education

Verde Valley starts county phonics initiative

Beginning this academic semester, Yavapai County became the first in the state to start a new phonics-based teaching initiative — with financial support from the county. County School Superintendent Steve King said The Science of Reading initiative, focuses on...

Yavapai Community College closes Sedona culinary school

Yavapai Community College announced internally on April 28 that it has closed the culinary school at its Sedona Center campus. “The college is relocating the academic culinary program to the Prescott campus for the fall term,” the internal announcement...

Steve King and Yavapai County lobby for federal Secure Rural Schools funds

Yavapai County School Superintendent Steve King addressed a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Sedona Bell Rock on Tuesday, April 1, his first speech to the group following his victory in an uncontested general election last year. King said...

Yavapai College plays hooky from council meeting

The Sedona City Council had scheduled a presentation by officials from Yavapai Community College on the state of higher education in Sedona for a special meeting on Oct. 9, but college officials declined to show up for the meeting,...

Sedona Community Youth Orchestra plays for the future

Music education in Sedona and the Verde Valley is getting a substantial boost with the founding of the Sedona Community Youth Orchestra by music teachers Kristina Beachell and Courtney Yeates in collaboration with Chamber Music Sedona. The orchestra’s senior...

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Shelter needs volunteers for kitten season

Forty-eight kittens. Twenty-nine days. One shelter. Kitten season has come to Sedona. "Kitten season is when we start seeing a...

Sedona commission eyes 2 properties for landmark status

Citywide historic survey to finish by end of year The Sedona Historic Preservation Commission is evaluating two local properties for...
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