Yuma Education Archives

Local school participates in ‘Pinwheels for a Cause’

March 30, 2023 2:08 PM Faith Rodriquez

Southwest Junior High School participates in the Child Abuse Awareness Month ‘Pinwheels for a Cause.’

AWC to host enrollment tour to prepare high school seniors for college

March 29, 2023 9:49 AM Dillon Fuhrman

Arizona Western College (AWC) will host an enrollment tour in April at the Yuma Campus. The tour will prepare high school seniors for life in college.

AWC showcase event presents projects and talents

March 28, 2023 11:06 AM Faith Rodriquez

Arizona Western College will have a 2023 Student Showcase where students from different academic backgrounds can present their projects and talents.

Crane Elementary School District to expand Pueblo Elementary by adding 7th and 8th grade

March 23, 2023 5:11 PM Vanessa Gongora

Pueblo Elementary School will be getting just a bit bigger by adding seventh and eighth grade, allowing students to stay there instead of going to a different and traditional middle school.

Kofa High alum opens 3rd Annual Grant A Gown

March 22, 2023 5:45 PM Dillon Fuhrman

Kofa High School alum Isaac Navarrate opened his 3rd Annual Grant A Gown fundraiser. This is in support of high school seniors who cannot afford their cap and gown for their graduation ceremony.

Artist to hold free clinic and performance at AWC

March 16, 2023 11:35 AM Faith Rodriquez

Allison Adams Tucker will be holding a free clinic and performance open to the public at the Arizona Western College (AWC) Yuma Campus.

AWC to host Open Mic Night for students and community

March 15, 2023 2:01 PM Dillon Fuhrman

The campus is inviting writers, musicians, dancers, comics, and spoken-word artists to deliver a four-to-six minute presentation of their work.

Yuma teachers gets salary increase for upcoming school year

March 10, 2023 7:12 PM Chennell Ramos

Yuma School District One employees will be getting a bump up in salary for the new school year.

YUHSD teams will go to Academic Decathlon state championships

March 8, 2023 4:15 PM Faith Rodriquez

The Yuma Union High School District (YUHSD) sends three teams to the Arizona Academic Decathlon state championships at Phoenix College.

District One teachers earn an increase in their salaries

March 6, 2023 1:39 PM Dillon Fuhrman

Yuma School District One employees learned that the district’s Governing Board has approved a pay increase.

Border Entrepreneurial Challenge comes to Yuma

March 6, 2023 11:36 AM Dillon Fuhrman

The Border Entrepreneurial Challenge (BEC) 2023 will take place at the AWC/NAU-Yuma campus.

Safer school buses on the way to Yuma County

March 3, 2023 7:34 PM Vanessa Gongora

School buses throughout Yuma County will now be safer, thanks to a grant of $785,000 from the Arizona Transportation Modernization Grant Program.

Kofa High School principal recognized Administrator of the Year

March 2, 2023 1:39 PM Faith Rodriquez

A Kofa High School principal was recognized as Administrator of the Year by the Arizona Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.

UPDATE: Kofa High School to resume classes Wednesday

February 28, 2023 1:03 PM Dillon Fuhrman

Kofa High School announced that they will be releasing their students early. KHS said they are without water due to a damaged pipe near the school.

Local students compete for Skills USA

February 24, 2023 11:26 PM Samantha Byrd

The Skills USA Regional Competition took place Friday at Arizona Western College.

Elementary students will get to experience college for a day

February 23, 2023 12:09 PM Faith Rodriquez

A group of 150 students from Otondo Elementary School will have the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be a college student at the Arizona Western College Yuma Campus.

New media room draws interest at Yuma Main Library

February 21, 2023 7:03 PM Court Zeppernick

The Yuma Main Library now has a media studio room open to the public.

Grant awarded to improve school bus safety

February 17, 2023 1:39 PM Faith Rodriquez

The Arizona Transportation Modernization Grant Program awarded $785,000 to the Yuma Schools Transportation Consortium to improve bus-rider safety.

AWC celebrates Black History Month with upcoming events

February 17, 2023 1:16 PM Faith Rodriquez

Arizona Western College (AWC) celebrates Black History Month with upcoming events and activities at the Yuma campus.

AWC scholarship cycle gives chances for students to receive scholarships

February 16, 2023 11:14 AM Faith Rodriquez

The Arizona Western College Foundation scholarship cycle is now open and gives students the opportunity to apply for scholarships to have a chance to get a higher education.