Cactus Shadows Student National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
September 2019 Cactus Shadows High School’s Colin McConnon, named National Merit® Scholarship Semifinalist Cactus Shadows High School is pleased to announce that Colin McConnon has been named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Principal Swetter said, “Cactus Shadows is very proud of Colin for being named a National Merit Semifinalist! Colin is an extremely hard worker and is very...
CCUSD Leads State in Biliteracy Seal Awards to Seniors
September, 2019 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District By Cristina Ladas, Director of World Language Programs in Cave Creek Unified School District Cave Creek Unified School District 93 Continues to Lead the State in Awarding the AZ Seal of Biliteracy to Seniors The numbers of seniors that receive an AZ Seal of Biliteracy on their diploma and a notation on their transcript keeps growing in Cave Creek Unified School...
CCUSD Announces new Administration for the 2019-2020 School Year
July 5, 2019 Cave Creek Unified School District is proud to announce their new administrators for the 2019-2020 school year. Dr. Patty Jensen – Lone Mountain Elementary School Principal. Dr. Jensen has served as an elementary school principal for the past seven years. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Foundations in 2011 from Illinois State University. Her research focuses on how to implement successful...
CCUSD: Cactus Shadows High Announces National Merit Scholar.
June 20, 2019 Cactus Shadows’ Sarah Weiss named National Merit Scholar Cactus Shadows High School is pleased to announce that Sarah Weiss has been named a National Merit Scholar and has been offered a college-sponsored Merit Scholarship Award. The National Merit Arizona State University Scholarship is sponsored by ASU. This year, 173 colleges and universities are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit...
CCUSD: UP, Up & Away! Weather Club Launched Weather Balloon.
May 30, 2019 Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District Lone Mountain Elementary School’s, located in the Cave Creek Unified School District, Weather Club launched their weather balloon on May 24, 2019. Mr. Greg Quinn, Meteorologist, heads up the club at LMES. He said that, “Our Balloon traveled all the way to Winslow, AZ. It landed about 9 miles southwest of Winslow, 7 miles south of I-40 and about 10 miles east of Meteor...
CCUSD: Eric DeVore Named Teacher of Year
May 3, 2019 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District Cave Creek Unified School District 2019 Teacher of Year : Eric DeVore Cave Creek Unified School District (CCUSD) celebrates great teaching with their annual Teacher of the Year celebration. Eric DeVore, a Spanish Teacher at Sonoran Trails Middle School was named CCUSD Teacher of the Year 2019. Eric was awarded $3,000 and will complete his application for the 2019...
CCUSD: CSHS Students Receive Soroptimist Awards
April 2019 Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District Four Cactus Shadows High School Students receive Soroptimist International of Saguaro Foothills Young Women’s Service Awards Four CSHS students received Soroptimist International of Saguaro Foothills Young Women’s Service Awards. The Awards ceremony was held at Foothills Community Foundation’s Holland Community Center on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Soroptimist is an international...
CCUSD: Two Local Educators Grew Into Positions
April, 2019 Horseshoe Trails Elementary School Interim Principal and First Year Teacher – Then and Now Aaron Pettinato, Interim-Principal at Horseshoe Trails Elementary School and first year teacher –Briana Reese, first grade teacher, have a history. Aaron started his first teaching job at HTES in 2006. Briana started Kindergarten at Desert Willow, transferred to Horseshoe Trails in 4th grade, attended Sonoran Trails Middle...
CCUSD: Cactus Shadows Participates in AZ DECA Competition
March 13, 2019 Courtesy of Cactus Shadows Unified School District Cactus Shadows High School DECA Competes in the State DECA Competition Cactus Shadows High School DECA members competed in State DECA Competition on February 28, March 1 and March 2 at the Arizona Grand Resort Hotel to determine who would qualify to represent Arizona at the International DECA Conference in Orlando, Florida. The chapter and several of Cactus...
CCUSD: Cactus Shadows High Names Valedictorian, Salutatorians
March 1, 2019 Cactus Shadows High School, located in the Cave Creek Unified School District, has announced their Class of 2019 Salutatorians and Valedictorian. The 2019 Valedictorian is Luke Rodriguez. Luke has been attending CCUSD since 5th grade. He attended Desert Willow Elementary School and Sonoran Trails Middle School. There are three Salutatorians – Nicklus Cuc, Isabella Sayegh and Emma Strouse. Nicklus has been attending...
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