After allegations surfaced in March about an Ironwood Ridge High School marketing teacher having sex with a student, the Amphitheater School District placed him on administrative leave for five days.

In March, the Oro Valley Police Department School Resource Officers Unit began an investigation involving a possible inappropriate relationship between a high school teacher at Ironwood Ridge High School and a female student.

Century Theatres

The Tucson Padres are partnering with Tucson Values Teachers to provide complimentary tickets to area school teachers on Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11. Teachers can show their school ID at the box office and receive two free box seats to either Friday or Saturday’s game. Both games start at 7:05 pm.

In an effort to recognize some of the community’s outstanding  youth, the Oro Valley Town Council recently recognized Copper Creek fourth grader Michael Chen.

Ironwood Ridge High School

Thousands of works of art made by students within the Amphitheater School District, spanning the artistic range through drawings, photographs and three-dimensional art, have filled both ends of the Foothills Mall.

Best teacher

As the deadline passed for the nation’s across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration, the failure of Democrats and Republicans to strike a deal before March 1 now means $85 billion will be reduced from government programs and federal agencies over the next 10 months, the consequences of which could also be felt locally, though likely not immediately. 

Dozens of students from Mesa Verde Elementary School can now say they know what it feels like to hold an Olympic bronze medal. 

Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, teachers across Arizona will begin adhering to the Arizona Common Core Standards (ACCS), a new set of mandated academic standards in English language arts and mathematics.

Last week, 10 fifth-graders from the schools in the Amphitheater School District partook in discussions about rumor spreading, bullying, gossiping, doing the right thing, cyber bullying and laws concerning those activities.

Former Amphitheater School District Governing Board Member Jeff Grant died Sunday after a long battle with cancer.

Last week, the Amphitheater and Marana Unified school districts held their annual district-wide spelling bees, each sending four students and an alternate to the Pima County Spelling Bee next month.