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Two AWC nominees advance in academic competition
Two students from Arizona Western College who advanced in the nomination process for USA Today's All-USA Community College Academic Team received recognition from school administration Thursday. AWC President Don Schoening congratulated sophomore Lam...
Online school helping families at Thanksgiving
An enterprising teacher at an online school has stepped up to the plate to deliver the goods this Thanksgiving by offering Yuma County families with staples to brighten their holiday. For the second year in a row, Arizona Virtual Academy (AZVA) teacher...
School toxic sites targeted for cleanup
Leaking underground storage tanks at 11 school districts across Arizona - including four sites in Yuma County - have been targeted for cleanup by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Fuel in underground storage tanks (USTs) have...
College sticker shock sobers high school juniors
The true cost of higher education was made painfully clear to more than 50 juniors from Yuma area high schools at Arizona Western College's "Show Me the Money" forum Tuesday. "The purpose is to get a snapshot of all the expenses that go into college for...
Online safety class Monday
The behavior and practices of online sexual predators will be covered Monday in an Internet safety class offered by Yuma police and Kofa High. Police spokesman Officer Clint Norred said the class, one in a series police plan to offer, will...
Students stack up to Guinness competition
If you want kids with lightning-fast reflexes to break a world record, just give them some plastic cups - then quickly stand back. Students at O.C. Johnson School sent their hands into an amazing blur of fingers and cups Thursday as the youngsters showed...
Counsel concludes Yuma County voters rejected school unification
PHOENIX - The plan that would consolidate nine school districts in Yuma County into five should not be considered approved by voters, says the legal counsel for the commission recommending district unifications around the state. The School District Redistrict...
AWC, NAU-Yuma partnership in unique position to help Yuma
Higher education in Yuma is now more accessible than previously owing to the unique partnership between Arizona Western College and Northern Arizona University-Yuma, according to university officials. And thanks to AWC President Don Schoening, collaboration...
AWC's new child learning lab gives kids a boost
A ribbon cutting ceremony for a state-of-the-art classroom building at Arizona Western College ushered in a new era for early childhood development Thursday, college officials said. The new Child Development Learning Laboratory (CDLL) that opened Aug....
Castle Dome teacher, undecided, lets students vote for her
The presidential election is an eleventh-hour decision for some voters but for one Yuma school teacher torn by indecision she has resolved to settle the issue by letting students make the choice Monday. Castle Dome Middle School eighth-grade science...
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