What started as a dumb school prank has resulted in serious consequences for some students in the east valley. They were involved in a cafeteria food fight.
What started as a dumb school prank has resulted in serious consequences for some students in the east valley. They were involved in a cafeteria food fight.
This week at the Phoenix Convention Center, 1,600 students are showing off science fair projects that are anything but boring.
When you think science fair, you probably imagine rows and rows of poster boards like you saw in grade school. But this week at the Phoenix Convention Center, 1,600 students are showing off projects that are anything but boring.
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They're barely old enough to see over the seats but that doesn't stop these kids from targeting a bus aid with profanity-laced insults, FOX 29's Bruce Gordon reports.
They're barely old enough to see over the seats but that doesn't stop these kids from targeting a bus aid with profanity-laced insults, FOX 29's Bruce Gordon reports.
Maricopa residents gave Ak-Chin Indian Community officials a standing ovation when it was announced the tribe is donating $2.6 million to Maricopa's financially struggling school district.
Maricopa residents gave Ak-Chin Indian Community officials a standing ovation when it was announced the tribe is donating $2.6 million to Maricopa's financially struggling school district.
Police say an Arizona State University student could be cited for underage drinking after he passed out and was left in a wheelchair in a hospital lobby with a Post-it note.
Police say an Arizona State University student could be cited for underage drinking after he passed out and was left in a wheelchair in a hospital lobby with a Post-it note with his name and number.
The Arizona House of Representatives has advanced a measure that would require some high school students to learn about personal finance before graduating.
The Arizona House of Representatives has advanced a measure that would require some high school students to learn about personal finance before graduating.
Not going to school is not an option and dozens of volunteers including the Fox Chicago team hit the pavement in Englewood to help get that message out.
Daniel S. Wentworth Elementary School Principal Dina Everage and teams of volunteers including Fox Chicago’s Robin Robinson went door-to-door, stressing the important of the first day of school.
Wentworth is a Track E school, similar to a year-round school schedule. The new term begins on Monday, August 8.
Fox Chicago’s Darlene Hill and Tisha Lewis along with community leaders, students, parents, WGCI’s Tony Sculfield and “Connie” handed out book bags and bundles of school supplies. The faculty and staff at Wentworth want students to know they are excited for them to come.
In spite of the rain, Thursday’s community outreach effort provided supplies and reading materials to more than forty families in that area.
“Rain or shine, we tell them to come rain or shine and we’re here too, waiting on them,” Everage said. “The first day of school is absolutely important; it sets a tone for the entire school year. Truancy troubles us and our attendance percentage went up slightly last year but we’re still at like 91 percent.”
The goal is to reach 100 percent on the first day of school and every day thereafter.
Fox Chicago’s Robin Robinson and Tisha Lewis are launching Sisters Peak Mentoring Program and its adopted Wentworth and will be working directly with female students to boost self-esteem and academic achievement.
