Local Education/Sports News

Before the summer heat catches up with you, the Queen Creek Unified School District (QCUSD) invites parents to its kindergarten round up hosted at each of the district's nine elementary school locations on Thursday, May 2 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Blue Watermelon Project’s Feeding the Future event is a culinary contest that challenges students to create healthy, great-tasting meals to bring awareness to the school nutrition industry. Students work with local chefs and school mentors to craft a school lunch tray that meets the financial and nutritional standards of the National School Lunch Program.

Preschool prepares children with the necessary skills needed to be successful in their next steps. Queen Creek Unified School District offers full- and half-day options for preschool. For the upcoming school year, five district elementary schools will be offering preschool.

The program provides an opportunity each month for one student from each of the San Tan Valley school district's eight schools to be recognized for demonstrating one of the various pillars of the Character Counts program.

Queen Creek Unified School District's April Students and Employees of the Month are from Crismon High School and Queen Creek High School.

Scott Lovely, currently assistant principal at Eastmark High School, brings with him a wealth of experience and a dedication to academic excellence, making him an ideal leader for Queen Creek High School, according to the district. He will begin his new role in July.

Queen Creek Unified School District offers tuition-free, full-day kindergarten programs across all nine of our elementary schools, with half-day options available at most of our elementary schools.

As schools strive to reverse the absence trend, it's crucial for schools and parents to work together closely. Open communication ensures that individual family circumstances can be accommodated to keep students engaged in learning. By working together, schools and parents can prevent missed learning opportunities from impacting student achievement negatively.

Parents, guardians, schools and teens must prioritize safety.