There’s a new scholarship open to graduating seniors from Catalina High School in TUSD and Sunnyside’s Desert View, Sunnyside and Star Academic high schools.
The scholarship is named for the late Marge Christensen Gould, a longtime Catalina High teacher who taught an alternative literacy and workplace skills program for vulnerable students.
The awards are $1,500 and are renewable for one additional year. For an application and more information go to margegouldscholarship.org.
Tanque Verde holds virtual kindergarten roundup
The Tanque Verde School District will be holding virtual tours and information sessions for families interested in enrolling their child in one of the district’s free, full-day kindergarten programs.
Agua Caliente Elementary School began tours on Jan. 15, and Tanque Verde Elementary School starts on Jan. 22. Those interested should call the school to register.
Agua Caliente can be reached at 749-2235, and Tanque Verde is at 749-4244.
The Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona ended three days of cookie distribution with their Cookie Drop Friday, January 15, 2021, handing out 6,000 cases - 72,000 boxes - to 57 troops. All told GSSA hope their 2,400 scouts sell 700,000 boxes this year. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
The district’s early-bird open enrollment lottery window closes on Feb. 1.
For more information about kindergarten roundup and open enrollment go to tanqueverdeschools.org/kindergarten1616.aspx.
Vail Academy assistant principal earns national honor
The National Association of Secondary School Principals named Mario Balderrama, assistant principal for Vail Academy and High School, as Arizona’s 2021 State Assistant Principal of the Year.
Balderrama is expected to be recognized at the 2021 National Principals Conference, July 14-17 in Denver, Colorado, if the COVID-19 pandemic allows for large gatherings at that time.
All state winners throughout the country will be considered for the National Assistant Principal of the Year award, with three finalists to be notified in February.
“Mario was selected because his contributions to our campus simply make us a better school,” said Vail Academy Principal Dennis Barger. “He is genuine, hard-working, dedicated, and he follows through, and this is why he was nominated for the award and had the support of our superintendent and the executive director of Arizona School Administrators.”
Photos: Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona Cookie Drop
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Kaycee Livesay, of Troop #247 hands off one of the 300 cases of Girl Scout cookies to John Abbott of Bekins Moving Systems to load into her van at the annual Cookie Drop on January 15, 2021 in Tucson. 2,400 Girl Scouts in Southern Arizona will try to sell nearly 700,000 boxes starting on January 16. Due to the pandemic, Girl Scouts have drive-thru booths, online sales and a partnership with Grubhub for deliveries.
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Colleen McDonald adds to a stack of Samosas being counted out for a troop to take at the Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona Cookie Drop, Tucson, Ariz., January 15, 2021.
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CEO Kristen Hernandez pitches in, helping load 280 cases of cookies in Brooke Nicholson's pick-up at the Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona Cookie Drop, Tucson, Ariz., January 15, 2021.
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Frank Molina from Bekins Moving Systems adds three cases of Tagalongs to walk-up order being filled during the Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona Cookie Drop, Tucson, Ariz., January 15, 2021.
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John Abbott of Benkins Moving Systems has to go high to help bring a tall stack of Thin Mints down to size at the Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona Cookie Drop, Tucson, Ariz., January 15, 2021.
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Several hands pitch in to help load a trailer with hundreds of cases of cookies at the Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona Cookie Drop, Tucson, Ariz., January 15, 2021.
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Yvette-Marie Margaillan tries for the perfect fit in loading 274 cases of cookies on a trailer for Troop #161 at the Cookie Drop for the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, January 15, 2021, Tucson, Ariz.
