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Nominations being accepted for Latino Teacher Awards Program

Nominations being accepted for Latino Teacher Awards Program

Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) is excited to announce nominations are being accepted for the 15th Annual Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards presented by Cox Communications and SRP in collaboration with The Arizona Republic and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.

CPLC is committed to ensuring

School districts providing free summer food programs

School districts providing free summer food programs

Several school districts in Tucson and surrounding communities are offering free summer meal programs at their schools.  Many students who rely on school lunches would go hungry without these vital summer programs.  

If there is not a school close to your area serving these free meals, parents can click on the following website http://www.azsummerfood.gov/food-site-locations and put in your zip code to see what sites closest to you are serving.

The following are sites with dates and times of meals served:

PCC finishes 2nd in Southwest Region of Math Competition

PCC finishes 2nd in Southwest Region of Math Competition

Pima Community College is the top Arizona community college in a national ranking of student math competitions.

Overall, PCC tied for second out of 18 schools in the Southwest Region for the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges competition. Pima’s score of

Steele Foundation, Brown Foundation gifts total $1.5M in support of Salpointe’s new STEM Center

Steele Foundation, Brown Foundation gifts total $1.5M in support of Salpointe’s new STEM Center

The following is a news release from Salpointe Catholic High School:

The Steele Foundation and the Thomas R. Brown Family Foundation recently made commitments totaling $1.5 million to Salpointe Catholic High School’s Building Leaders and Legacy capital campaign. The grants - $1 million from Steele Foundation and $500k from the Brown Family Foundation, are in

Sunnyside High School Health Career summer program underway

Sunnyside High School Health Career summer program underway

The following is a news release from UA College of Medicine:

A group of tenth graders at Sunnyside High School started the summer looking more like doctors and nurses than their peers who are likely headed to vacation, thanks to a health career opportunity program offered by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

The Sunnyside High School Health Career Scholars Program is a

Alberding ‘Amble’ raises money for PCC Math Scholarships

Alberding ‘Amble’ raises money for PCC Math Scholarships

Four lucky Pima Community College students have received scholarship funds from the Art Alberding Math Scholarship fund. 

Those four are: Marina Nedyalkova, Paul J. Wells, Barton Yadlowski and Benjamin Yates, who will be able to use these scholarships in the 2013-2014 school year.

These math scholarships are

Summer classes starting at PCC

Summer classes starting at PCC

Summer credit classes offered in 80 different disciplines began May 28, at Pima Community College.

The College offers four sessions of summer classes. Sessions A and C began today. The