A Tucson student won second place in an academic competition for blind students.
Joey Parra, 12, of the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind’s Tucson campus was among 1,100 blind or visually impaired students who competed in the 2016 Braille Challenge, which took place in June in Los Angeles.
The competition tested students in various literacy categories, including reading comprehension, spelling and graph literacy.
Parra took second place in the sophomore division, which is for students in grades five and six. This is not his first victory at the challenge. In 2014, he placed second in the freshman division.
He has also been a regular at the podium at state competitions. Parra has won first or second place in the state’s Braille challenges for the past three years.
Sahuarita school buses to have advertising
The Sahuarita Unified School District is working with a company to sell advertising on their school buses.
The district hopes to gain a revenue stream through this project. It will receive 60 percent of the gross ad sale revenue.
For more information, visit www.schoolbusadvertising.com
Group seeks standout Latino educators
Chicanos Por La Causa is accepting nominations for outstanding Latino teachers.
Four winning teachers would receive $5,000 cash award and a $2,500 stipend to their schools.
Teachers can be nominated by their peers. Nominees must have inspired students of all backgrounds to learn, played an active role in their school and community, spent majority of each school day in the classroom, possessed a valid Arizona teaching certificate and taught at a state-approved or accredited school.
Nominations are due before 5 p.m. on Aug. 26. Forms can be downloaded at www.cplc.org and submitted to events@cplc.org.
Winners will be honored at a special dinner on Oct. 20 in Phoenix.
