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Phelps threads ‘Needle in a Haystack’ to find Pluto

Diane Phelps, author of “Needle in a Haystack,” told Kelly Cadigan’s fourth-grade class at West Sedona School on Tuesday, March 10, that if they have a dream, they can make it happen. Her book, which the class read in the...

Remy readies for county bee

Sedona’s top speller is getting ready for the Yavapai County spelling bee next month. Remy Jaimes, 9, practiced his words daily for only a week before winning the West Sedona School Spelling Bee on Dec. 18. Before the event, the...

West Sedona School students pilot composting project

West Sedona School Student Council member Isaac Joyeno said he learned all about composting as a part of the council. The school was beginning a composting project on Tuesday, Jan. 20, and it was the job of the student council...

‘The Janimal’ teaches kids cartooning in city program

As part of West Sedona School teacher Kelly Cadigan’s fourth-grade class, students helped make paper chains and icons of teachers as elves for an upcoming holiday party, the other half was learning cartoons. Jan Marc Quisumbing, the scheduling coordinator at...

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...

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Superintendent to be interim Sedona Red Rock High School principal

Sedona-Oak Creek School District Superintendent Tom Swaninger, Ed.D., will serve as the interim principal for Sedona Red Rock Jr./Sr....

Sedona Hummingbird Festival registration opens

Banding demonstrations began biweekly in mid-May Alice Madar, the executive director of the Sedona-based International Hummingbird Society, said her favorite...
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