students presented the action plan they developed as a result of their attendance at the Minority Student Achievement Network’s fall student conference. Their action plan is entitled the “AP Buddy Program.” This program, where minority students already enrolled in Honors and AP courses, invite another minority student to join them is designed to help us reduce the achievement gap. Students who have the potential but for some reason have hesitated to enroll in AP/Honors courses will be invited to participate.
The presentation was well received by the Governing Board; in fact, they gave our students a standing ovation at the conclusion. I was so very proud of how them and how well they represented themselves and PVHS/NCHS. We have access to a video of their presentation and I hope to have it played on Livestream (located on the PVHS Website.)
The following students are our MSAN Team Members:
PVHS NCHS
Antony Sanchez Christopher Cleveland
Jorge Martinez Quiroz Marina Rocha
Pauline Munoz Zaida BailonGarcia
Juan Carillo
A huge thank you goes to Heather Brelo who accompanied our students to the MSAN Conference and who coordinated both the action plan and the Board presentation.
It is that time of year again...everyone's favorite breakfast, Green Eggs and Ham is being served by that loveable top-hatted Cat in the Hat.
Our students will be joining in this year's festivities by volunteering to read at one of our feeder schools.
The date is March 2nd and the event is from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
February 6, 2010
Congratulations to Wyck Chew on being named the Black Canyon Region Girls 4A-II Soccer Coach of the Year.
February 2, 2010
Congratulations to the following soccer girls who received post-season Black Canyon Region Honors. Named as honorable mention are Freshmen Kathy Lopez and Lizzy Boudewyns and Senior Janae Masnovi. Named to the All-Region second team are Juniors Kim Nilson and Brittany Westlund. First team All-region players include Junior Samantha Sheehan and Sophomores Daisha Jones-Oglesby and Meredith Chew. Black Canyon Player-of-the-Year honors went to Ashley Peter! Congratulations to Ashley and the entire PV Girls Soccer Team!
Congratulations to our PVHS Band (David Vosler - Director) and PVHS Orchestra (Lonnie Atkeson - Director) students on being selected to the North Central Region Band and Orchestra:
Zia Wacker, 2nd chair Bass Clarinet, Band
Matt Gerber, 3rd chair Trumpet, Orchestra
Ben Kittrell, 1st Alternate, Percussion, Band
Sedona Wargo, Cello, Orchestra
Solo-Ensemble Superiors:
Heidi Hammon; Oboe Solo
Erika Luna, Mia Friberg, Zia Wacker; Clarinet Trio
Ariel Bigman, Kellianne Jensen, Rachel Geltmaker, Sara Taraba, Emily Cooksey, Pam Loewy; Flute Quintet
Will Titus, TJ Short, Mike Shuga, Ben Kittrell, Thomas Schmitt, Courtney Eddy, Evan Schmitt, Hailee Tashnick, Moises Luna, Kia Pickens, Willy Zenea; Percussion Ensemble
February is CTE Month. PVHS is fortunate to house Star Tech, the PVUSD main campus for Career and Technical Education. We offer classes in Digital Photography, Culinary Arts, Fashion Design and Merchandising, Child Care, Welding, Manufacturing Technology, Woods, Automotive Technology, Collision Industries, Business, Marketing, Graphic Design, TV Production, Computer Science, Drafting, Education Practicums, Agriscience, Heath Care Academy and Forensics.
January 30, 2010
School Council Meeting
Monday, February 1, 2010
5:30 PM
PVHS Principal's Conference Room
Booster/PTO Meeting (Spanish translation available)
Monday, February 1, 2010
7:00 PM
PVHS Media Center
January 29, 2010
And did you know that PVUSD is now on 
Get the latest stories and information about the Paradise Valley Unified School District on Twitter. Sign up to follow the PVUSD at:
The page can be viewed by accessing the link above, but users must create a Twitter account to sign up as a "follower" of PVUSD.
In the Spotlight: PVUSD employees make their mark in the
publishing world
Paradise Valley High School teacher Michele Venne has written and pub-
lished three fiction novels, Of Gifts and the Goddess, Of Dolphins and Desires and Of Stars
and Secrets, with a fourth, Of Prophesies and Promises, coming soon.
Online grades temporarily unavailable during system changeover beginning January 28
Online grades (currently pIGB and pOGB) will be temporarily unavailable to parents beginning Thursday, January 28 through early- to mid-February,while the new system is being implemented. This new system, InfiniteCampus, is a Web-based student information system designed to provide real-time information to all parents and students over the Internet. Parents will have immediate access to their children's grades and attendance, students can track their own progress and teachers will have accurate and accessible data to better analyze and track trends.
Coming this fall, the Parent's Portal feature will give parents access to all their children's information via one login.The students' assignments, attendance, schedule and graduation plan will be available, along with teacher gradebook and contact information and district announcements and events. Infinite Campus has the capabilities to store information such as locker numbers, bus stop or parking details, fees, payments and even what the student purchased for lunch.
January 27, 2010
Congratulations to the PVHS Girls' Soccer Team for winning the Black Canyon Girls' Soccer Regional Championship!
January 26, 2010
Savanna Troupe, Miss Arizona 2009, is a 2004 graduate of Paradise Valley High School. She is in Las Vegas for the Miss America pageant right now. For the first time, the viewing public will be able to text vote to move some young women into the finals on Saturday night. As I understand it, 14 or 15 will be selected for the public voting. I'm attaching a link to a FAQ about how we can vote for Miss Arizona, if she is selected.
January 25, 2010:
Registration for 2010-2011:
Tonight is our 8th Grade Parent Night. It begins at 6:00 PM in the cafeteria where parents and students will have the opportunity to view our academic departments, elective options, athletic department and clubs and activities. We will also provide information on the CREST Specialty School.
At 6:50 PM the program will move to the Auditorium where parents will meet the Administrative Team and receive information on the registration process, graduation requirement and university requirements.
If you are unable to attend, contact the Guidance Department at 602-449-7015 for information.
9th, 10th and 11th grade students' registration cards and Naviance schedulers are due in the Guidance Department. Check to be sure your student has handed in their registration packet.
CREST:
CREST, The Center for Research in Engineering, Science and Technology is still accepting applications from incoming freshmen. Students can apply for acceptance into one of three programs: Engineering, Biotechnology - Research and Development and Biotechnology - Sustainability. Go to the CREST website link found on the PVUSD and PVHS webpages.
Construction has begun on the new CREST building. Footers will be poured soon. Once that occurs, you will begin to see the building rise on the corner of Bell Road and 40th Street.
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