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Liberty Spirit Week Brings Students Together

Throughout the school year, students missed out on so many of the usual experiences that go along with being a high schooler: football games, assemblies, dances—the list goes on. As a result of careful mitigation, students had precious little time to make memories. That is what made the Winter Spirit Week such a breath of fresh air.

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Peoria Unified Preschool Director Wins Education Award

Peoria Unified School District’s preschool director, Dr. Debbie Pischke, received the Linda Levine Outstanding Leadership Award for 2021 from the Arizona Division of Early Childhood Education.

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Moody's Investor Services Upgrades Peoria Unified's Bond Rating

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), upgraded the District’s “general obligation unlimited tax (GOULT)” bond rating from “A1” to “Aa3”.

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Average Salary of Teachers in Peoria Unified

The average teacher salary in Peoria Unified School District increased 5% from FY 2020 to FY 2021

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Peoria Unified Celebrates Two National Merit Finalists

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced finalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. Peoria Unified finalists include Cactus High School senior Strider Johnston and Sunrise Mountain High School senior Charles Haskins.

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Oasis Elementary Student Wins Annual District Spelling Bee

The Peoria Unified School District held their annual District Spelling Bee on Friday, Jan. 29 where top spellers from across the district competed in front of their peers.

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Cactus JROTC Student Receives Air Force JROTC Flight Academy Scholarship

James Cook, a Liberty High School junior and member of Air Force Junior ROTC at Cactus High School, has received a scholarship to attend an accredited aviation university participating in a private pilot license training program in the summer of 2021.

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Liberty Senior Nominated for U.S. Presidential Scholarship in CTE

Liberty High School senior, Liam Beltram, was recently selected as one of five Arizona nominees for the 2020-2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education (CTE).

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Student Broadcast Program Brings Sports to Fans at Home

Peoria Unified’s award-winning Peoria Student Broadcasting Network (PSBN) recognizes that many fans, friends and families are unable to attend their favorite high school sporting events due to health and safety precautions and are broadcasting the games for all to see.

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Sunset Heights Sixth-Grader Nominated for National Theater Award

Sunset Heights sixth-grader Haizy Kovac was recently nominated for a National Youth Arts award for her community theater performance in Honk! Jr.

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Raymond S. Kellis teacher named finalist for Read180 Educator Award

Raymond S. Kellis Read180 teacher Joe McAuley was recently named as a top 10 finalist for the National Read180 Educator Award.

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Sunset Heights Student Secures U.S. Patent

Sunset Heights eighth-grader, Brandon Lev, recently secured a U.S. patent. Brandon invented the "Skew-B-Cue", which comprises of electric skewers and cooking apparatuses.

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Peoria Unified Receives Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting

Adding to its accolades, the Peoria Unified School District is the recent recipient of a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).

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Peoria Unified Students Help After Canceled Blood Drives

Earlier this month, Vitalant held a Community Blood Drive event for members of the Peoria Unified School District. Centennial High School, after having two of their previous blood drive events canceled, sponsored Vitalant’s blood drive and sent HOSA Club students to volunteer and help with the event.

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Peoria Unified Receives Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting

The Peoria Unified School District was recently awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting (COE) from the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International.

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Peoria Unified Students Design Murals for City Project

Late in the Fall of 2019 designs were submitted by 4th and 5th grade students from four Peoria Unified schools located near the Loop 303 Bridge in Peoria for a special renovation project.

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Peoria Unified Serves Free Meals to Students

Thanks to the USDA, the Peoria Unified School District will once again provide breakfast and lunch meals free to any child, age 18 and under starting Thursday, Sept. 10.

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Sunset Heights Student Wins National Wrestling Tournament

Sunset Heights student Carson Miles was set to travel to Colorado for the National Wrestling Finals right before the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. He had a chance to win his fourth national tournament and a shot at the Nationals Rookie of the Year Award.

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Peoria Students Provide Survival Kits for Sun City Residents

Peoria High School students Danielle Kwan and Tatum Champion recently raised more than $800 to create COVID-Kits for residents in Sun City.

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New Peoria Unified School Year Off and Running Online

Coronavirus has forced districts to re-imagine the learning process, as the 42 schools across Peoria Unified School District that began with the first day of school on Aug. 5 have done.

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