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Amanda Pinkerton, a local resident and real estate agent, has launched the program and students interested in applying for the $1,000 scholarship are invited to write an essay about San Tan Valley and submit it to her Pinkerton Properties website by July 25. The winner will be announced on Aug. 1.

Both teams battled an impressive Gilbert Little League Softball and came out the victors. Established in 2006, the Queen Creek Heat Softball program has a proud tradition of developing teamwork, persistence and hard work, in addition to girls’ softball skills.

In addition, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences names regional presidents for Arizona/California and Missouri locations. The university’s Arizona campus is located in Mesa, at 5850 E. Still Circle.

The study consists of completing an anonymous online survey that will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. There will be an option to enter a drawing for one of five $25 Amazon or Starbucks gift cards. Participation is voluntary. Those who choose to participate have the right to not answer any question and to stop participating at any time. To protect privacy, study data will be accessible only to study team members.

"We are excited to welcome Chris Webb to Eastmark High School," said Dr. Perry Berry, superintendent of the Queen Creek Unified School District. “We look forward to seeing the positive impact he will have on our students and staff."

The program, now in its third year, is a collaboration with the J.O. Combs Unified School District in San Tan Valley, its Combs Middle School, and other local school districts. It's open to area middle school students and provides them with hands-on experiences and insights into healthcare.

SRP’s donation, valued at $15,000, afforded the local community college the opportunity to offer an intense Introduction to Electric and Hybrid Vehicles course the first week in May. The course will be restructured from the four eight-hour day format and offered again this fall.

Nielsen, a junior at the Queen Creek Unified high school, has quickly become one of Arizona's top track and field athletes and it showed at the 2024 Nike Outdoor Nationals and USA Track & Field U20 Outdoor Championships June 12-15 at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, where he turned in a personal best time of 1:51.30 in his heat of the GARMIN 800-meter championship. That time has him getting closer to making state history for the 800m.

Program will train students to become RNs and helps Arizona with the healthcare workforce shortage. The East Valley Institute of Technology offers 50 career training programs for Phoenix-area adults and high school students who reside in 11 East Valley school districts, including Chandler, Gilbert, Higley, J.O. Combs, Mesa and Queen Creek.

Students at the summer academy, which is hosted by ASU’s School of Transborder Studies, lived in campus dormitories for the week and received a widespread introduction to STEM subjects at university labs. They visited the School of Earth and Space Exploration and saw a duplicate of the 2020 Mars Perseverance rover, which includes an ASU-led mast-mounted camera system that can take 3D images and videos.