Salpointe student's art to hang in US Capitol

Salpointe Catholic High School sophomore Erica Marquez took first place in U.S. Rep. Martha McSally’s Congressional Art Competition.

Marquez’s painting of San Xavier Mission will be on display at the U.S. Capitol. Tatyana Padró-Miguel, a junior at Buena High School, won first runner-up for her submission, “Freedom.” Paulina Barrera, a junior at Flowing Wells High School, won second runner-up for her drawing, “American Dream.”

Both of those pieces will be displayed in McSally’s Tucson or Sierra Vista district offices along with art from other honorable-mention winners.

Four schools get $5K grants

for technology in classrooms

Four Tucson schools have been awarded nearly $20,000 in grants to implement technology in classrooms.

Tucson-area winners of the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation grants are:

• Marana High School, $5,000 for a project submitted by teacher Alex Ruff.
• Lulu Walker Elementary School, $4,998 for a project submitted by teacher Gina Graham.
• San Miguel High School, $5,000 for a project submitted by teacher Bethany Thiele.
• Old Vail Middle School, $5,000 for a project submitted by teacher Kristina Laborin.

National recognition for 2 Desert View programs

Desert View High School’s precision machining and mechanical drafting courses are being recognized at the national level as innovative and impactful career and technical education programs.

The program was one of 11 selected for the Excellence in Action award in the Manufacturing Career Cluster from Advance CTE for strong partnerships with industry leaders, alignment between secondary and postsecondary education and high-quality, work-based learning experiences, providing students with the skills for success.

TEP honors 2 who teach

about energy, electricity

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Two Tucson educators are being honored for their commitment to teaching children about renewable energy, energy efficiency and the science of electricity.

The teacher-recognition awards are part of Tucson Electric Power’s Bright Students program.

The elementary school honoree is Amanda Knutson, a sixth-grade teacher at Coyote Trail Elementary in the Marana Unified School District. The middle school recipient is Daniel Encinas of Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School in the Sunnyside Unified School District.

Basis North student gets highest ACT score

A student at Basis Tucson North earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36.

The achievement by junior Cameron Williams is accomplished by less than one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the exam.

The ACT consists of tests in English, math, reading and science.

Families are sought

for exchange students

An educational-exchange foundation is seeking host families for the upcoming school year.

Davi Biondi, Juan Melo Navarro and Maria Olmedo Silva, who arrived last August from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, are wrapping up their exchange experience sponsored by the Aspect Foundation at Catalina High School, City High School and Sahuaro High School.

Interested families can view profiles and letters for next year’s students on the Aspect Foundation website, www.aspectfoundation.org

For more information , contact Annilee Jacobs at 392-9267.