Needy
students get backpacks at DVUSD
DVUSD
– Aviation Communication and Surveillance
Systems helped support Deer Valley
Unified School District’s “Back
To School Backpack” program.
Employees
from ACSS July 31 assembled 500
backpacks filled with school supplies
for DVUSD students in need.
Backpacks
were delivered Aug. 3 to 11 schools
in the district. Helping in the
effort this year were the Deer
Valley Education Foundation, which
provided funding for an additional
100 backpacks.
DVUSD
schools that received the backpacks
were Desert Sky, Bellair, Mountain
Shadows, Mirage, Sunrise, Park
Meadows, Paseo Hills, Esperanza
and Desert Winds elementary schools,
plus Deer Valley middle and Barry
Goldwater high schools.
Administrators
named at Cave Creek schools
CCUSD
– The Cave Creek Unified School
District has announced three new
administrators for the 2007‑08
school year.
Dr.
Trish Dolasinski has been named
the interim principal at the Desert
Sun Elementary School. Erik Francis
is a new assistant principal at
Desert Arroyo Middle School. Nancy
Shaver has been named the district’s
director of curriculum and instruction.
New
volunteer training Aug. 17
NORTH
SCOTTSDALE – Sunset Ridge Elementary
School will hold two different
training classes for new volunteers.
The
first seminar is set for 9 a.m.
Aug. 17, with the second seminar
scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Sept.
13. Basic Training is a “must
have” for all of those individuals,
including parents, who donate
time and/or services in schools
or with students on a regular
or reoccurring basis.
Those
who attended Basic Training last
year do not need to repeat it.
Basic Training lasts approximately
80 minutes.
Board
meetings begin regular schedules
NORTH
VALLEY – The Cave Creek Unified
and Deer Valley Unified school
districts began its school‑year
governing board meetings this
week.
Both
districts typically hold meetings
on the second and fourth Tuesdays
of each month.
Deer
Valley’s board meetings start
at 7 p.m. and are held at the
district offices, 20402 N. 15th
Ave.