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Alexandra Wittenberg

SRRHS loses two teachers in a week

Just a week after Sedona Red Rock High School Principal and Sedona-Oak Creek School District Superintendent Dennis Dearden wrote a letter announcing the mid-year resignation of theater teacher Max Peters, another SRRHS teacher resigned. ...

Ride along for Sedona Mountain Bike Festival, movie night

Just because the Sedona International Film Festival wrapped up Sunday, March 1, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any more world-class, thought-provoking films lined up in Sedona, or any more festivals, for that matter. World Ride Movie Night will spin...

David Arquette talks “Heartland,” Standing Rock

To some he’s known as the Deputy Dewey Riley from the “Scream” franchise, others might know him as the former WCW world heavyweight champion, and even more may just refer to him as “Courtney Cox’s ex.” But David Arquette...

SRRHS theater teacher resigns

Sedona Red Rock High School’s theater teacher of eight months, Maxwell Peters, resigned suddenly last week. On Tuesday, Feb. 11, Superintendent and SRRHS Principal Dennis Dearden wrote a letter to parents who had students in Peters’ classes on plans...

SRRHS ninth graders take on college

Though they have only been in high school for a little over a semester, some Sedona Red Rock High School freshmen are already progressing into the world of college. A new Early College Program launched at SRRHS Jan. 6,...

Alcohol to be served at SPAC during film festival

At the Feb. 4 Sedona-Oak Creek Board Meeting at West Sedona School it was decided that the Sedona International Film Festival will work as a trial event for serving alcohol at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, which is next to...

School district votes 29-year maintenance man out

On the heels of the Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board agreeing to give two teachers on the verge of retirement full-time positions after facing public backlash, the board voted against rehiring 61-year-old Fred Barton, another 29-year employee of...

The Art of Aging with OLLI

The winter term kicked off at Yavapai College’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on Jan. 27. It was the first day for many of the classes offered at the Sedona Center campus this season, including The Art of Aging, lead...

New minimum wage both too low, too high

Besides a new year and a new decade, Jan. 1 was also the start of a new minimum wage for many Arizonans. The $1 increase to $12 an hour means an extra $8 of spending money for employees per...

School district addresses health care, pay shortfall

There was higher than usual turnout for the first Sedona- Oak Creek School District Governing Board meeting of the year on Jan. 21 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. Not long after SOCSD Board President Randy Hawley and Vice...

About Me

Alexandra Wittenberg made Northern Arizona her home in 2014 after growing up in Maryland and living all over the country. Her background in education and writing came together perfectly for the position of education reporter, which she started at Sedona Red Rock News in 2019. Wittenberg has also done work with photography, web design and audio books.
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