Monument Valley HS Agriculture Program Makes the News

On March 2nd Cronkite News, shown on PBS channel 8, highlighted the amazing CTE Veterinary Program headed by Clyde McBride.  To watch the footage visit the PBS website here. The segment is about 11 minutes into the program.


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Marana HS Welding Program Helps on Community Project

Career Technical Education students are leaving their mark in Marana for years to come.  The Marana HS welding program is helping to create a landscape of art sculptures along Tangerine Road.  This community project was brought to fruition through the efforts and creativity of...


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Arizona Draft A-F Public Hearings

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides Arizona the opportunity to create our own measures of school quality, while maintaining the expectation that we work together to ensure all Arizona stakeholders understand how Arizona’s public and charter K‐12 schools...


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Summer Agricultural Institute

Lifelong learning is an important value of any educational institution. The Arizona Department of Education is dedicated to instilling this ideal not only for Arizona students but for Arizona educators as well. I am happy to inform you about a long-standing, educational opportunity that we have for Arizona educators...


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Marana CTE Students Exposed to the Jewelry Industry

Tucson News 4 recently did a story on Marana CTE students who are on their way to becoming jewelry industry certified. "Over 30 kids from Marana and Mountain View high schools toured the AGTA Gem Fair on Wednesday where they got a hands-on experience of what it takes to operate...


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Highland High School Agriculture Teacher Selected for National Educator Award

LAS VEGAS – Curtis Willems, agricultural educator at Highland High School in Gilbert, Ariz., is one of only six individuals nationwide who received the National Association of Agricultural Educators Ideas Unlimited Award at the NAAE annual convention in Las Vegas on December 3.


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