Browse past news stories for Sacaton Middle School in Sacaton, AZ.

• A hit for Gila River (Maricopa Monitor)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 06:51:25 am
  A charity golf tournament Wednesday at the Gila River Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino brought out emerging baseball stars and Hall of Fame veterans to help underprivileged students receive a college education.
• Torii's Storiis: Gold Gloves, golf and Abreu (Anaheim Angels)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 01:11:37 am
  I just got into Arizona to host a charity golf event, and I figured it was a good time to catch up. First off, I want to say I'm really happy we signed my buddy Bobby Abreu to come back and play for the Angels. I'll get to pick his brain some more now. Bobby's so smart, and so valuable.
• Thompson Ranch Elementary on rise (The Arizona Republic)
  posted on September 6, 2009 at 08:10:10 am
  "Failing" schools are required to undergo a school-improvement process to boost student achievement. For schools like Thompson Ranch Elementary in El Mirage, this process works.
• LHUSD to vote on new assistant principal Dual enrollment also on agenda (Today's News-Herald)
  posted on September 6, 2009 at 03:54:51 am
  The Lake Havasu Unified School District should know Tuesday if it has a new assistant principal at Thunderbolt Middle School. The district’s governing board could make the decision to appoint Nicholas DePadre to the position of assistant principal.
• How a school's AZ LEARNS profile is determined (12 News Phoenix)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 01:39:25 pm
  A school's AZ LEARNS Achievement Profile is based on changes in statewide AIMS math, reading and writing test scores over both the previous year and a longer period. The state gives schools one of six labels: excelling, highly performing, performing plus, performing, underperforming or failing.
• Adequate yearly progress (12 News Phoenix)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 01:39:15 pm
  The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools and districts to make "adequate yearly progress," or AYP. This is based on AIMS reading and math scores from year to year and over time.
• Schools impress Arizona; feds tougher to please (12 News Phoenix)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 01:39:05 pm
  A record 96 percent of Arizona schools got at least a satisfactory rating in the state's annual report card, mainly because of the increased number of students passing the state's 2009 standardized AIMS test.
• Schools impress Arizona; feds tougher to please (The Arizona Republic)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 07:50:05 am
  State gives Arizona schools better grades for achieving, while one in four continues to fail federal ''adequate yearly progress'' standards.
• Young minds take on age-old dilemmas (Casa Grande Dispatch)
  posted on March 30, 2009 at 05:55:20 pm
  Fifth-grader David Nez positions his sun heater that is made of three sheets of very thin plastic, corrugated-like cardboard. He painted it black to capture the sun's heat and cut a channel into the frame to allow air to flow into the corrugations.