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At their Sept. 12 Governing Board meeting, members proclaimed Citizenship Day on Sept. 17 and Constitution Week from Sept. 17 to 23 in Mesa Public Schools.

National Merit® Scholarship Program semifinalists hail from Mesa, Mountain View, Red Mountain and Westwood high schools. 

Parents of ninth-graders are invited to preview the district's sexual-awareness curriculum and meet the teachers Aug. 14; parents of seventh-graders, Aug. 23.

Dobson, Mesa, Mountain View, Red Mountain, Skyline and Westwood high schools will hold graduation ceremonies May 25. The East Valley Academy and Crossroads graduation is May 24. 

Spilsbury is a dedicated volunteer at Mesa High School. He was recognized at the April 25 Governing Board meeting.

Employees from Native American Education Program, and Lowell, MacArthur and Salk elementary schools were celebrated for their service at the April 25 Governing Board meeting.

2017 A+ School of Excellence™ award winners include Stapley Junior High School, and Crismon, Jefferson and Pomeroy elementary schools.

The Governing Board honored six outstanding Mesa Public Schools students at the April 11 board meeting. Students from Dobson High School, Fremont Junior High School, and Brinton, Ishikawa, Sirrine and Washington elementary schools have been named April Students of the Month.

Teachers from Kino Junior High, Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies, and Hale, Mendoza and Porter elementary schools will travel to Johnson Space Center April 9-14, 2017, to perform orbital-insertion experiments.

Stamey is a dedicated volunteer at Red Mountain Ranch Elementary School. She was honored at the March 28 Governing Board meeting.

Employees from Information Systems, Skyline High School, and Whittier and Zaharis elementary schools were celebrated for their service at the March 28 board meeting.

Red Mountain High School's Rebecca Moser, Skyline High School's Arisaid Gonzalez Porras, and Westwood High School's Athena Le and Brianna Rangel have won scholarships from the Mesa Citizen of the Year Association.

2016 Newbery Honor Medal recipient Pam Muñoz Ryan will headline the March 25 event.

Aliment is a beloved volunteer at Jefferson Elementary School. She was honored at the Feb. 28 Governing Board meeting.

Employees from Mesa High School, Poston Junior High, and Entz and Madison elementary schools were celebrated for their service at the Feb. 28 board meeting.

Michelle Deng, Jimmy Nguyen and C. Jacob Payne were named QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship recipients. Only 767 students nationwide were awarded the scholarship this year.

AzTEA recognizes Nathan Myers for innovation in educational technology.

The Governing Board honored six outstanding Mesa Public Schools students at the Feb. 14 board meeting. Students from Skyline High School, Rhodes Junior High, and Irving, Lowell, MacArthur and Salk elementary schools have been named February Students of the Month.

See the future of STEAM at this year's SciTech Expo, Feb. 25 at Skyline High School.

Employees from Red Mountain High School, and Roosevelt, Sirrine and Webster elementary schools were celebrated for their service at the Jan. 24 board meeting.

Hansen is a dedicated volunteer at Dobson High School. She was honored at the Jan. 24 Governing Board meeting.

The Governing Board honored six outstanding Mesa Public Schools students at the Jan. 10 board meeting. Students from Mesa High, Eisenhower Center for Innovation, and Field, Highland Arts, Roosevelt and Taft elementary schools have been named January Students of the Month.

Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies is accepting applications, now through Feb. 10, for admission to fourth grade in the 2017-18 school year. Limited openings are also available in fifth through eighth grade.

The Governing Board honored six outstanding Mesa Public Schools students at the Dec. 13 board meeting. Students from Crossroads, Red Mountain High School, and Hawthorne, Mendoza, Patterson and Webster elementary schools have been named December Students of the Month.

Nielson is a dedicated volunteer at Hawthorne Elementary. She was recognized at the Nov. 22 board meeting as Volunteer of the Month.