Cactus Shadows High School’s Christine Marsh Awarded Literacy Grant
Mar01

Cactus Shadows High School’s Christine Marsh Awarded Literacy Grant

March 2018 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District Cactus Shadows High School’s Christine Marsh wins One of Two Lopes for Literacy Grants Cactus Shadows High School is pleased to announce that Christine Marsh, CSHS English Honors/IB Teacher and 2016 Arizona Teacher of the Year, has been awarded one of two Lopes for Literacy Grants. Alpha Epsilon Gamma (the College of Education’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor...

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CCUSD: Unique Teacher Shortage Solution
Feb22

CCUSD: Unique Teacher Shortage Solution

February 2018 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District Teacher Shortage: CCUSD Has Solution for K-12 World Language Classrooms Cave Creek Unified School District (CCUSD) has identified a win-win situation for the teacher shortage in its K-12th grade World Language and Language Immersion classrooms. By tapping into the Embassy of Spain, the Chinese Ministry of Education and more recently, the French Embassy, CCUSD has employed or...

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Sonoran Trails & CSHS Students Receive ASU Video Awards
Feb08

Sonoran Trails & CSHS Students Receive ASU Video Awards

February 8, 2018 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District Sonoran Trails Middle School and Cactus Shadows High School Students Receive Awards in the ASU Confucius Institute Video Competition Sonoran Trails Middle School (STMS) and Cactus Shadows High School (CSHS), located within the Cave Creek Unified School District, would like to congratulate their students for receiving awards from the ASU Confucius Institute Video Competition....

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CCUSD: Student Wins “Laptops 4 Learning” Essay Contest
Dec14

CCUSD: Student Wins “Laptops 4 Learning” Essay Contest

December, 2017 Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District Sonoran Trails Middle School Student Wins “Laptops 4 Learning” Essay Contest Sonoran Trails Middle School, located in the Cave Creek Unified School District, would like to congratulate Carson Hayes as one of the winners of the “Laptops 4 Learning” Essay contest. His teacher, Ms. Desiree...

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CCUSD: Horseshoe Trails Team Solves 25 Rubik’s Cubes in Under 4 Minutes
Dec13

CCUSD: Horseshoe Trails Team Solves 25 Rubik’s Cubes in Under 4 Minutes

December 12, 2017 Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District Horseshoe Trails Elementary School Team Solves  25 Rubik’s® Cubes in under 4 minutes School’s solo competitor also solves single cubes in record time The blistering speeds of the Horseshoe Trails Elementary School’s Rubik’s Cube team and solo competitors have earned them “Elite Team” and “Elite Cubers” status, as well as top rankings in the You CAN Do the Rubik’s® Cube...

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CCUSD: Three Teachers Awarded 2017 Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes
Dec11

CCUSD: Three Teachers Awarded 2017 Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes

December 11, 2017 Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District Sonoran Trails Middle School and Cactus Shadows High School Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teacher Program Winners   Cave Creek Unified School District is pleased to announce that three teachers were awarded 2017 Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teacher program grants: • Mr. Chris Hazeltine from Sonoran Trails Middle School; • Ms. Barbara Burt from Cactus Shadows...

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Veterans Heritage Project Remembers Pearl Harbor
Dec07

Veterans Heritage Project Remembers Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2017 The Veterans Heritage Project enlists high school students to interview and write the stories of our local veterans. This tribute captures the story of Lou Conter, one of the last four survivors of the sinking of the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941..   Veterans Heritage Day Tribute The Peak Welcomes Your Comment The Peak invites you to share your thoughts about this article by using the “Submit a...

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CCUSD: Desert Willow Inducted into Spanish Academies Network
Dec04

CCUSD: Desert Willow Inducted into Spanish Academies Network

December 4, 2017 Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District Desert Willow Elementary School inducted into the International Spanish Academies (ISA) Network This past month, Desert Willow Elementary School Principal, Dr. Rodney Egan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Spanish Embassy’s Counselor of Education, Maria Jose Fabre Gonzalez, at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual...

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CCUSD: Cactus Shadows Students Win Big in ASU’s M.L. King Contest
Dec02

CCUSD: Cactus Shadows Students Win Big in ASU’s M.L. King Contest

  December 2, 2017 Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District Cactus Shadows High School Students win 1st and 3rd places in Arizona State University’s 2018 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration contest     Cactus Shadows High School would like to congratulate Madison O’Sullivan, 1st place winner, and Lauren Benjamin, 3rd place winner, (out of 1,800 entries) for...

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CCUSD: Hayley Smith Accepted into ACDA Honor Choir
Nov28

CCUSD: Hayley Smith Accepted into ACDA Honor Choir

November 28, 2017 Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District Cactus Shadows Student Named to 2018 American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Western Division Honor Choir Cactus Shadows High School, is pleased to congratulate Hayley Smith (CSHS Class of 2020) on her acceptance into the 2018 ACDA Western Division Honor Choir. Dr. Steve Bebee, principal of CSHS said, “Having a student, in any capacity, qualify for something as big...

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