As Reported by Patagonia High School Journalism Class… What’s New? Five Teachers Join PUSD Sarah Vicary By Calvin Whitcoe Sara Vicary, the Patagonia Elementary School’s first grade teacher, has just begun the first of what she hopes will be many successful years in Patagonia. Vicary taught in Oregon and Colorado for 24 years and then […]
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Patagonia Fall Lineup Is Taking Shape
PUHS Girl’s Volleyball coach Stephanie Padilla talks to the team. The 2014-2015 school year is just getting started, but the game schedules are already set for the fall lineup of sports, which include football, volleyball, and cross-country. High School Football The current high school football roster has 14 boys, eight of whom are freshman and […]
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Elgin Schools Aim High
The Arizona Department of Education recently released the results of the AIMS testing from last April and Elgin Elementary School once again scored a high B. AIMS stands for Arizona Instrument for Measurement of Students and is used to measure their proficiency in reading and math. Grades 4 and 8 also test in science, but […]
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Elgin K-2 Students Log In to Learn
Elgin School second graders at work on their IPads. Elgin Elementary School District Superintendent Christopher Bonn announced this week that every student at the school will now have access to computer technology. Students in grades K-2 will have an Ipad assigned to them as part of their classroom materials. All students in grades 3-8 will […]
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Patagonia Schools Begin Year With High Marks
New second grade teacher LuAnn Beaton enjoys a chat with school board members Beatrice Pomeroy and Janet Winan at the breakfast held on August 5 in the PUHS cafeteria. It seems that almost all the news is good when it comes to Patagonia schools. At an information breakfast held in the cafeteria the day before […]
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The Trip of a Lifetime
Grace and Savannah in front of the White House. Grace and fellow PUHS student Savannah Foster were chosen to participate in the Washington Youth Tour this summer. In response to a speech made in 1957 by Senator Lyndon Johnson, a Texas electric cooperative sent a group of youths to Washington D.C. during the summer to […]
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School Year Begins in Elgin
Christopher Bonn, School District superintendent and principalof Elgin Elementary School As the school year begins on August 4, Elgin Elementary School welcomes 118 students, two new teachers—math teacher Manuel Gatica and Angela Brown, who will teach the fourth grade—and a new principal. Christopher Bonn has a double assignment as superintendent of the Sonoita School District […]
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Congratulations to PUHS Class of 2014
Joshua de la Ossa, a 1994 graduate of PUHS, was the commencement speaker at the PUHS Graduation ceremony on May 23. He told the audience that he grew up in an adobe house without heating or air conditioning in Lochiel, built by his grandfather. It was a 45-minute bus ride to school. He spoke of […]
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Nearly $200K in Upgrades for Patagonia Schools
I recently spoke with Superintendent Denise Blake about her three-year plan for bringing the Patagonia schools up to date with rejuvenated academic programs and facilities. Now entering its third year, the plan has already accomplished major upgrades to the schools’ technological infrastructure and expansion of academic programs, and an impressive list of additional improvements is […]
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School District Honors Two Legends
Old Main Elementary School Members of the Patagonia Schools and the community joined on May 17 at Old Main School to honor Kate Musick, who is retiring from teaching after 41 years, and Old Main itself, which is closing after 100 years as Patagonia’s elementary school. In her opening comments, Patagonia School Superintendent Denise Blake […]