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Alexandra Wittenberg

Human Interest

SRRHS students get political, with cartoons

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Fiscal. Budget. Loans. When learning about the U.S. government’s finances in Social Studies class, even just seeing certain words in a textbook can put a teenager to sleep at their desk. So when the unit came around...
Human Interest

Ramsey’s closes its doors after 70 years

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Upon recent entry to Ramsey’s Rocks and Minerals, customers were greeted with a sign over a bowl of handmade gift bags: “Take one — thank you for your friendship and support.” The mesh bags were filled with...
In Other News

Kindness key in SRRHS English classes

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At Sedona Red Rock High School, Kate Hennessey’s English classes spent the semester studying a topic that is not found in the high school curriculum: Kindness. The theme spanned through Hennessey’s classes for months, and incorporated reading “The Kindness Diaries,”...
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Sedona schools receive letter grades from state

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The Arizona Department of Education released letter grades for Arizona schools last month following the percentage results of the spring 2019 AzMerit test results. While much of the letter grades are based on the standard test results...
Human Interest

School district to swap two principals Jan. 6

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The Sedona-Oak Creek School District is having a mid-school-year employee switch with current West Sedona School Principal Brenda Cady moving to Sedona Red Rock High School.  Cady will be replaced by Aaron Coleman, who currently coordinates Red Rock Academy within...
Human Interest

Poetry Out Loud helps students find their voices

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All eyes were on Claire Pearson as she recited poems in the front of Karyl Goldsmith’s block 3 senior literature class on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Six years ago, Pearson was in that same classroom as an AP literature...
Human Interest

A tree grows in Sedona: SRRHS students help save ponytail palm

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A tree that was donated to the Sedona Red Rock High School 17 years ago was transported to the neighboring Sedona Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Nov. 26, after several tree-hugging students sought to save it.  The ponytail palm tree...
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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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