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Congratulations to Laveen School 6th grade student, Shadia Mbaju, who placed as runner up in the District Spelling Bee.

The Community Service Club at Laveen Elementary School held a canned drive for St. Mary’s Food Bank before break and collected over 2,000 cans and non-perishable food items. The Community Service Club is advised by 8th grade ELA teacher, Adrian Ruiz. This middle school club recently joined forces with the Laveen Kiwanis Club and will now be a “Kiwanis Builder Club.” As a new Builders Club, students will continue to develop self-awareness as they discover their passion to serve, their passion to lead and their ability to engage and collaborate with others. Laveen Elementary School thanks the Laveen Kiwanis Club for their continued support!

Check out December’s issue of our school newsletter, The Hawk. Past issues can be found under the “About Us” tab.

Check out November’s issue of our school newsletter, The Hawk. Past issues can be found under the “About Us” tab.

Our boys basketball semifinals and championship game was held last night at Betty Fairfax High School. Cheatham, Desert Meadows, Laveen, and Vista del Sur participated in the semifinals. The Laveen Hawks held off the Vista del Sur Tigers in the championship game. The Hawks took home the trophy as the 2022 district champions!

Check out October’s issue of our school newsletter, The Hawk. Past issues can be found under the “About Us” tab.

In September 2022,  Dr. Jeff Sprout launched the Superintendent’s Math All-Stars Club to all students in Grades 3-4 through a series of student assemblies.

Math All-Stars are challenged to spend 15 minutes a day practicing math skills. Students who join the club will be given a Chromebook to use at home for the duration of the school year. Participants will use the ALEKS online math program, a companion product to the district’s math curriculum. ALEKS uses adaptive tools to tailor students’ math practice to their identified needs.

Students who are in the Math All-Stars Club can earn monthly prizes for their participation.

Check out September’s issue of our school newsletter, The Hawk. Past issues can be found under the “About Us” tab.

Congratulations to Laveen School for being recognized as a School of Distinction by the Association for Middle Level Education.

AMLE Schools of Distinction is both a recognition and continuous improvement program. Schools are celebrated for their commitment to the middle grades best practices while also being guided through a process of self-assessment and strategic vision setting to help foster ongoing growth and success. The program aims to:

1. Recognize and celebrate schools that are committed to implementing the essential attributes and characteristics of successful middle grades schools.
2. Provide ALL schools that support young adolescents with the resources to support their continuous improvement journeys.
3. Create a network of schools that can learn from and support each other.
4. Highlight for our communities the exceptional work that takes place every day in middle level education.

In addition to Dr. Robert Caplinger and Reed Brotherton, the following teachers were instrumental in Laveen receiving this award:

• Logan Wasie, 6th Grade
• Alicia Wright-Harp, 7th Grade
• Adrian Ruiz, 8th Grade
• Andrea Smith, Art (Specials)
• Leah Hall, Special Education
• Laura Erke, Instructional Coach