Browse past news stories for Fourth Avenue Junior High School in Yuma, AZ.

• Veterans Day parade Wednesday (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:14:33 pm
  The 2009 Veterans Day parade, sponsored by the American Legion Post 19, begins at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at 17th Place and 4th Avenue. It will proceed south along 4th Avenue before turning east on 25th Street to Virginia Drive, ending at the American Legion building, 2575 S. Virginia Drive.
• Staged student fight escalates outside Marcus Pool (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 09:14:33 pm
  Horseplay by two Yuma Elementary School District 1 students escalated into unintended consequences as a staged fighting contest turned into malice between the opponents recently.
• Yuma educator gives advice on misbehavior (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:59:33 am
  Disruptive behavior in the classroom from special needs children often are not because of their disabilities, but can be owing to specific practices of the teacher who could be promoting or exacerbating problems says an expert.
• Community pays for first round of District 1 sports (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 06:19:06 am
  Yuma Elementary School District 1's first round of its athletic program has kicked into gear and volunteer organizers say their efforts have paid off.
• District 1 staff reconnects at breakfast (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on August 14, 2009 at 08:30:49 pm
  A welcome back breakfast Friday for Yuma Elementary School District 1 offered an ideal chance for 1,500 employees to reconnect and get about the business of education, said Superintendent Darwin Stiffler.
• District 1 athletics still up in the air (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 06:22:49 am
  In the midst of the economic downturn, Yuma Elementary District 1 Superintendent Darwin Stiffler assured a crowd of parents, administrators and coaches Tuesday that if the money is there, a vibrant athletic program will prevail in the fall.
• District 1 looks at alternative funding for school sports (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 12:37:43 am
  Yuma Elementary School District 1 scrambled to find alternative funding to keep sports programs wide open for another season Wednesday as parents, coaches, administrators and students brainstormed at district offices.
• Recall drive targets school board president (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 08:05:13 pm
  State education cuts that left Yuma Elementary School District 1 with a $6.6 million shortfall for the 2009-10 school year have lead to a recall initiative to oust the governing board president.