Tucson-area schools and community centers are offering free breakfast and lunch to children under 18 as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service program.
For information on participating locations, dates and hours, visit fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks.
Catalina High Foundation awards $8,000 in scholarships
The Catalina High School Foundation awarded eight $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors.
Students honored include Mena Backayah, Sarmila Bhandari, Paul Morago, Nhat Nguygen, Tania Lopez Benitez, Abdullah Kadkim, Kathy Rodriguez and Oscar Valencia Castro.
Teachers Jack Draper and Amy Schull, and students Clemente Quintero and Ysenia Larios were also awarded $500 checks for their selection as Centurion Award winners.
Tucson students display skills
at Odyssey World Finals
A dozen Tucson-area schools made their mark at the Odyssey of the Mind 2018 World Finals at Iowa State University.
The teams worked throughout the school year solving an Odyssey of the Mind problem and were judged as the most creative in a series of state and national competitions. Students learned to apply creativity to problem solving, how to manage time and money, how to share ideas and negotiate, and to perform in front of an audience.
The skills were applied to five different problems for each of the three divisions.
For Division 1, Copper Creek Elementary earned 16th place for Problem 3. Desert Willow Elementary ranked 19th for Problem 3. Mesa Verde Elementary took 19th place for Problem 4. Ventana Vista Elementary placed 21st for Problem 5. Rio Vista Elementary ranked 24th for Problem 1. Donaldson Elementary placed 37th for Problem 1, as well as 37th for Problem 2.
For Division 2, Magee Middle School placed second for Problem 5, 14th for Problem 1, 15th for Problem 2, 18th for Problem 3, and 20th for Problem 4. Ironwood Elementary placed 21st for Problem 5. Cross Middle School earned 27th place for Problem 4. Coronado K-8 ranked 32nd for Problem 2.
For Division 3, Canyon del Oro High School, earned 11th place for Problem 3, 14th place for Problem 1, and 20th place for Problem 4. Mountain View High School placed 27th for Problem 5.
ADE, governor partner to improve access to AP, other exams
The Arizona Department of Education and Governor Doug Ducey’s Office of Education have partnered to provide partial fee subsidies to improve access to Advanced Placement testing, International Baccalaureate exams and Cambridge International exams for low-income students.
“I am grateful to Governor Ducey and the Governor’s Office of Education for providing us with additional funding to help us support these outstanding and ambitious students,” said Arizona Schools Chief Diane Douglas.
The interagency agreement was inspired by the Governor’s Achieve60AZ postsecondary attainment goal, which strives to ensure that 60 percent of working adults in Arizona have a certificate or college degree by 2030.
Arizona schools are being briefed on how to access the fee subsidy resources.
