(BPT) - Father’s Day and graduations are coming up, and that means you’ll have to think of appropriate gifts for these heralded champions. You don’t need to spend a fortune to make gift recipients happy, all you do need to do is put some thought into their presents. A few tips and tricks will help you pick out a gift the recipient is sure to love.

The excitement is setting in as students prepare their caps and gowns for their high school graduations taking place over the next two weeks.

The Marana Unified School District Governing Board has recognized 2012 Teacher of the Year and Support Staff of the Year. The awards were presented during last week’s Governing Board meeting.

It's a good night for popcorn and the couch with the DVD "Moneyball." Brad Pitt's theater hit came out in the Red Box this week, and looks to be a good one to sit down with the family and watch.

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Recall is based on fiscal accountability

More than 400 students graduated from Canyon Del Oro High School.

More than 1,600 students at Mountain View High School remained in stunned silence last Thursday as they watched local firefighters, police officers and paramedics provide a strong sense of reality of how prom or graduation night fun can turn tragic.

What is Dispose-A-Med program?

The temperature is rising, the days are getting longer and high school graduations are quickly approaching. This means the preparations for grad night parties are coming together, but the organizers are still in need of volunteers and donations for their events.

Each year, high school rivalries take a back seat to community cooperation, when three high schools work together to present Project Graduation at Amphitheater, Canyon Del Oro, and Ironwood Ridge.

'Founding Fathers,' Constitution poster given to local school

Now we know why Rome wasn't built in a day — when you're eating good Italian food, what's the rush?

Josh Robbins won the state championship in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 4 inches, was second in the long jump with an effort of 22 feet, 10 inches, and was runner-up in the triple jump with bounce of 44 feet, 4-1/4 inches.

Lindsay Johnson, a 2010 graduate of Ironwood Ridge High School, capped off her high school career by riding off into the sunrise in a bright red Hyundai refurbished by 911 Collision Centers, a sponsor of Project Graduation.

Next week, high school students flip their tassels from one side of their mortarboards to the other, and toss the hats into their air.

Letters to the editor published in the February 24, 2010, edition of The Explorer.

Middle school asks for help with 'Cinderella'

Events in NW focus on domestic violence effects

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Krysti Whittier, Mountain View High School Grad Night 2010 decorations chair, presented a Notebook computer to prize winner Marissa Western. Marisa won the computer offered as an early-bird incentive for students who signed up for Grad Night 2010. The Mountain View High School Grad Night committee is already at work planning for the 2010 event. This annual event provides students the opportunity to participate in an exciting, fun-filled, safe celebration immediately following their graduation ceremony. To volunteer or make a donation to Grad Night, e-mail mvgradnight@hotmail.com.

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