Browse past news stories for Gila Vista 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.
• Adidas Phenom Basketball Camp stopping by Yuma (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 04:59:05 am
  The Adidas Phenom Basketball Camp, training ground for national-caliber players, is giving a two-day clinic in Yuma and invites all interested youths to attend, say organizers.
• District 1 votes to seek teacher dismissal (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 03:57:14 am
  The Yuma Elementary School District 1 board voted unanimously 5-0 for a motion to adopt the administration's written statement of charges seeking certified teacher Darla Dreeson's dismissal and that the statement of charges be served upon Dreeson in a manner consistent with Arizona law.
• District 1 to hold special meeting (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 11:42:24 pm
  Yuma Elementary School District 1 has called a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. tonight at their district offices to consider legal advice concerning the possible dismissal of a certified teacher due to a video on YouTube.
• Gila Vista teacher recovering from surgery (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 10:57:24 pm
  A Gila Vista Junior High School teacher has returned from a Phoenix hospital and is now recovering from a brain tumor, according to her family. Ashley Wagner, 26, is a special education teacher who works with autistic students.
• Parent expresses concern over video (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 04:12:45 am
  A concerned parent sent a link to the Yuma Sun to a video that appeared to show disruption by students of a class at Gila Vista Junior High School.
• Limited District 1 sports begin (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 03:57:14 am
  Yuma Elementary School District 1 athletics is up and running but the program still needs funds to keep it sustainable, those who work with the ad hoc Parent Advisory Council told the governing board Tuesday.
• Student wins academic scholarship (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on July 3, 2009 at 09:52:42 pm
  Austin Marshall was thrilled when he heard that he would be the second eighth-grader ever to win the David Blitz Academic Scholarship, as part of the Freedom Library Scholarship Program.
• 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.
• NIE Teacher of the Year announced (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 05:07:42 am
  Due to his ongoing efforts to enrich the minds of his students with the use of newspapers, Dr. Christopher P. Ochoa, Ph.D.., has received the 2009 Newspapers in Education (NIE) Teacher of the Year Award.
• 7,000 voters get jump on city's election (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on May 18, 2009 at 11:22:48 pm
  More than 7,000 mail-in ballots had already been counted by Monday afternoon for the city special election to determine the fate of the 2 percent hospitality tax.
• School budget crunch puts squeeze on paper supply (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on April 13, 2009 at 03:34:04 am
  Coping with the burden of reduced state aid, one Yuma school has found it has less money for copier paper for classroom use.
• Case in limbo against boys in Gila Vista school evacuation (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on March 20, 2009 at 01:16:17 am
  The status of two boys remains in limbo until the Yuma County Attorney's decides whether and how to prosecute them for allegedly disrupting school by leaving a powder-like substance in the bathroom.
• Hoax likely in hazmat team response at school (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on March 18, 2009 at 08:30:55 pm
  A mysterious substance found in the bathroom of a Yuma junior high school Wednesday morning appears to have been left as a hoax, Yuma police said.