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Reader View: Teacher Appreciation Week

Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:01am

To the Editor:

It is Teacher Appreciation Week and I would like to take this moment to thank my teacher, Ms. Higgins, for teaching me everything I learned this year and for nominating me for the National Young Scholars program. She also helped me raise the money necessary to attend NYSP in Los Angeles. She’s the best teacher ever!

Thank you to everyone who helped with the fundraising, I am so excited for this opportunity.

Jolene Addington

5th Grade, Coronado School

Sierra Vista

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Fifth-graders might move to Lowell Junior High

Greenway School looks to make room for first-graders

Wed, 05/02/2012 - 12:01am

By Shar Porier

Herald/Review

The possible move of 52 fifth-graders from Greenway School to Lowell Junior High School is still just that, a possibility, after a low turnout for a public meeting Monday night.

District school superintendent Jim Phillips noted that announcements had been printed in both local newspapers and letters were sent to the parents of fourth- and fifth-graders.

“We tried to get the notice out there as best we could. The object of the meeting is to talk about the possible move and gather more information and recommendations from our local community,” said Phillips.

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Buena instructor named county Teacher of the Year

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 12:01am

Buena High School teacher Barbara Williams receives the honor of Cochise County Teacher of the Year during Friday’s award ceremony at the Windemere Hotel and Conference Center. (Mark Levy • Herald/Review)

ADAM CURTIS

HERALD/REVIEW

SIERRA VISTA— Even though she only met Buena High School teacher Barbara Williams in passing, Cochise County School Superintendent Trudy Berry was immediately struck by her knowledge and insight.

That’s not an uncommon experience for those who have shared even a brief conversation with Williams, the social studies department chair at Buena and 2012 Cochise County Teacher of the Year.

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Changes in store for digital center

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 12:10am

Jonathon Shacat

Herald/Review

The Bisbee Unified School District Board on Tuesday approved a plan that will maintain the Digital Center for Advanced Learning (DCAL), but make some changes to it.

School superintendent Jim Phillips and Bisbee High School principal Lisa Holland recommended keeping the program at Bisbee High School and adopting certain protocols and plans.

“DCAL is both assistive and supportive of our students and their futures. Being able to offer this program could reduce our drop-out rate and increase our graduation rate,” states a report dated April 2.

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Cochise County Teacher of the Year nominees

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 12:10am

Herald/Review

The Cochise County Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet, coordinated by Trudy Berry, the Cochise County School Superintendent, and the Cochise Education Foundation, is scheduled for Friday, April 13, at the Windemere Hotel and Banquet Center in Sierra Vista. There are 23 nominees from throughout the county in the following categories.

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A force for health

Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:10pm

The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention in Boston, AAHE awarded former longtime resident of Sierra Vista, Michelle Henry, the National Health Teacher of the Year K-12.

By Joey Hancock

The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

SIERRA VISTA — Each year, the American Association for Health Education recognizes health educators who enrich the depth and scope of health related activities in the classroom and who have been committed to the advancement of health promotion at the school, district, regional and national levels. On March 16 at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention in Boston, AAHE awarded former longtime resident of Sierra Vista, Michelle Henry, the National Health Teacher of the Year K-12.

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Area artists help turn children’s stories into hand-published books

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 12:01am

Shown is the finale performance at the MAKE festival held last year in Bisbee. The annual event is set for Saturday, March 31. (Provided by Dave Day)

Stories that Soar! has entered into the book making component of its program in Bisbee. Children from Bisbee, Naco, and Sierra Vista wrote stories for the Stories that Soar’s Magic Box. Some of those stories were chosen to be made into books, and others will be selected to be acted out as performances at MAKE. MAKE, the youth arts festival, will be held on March 31 at 11 a.m. at Central School at 43 Howell Ave., in Old Bisbee.

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Ask Mrs. C: Waldo’s lips in overdrive

Sun, 03/18/2012 - 12:01am

By Elaine Carlson

Dear Mrs. C:

Our son, ‘Waldo’, likes to visit with his friends in class while the teacher is presenting the lesson. To his credit, he just whispers. But … the teacher got crabby yesterday, and sent Waldo to see you. He said you were nice enough, but that you engaged him in a discussion about being respectful, and then gave him a day of detention. Could you please lighten up? Waldo is a good boy.

Signed

Concerned Parents

Dear CP’s:

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Accelerated Math helps students on road to success

Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:10am

Jacob Barone, 14, works on a problem for the accelerated math program, while 8th grade math teacher David Fleming watches over him at the Lowell Junior High School on Thursday. Photo by Beatrice Richardson

Shar Porier

Herald/Review

Students who meet or exceed their grade level in math are no longer held back by students who haven’t developed the necessary basic skills. In fact, the advanced students have become mentors to those who struggle at Lowell Junior High School.

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Buena’s Trevino earns NASA fellowship

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:10am

Melissa Marshall Herald/Review 02-23-2012 Buena High School mathematics educator Sandra Trevino teaches students in her classroom on Thursday. Trevino was recently selected for a fellowship through NASA.

Nearly 30 years into her career as a math teacher at Buena High School, Sandee Trevino still gets excited about learning.

It’s a passion that goes hand-in-hand with teaching and helps to explain why the Presidential Award for Excellence recipient has had so much success working with her students. Trevino genuinely loves to learn and imparts that infectious enthusiasm to her students.

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