At the end of September, the schools in Eastern Santa Cruz County represent a mixed bag of reopening phases. Patagonia Schools moved from distance to hybrid learning on September 28, with the middle, high, and preschool grades on campus several days a week and elementary students on campus full-time. Elgin School has been holding classes […]
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Elgin School Plans to Reopen August 31
From Letter to Elgin School Community From Principal Mary Faley, Aug. 25, 2020: The Sonoita School Board approved the two phases of our reopening plan. • Phase 1 – Elementary students (grades K-5) will begin on-campus school starting on Monday, August 31st. • Phase 2 – Middle School students (grades 6-8) will begin on-campus school […]
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Schools Opt for Distance Learning
The three schools in Eastern Santa Cruz County are continuing to adapt to the pandemic and the recent benchmarks set by the AZ dept. Of Health Services (AZDHS). Patagonia Public School is opening only as distance learning while providing the state mandated safe space on campus for students who have an essential need to attend […]
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Restarting In-Person School Benchmarks
By Aisha Sander Aug 7, 2020 The three benchmarks the schools are recommended to meet before resuming in-person instruction are “a decline in weekly average cases for two consecutive weeks (not including the current week); two weeks with percent positivity below 7% (not including the current week); and two weeks with hospital visits due to […]
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No Final Answers as Schools Set to Reopen
Elgin 4th grade teacher Angela Brown prepares her classroom for the beginning of the school year. “We’re ready,” she said. “We’re a big family. We all miss each other.” Photo by Marion Vendituoli As of July 29, Patagonia Schools will begin school online on August 17, with distance learning for at least the first month. […]
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Parades, Ceremonies Celebrate 2020 Grads
Arriana and Reyna Ochoa-Tovar share a smile as they parade through Patagonia with their classmates on May 22 before receiving their diplomas at an outdoor ceremony at Patagonia Union High School. Photo by Robert Gay Tyre Nevins rides in the back of a ranch truck, complete with congratulatory messages written in the coating of red dirt familiar […]
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SCC Cowbelles Award Scholarships
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 […]