The Santa Cruz County Cowbelles have awarded $1,000 scholarships to two local graduating high school seniors. Both Lauren Fletcher, a graduate of Patagonia Union High School, and Alexandra Pallanes, a graduate of Andrada Polytechnic, will be attending the University of Arizona to study animal science/veterinary medicine.
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Stradling Foundation Awards $12,000 in Scholarships
The Anne Straddling Foundation has awarded three scholarships worth a total of $12,000 to graduating high school seniors from Santa Cruz County. The funds will be applied to their tuition at the college of their choice in increments of $1,000 per semester for four semesters beginning in the fall of 2020. “These students epitomize the […]
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Eight Graders 2020
THe PRT with help from Nancy McCoy, President of the Patagonia Elementary School Board & Annette Koweek Elgin Middle School Teacher learned more about the 8th grade graduates of 2020 Elgin 8th Graders Responses: Name3 Adjectives to describe yourselfFavorite TeacherFavorite Memories from Middle SchoolWhat are. you looking forward to High School? McKenzie BeyerActive, Fun, tomboy-likeMr.Peterson; […]
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A Historic Year for PUHS Boys’ Basketball
The Patagonia Union High School basketball team at the 1A Conference playoffs. The ball was in the air when the final buzzer rang. Fans in The Gregory School’s gym in Tucson watched with hope or dread, as the basketball hit the backboard. One player from the home team collapsed onto the court in defeat, as […]
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Class of 2020 Honored on the Streets of Patagonia
The Class of 2020 has their pictures on banners around the town of Patagonia. A surprise gift from the teachers and parents in the community. Photo credit: Robert Gay A few weeks ago like many other teachers around the country, Anna Coleman, teacher and the director of Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center (PYEC), was thinking how […]
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Schools Rising to the Challenge Of Distance Learning
Schools in Arizona closed on March 23 and will remain closed for this school year, but the academic year goes on. It is uncharted territory for the students, parents and teachers at a time when parents may be trying to work from home or are out of work and wondering when they’ll work again. To […]
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Patagonia Union High School Senior Spotlights
This month the PRT begins a series of profiles of the PUHS senior class of 2020. Johnny Quiroga by Nicholas Dekhytar PUHS senior John “Johnny” Quiroga is a current senior at Patagonia High School. Johnny, known by his friends to be a joyful, funny, intelligent, kind, and loyal friend, is also the captain of the […]
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Ochoa-Tovar Named 2020 PUHS Salutatorian
Arriana Ochoa-Tovar plans to study conservation biology at the U of A. Photo by Nick Botz When asked to talk about her academic passion, Arriana Ochoa-Tovar, Patagonia Union High School’s 2020 Salutatorian, expressed her love for the natural environment and her gratitude for being able to pursue that interest through the National FFA classes at PUHS. […]
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PUHS Valedictorian ‘Engaged and Talented’
Nick Botz is grateful for the supportive atmosphere at PUHS. Photo by Arriana Ochoa-Tovar Nicholas Botz, Valedictorian of the Class of 2020 at Patagonia Union High School, has excelled through his high school career, taking multiple dual credit (high school and college) classes in English and history. Botz is the son of Erin and Jason […]
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Patagonia Union High School Senior Spotlights
This month the PRT begins a series of profiles of the PUHS senior class of 2020. Damian Castro by Jordi Peterson Damian Castro, a senior at Patagonia Union High School, has attended Patagonia Public Schools since Pre-K. What surprised him most about high school is how much fun he actually had all four years, but […]