Our schools and departments are special!
Examples
of the district's unprecedented excellence in education abound. Here's a
sample of our impressive achievements in 2010-11. There's no better place
to learn!
Our Students
- 25 National Merit finalists
- Four Flinn scholars
- $73.1 million in scholarship and award offers
- Red Mountain High, state champions in girls softball and boys golf
- Mountain View High, state champions in boys basketball and boys volleyball, state and national champions in pom
- Westwood High, state champions in girls stunt team
- Red Mountain High, FFA state champions in landscape and nursery operations, wildlife and agronomy
- Skyline High, gold medal in state DECA competition
- Mesa High, individual state champion in wrestling
- Dobson High, state champions in speech, theater and debate
- Mesa High, high school grand champion at the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair
- Crossroads, first place in Model United Nations and first place in National Stock Market games
Schools
- O’Connor Elementary, 2010 national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award
- Salk Elementary, 2011 A+ School of Excellence Award from the Arizona Educational Foundation
- 96 percent A+, A and B grades from parents on the Quality Service Survey
- Mountain View and Dobson high schools, six first-chair positions at the All-State Music Festival
District
- Top-10 city designation by GreatSchools.org for the best public schools nationwide in places with populations above 300,000
- “Excellent return on investment” designation from the Center for American Progress, based on student achievement and per-pupil spending
- Space Integration Module, Making a Difference Award from the National Science Teachers Association
Employees
- Brad Breuer, Guerrero Elementary, National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation
- Colette Bos, Smith Junior High, Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
- Pat Urdialez, Longfellow Elementary, National Family Literacy Teacher of the Year
- Linda Knoblock, Taft Elementary, and Phyllis Sunkett, Stevenson Elementary, 2011 Rodel Exemplary Teachers
- Nancie Lindblom, Skyline High, Arizona History Teacher of the Year
- Walt Temme, Mountain View High, Arizona Music Educator of the Year
- Renee Rude, Poston Junior High, Arizona Middle School English Teacher of the Year
- Karen Tabor, Fremont Junior High, Arizona Middle School Art Teacher of the Year
- Kristen Little, Mesa High, Arizona Dance Educator of the Year
- Bill Mellyn and Mark Sandomir, Mountain View High, Innovation Heroes Awards from Science Foundation Arizona