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

• Grijalva urges college education (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 12:29:33 am
  College offers a world of opportunities that would never be possible without it, Yuma's congressman told an assembly of AVID and GEAR UP students at Yuma High School Tuesday.
• Economy focus of Spanish-language program "Linea Abierta" (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 11:14:33 pm
  The impacts of the recession and the economic stimulus on Yuma County's Hispanic residents will be the focus Tuesday of a live radio broadcast in Spanish on KAWC.
• Students send up their own balloons (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 02:14:33 am
  The second day of the 19th Annual Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival went off without a hitch Saturday. The day's events began early in the morning, and culminated with a student tissue balloon launch and the traditional evening balloon glow at Desert Sun Stadium.
• Charity football game scores touchdown for children (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:44:33 pm
  A team of Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma will play against a team of players from five area high schools on Friday night in an annual charity game of flag football to collect toys for underprivileged children in Yuma County.
• Educational boost program sets open house (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 01:59:33 am
  It is hard not to like a program named GOOD, a pilot project begun this summer to intervene in the education of low-income youths in danger missing out on their potential.
• YHS Dance Club to host workshop, concert (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:14:33 pm
  The Yuma High School dance program wants to spread a little Saturday Night Fever, and whether you move like John Travolta or not they will teach happy feet how to get in a groove.
• 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.
• Yuma High organizations raise funds for American Cancer Society (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:14:04 am
  Yuma High School's Doan Field, ordinarily covered in traditional blue and white jerseys, took on a hue of pink Friday night as everyone came together to wage battle against breast cancer.
• Seniors shine in Havasu win over San Luis (Today's News-Herald)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 05:39:49 am
  Lady Knight seniors were more than a match for the Sidewinders. San Luis captured the first game Tuesday but the match went the Lady Knights, thanks to three consecutive wins 23-25, 25-12, 25-17, 25-16.
• Program keeps laborers' kids in school (The Durango Herald)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 05:37:07 am
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) – For children of seasonal farm laborers, the only travel they may see is moving to the next harvest, continually disrupting their education.
• YHS students help paint mural (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 02:12:15 am
  A group of Yuma High School artists has proven a work of art not only brings beauty to a drab wall but serves as a convenient reference tool for younger students.
• Bombardier returns to Yuma home base (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 04:27:56 pm
  He was part of the the Army Air Corps heavy bombardment unit known as the "Bloody 100th," and 60 years later, Yuma High School alumnus Joe Orendorff finally got back to his home base.
• Yumans nominated for support of the arts (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 02:42:15 am
  Yuma's art community crowns its most valuable muse on Thursday. The city of Yuma's Arts and Culture Division will host its ninth annual Tribute of the Muses awards ceremony that night.
• Yuma band exhibition a success (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 09:42:14 pm
  The bleachers at the Cibola High School football field were filled with eager spectators who turned out to watch four local high school varsity marching bands put on their field shows Saturday night.
• Havasu wins Criminal tourney (Today's News-Herald)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 05:40:10 am
  The Lady Knights are on a roll. After rallying from a two game deficit to defeat Yuma Kofa 3-2 Thursday, Havasu’s varsity volleyball team captured their first tournament victory of the year, winning the Criminal Invitational host by Yuma High School Saturday.
• Renown Yuma photographer dies (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 04:57:14 am
  Emil Eger spent his life observing Yuma through his camera lens, preserving history for all of posterity. Eger, who was born in Yuma in 1917, died Friday morning at the age of 92 of natural causes.
• Yuma high school bands to perform at Cibola (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 01:27:15 am
  For the first time in a decade, Yuma high school bands will march together as each performs their competition show on the same grounds.
• Progressive 15 names Alumni of Plains (The Fort Morgan Times)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 03:31:24 pm
  Don Marostica, Roosevelt High School; Liz Hickman, Yuma High School; and Dr. Stacy Brethauer, Wray High School, were recognized as Alumni of the Plains at the Progressive 15 Fall Conference in Larkspur recently.
• Momentum shift key to Knights loss (Today's News-Herald)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 04:40:27 am
  When two evenly matched teams meet, the winner will be the one that wants it more. That’s what Fighting Knights head coach Karl Thompson said Sunday, following Havasu’s 48-31 loss to the Yuma High School Criminals in Yuma Friday.
• T-birds will try to end skid: Mohave hosts Havasu in quest of Golden Shovel (Mohave Daily News)
  posted on September 26, 2009 at 09:32:25 am
  BULLHEAD CITY - The T-birds will try to get on the winning track against the Lake Havasu High School Knights in the annual Golden Shovel Game, which will be hosted by Mohave High School at 7 tonight.
• Stakeholders agree on 4-H animal zoning (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 04:27:25 am
  A zoning change to allow 4-H and FFA members to legally raise their project animals in their urban backyards still is not a done deal, but it appears all the stakeholders have come to an agreement on what it should say.
• GOOD to target incoming freshmen (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 03:27:16 am
  After two years in planning, two Yuma nonprofits have joined to help students succeed in higher education to assure the marketplace of a work force ready staff.
• Yuma too much for Havasu Criminals’ Baker runs over Knights, steals nine scores throughout game (Today's News-Herald)
  posted on August 30, 2009 at 05:58:44 am
  Yuma High School’s J.C. Baker scored nine times — though only seven will go in the record books — leading his Criminals to a 50-45 win over Lake Havasu High School in the season opener for both teams Friday.
• Yuma High educator to teach in Iraq (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 11:39:24 pm
  After a long career coaching her beloved Criminals, one Yuma High School instructor is moving - to teach in Iraq. When Dee Dee Baumgarner arrived in Yuma from Minnesota 26 years ago, she thought her life's mission would be the rigorous training she gave her athletes.
• Aviation class takes off at AWC (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 09:54:24 pm
  If a flying career or private license are in your future plans, Yuma-area residents are urged to contact Arizona Western College to learn more about the private pilot ground school course this fall.
• Mother's persistence helps daughter return to school (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 12:30:47 am
  A series of communication gaps as frustrating as a fractured cell phone signal nearly sidelined a student from completing her senior year. But thanks to persistence, the teen is back on track to get her diploma.
• YUHSD welcomes families to open house (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on August 19, 2009 at 12:30:46 am
  The Yuma Union High School District invites students and their families to attend open houses at all district schools starting Thursday and continuing into next week.
• Extreme Music Rolls out the Red Carpet for Sir George Martin and the Kings of the Control Room (ITNews)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 06:10:50 am
  LOS ANGELES, August 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - With Photo Extreme Music, the worldwide production music library unit of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, today announced an innovative partnership with Sir George Martin CBE to create the Grandmaster Production Music Library.
• Culinary Arts Project aiding young people from low-income families (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 05:00:45 pm
  Editor's note: This is one in a series of articles about the Yuma Private Industry Council's summer youth projects, paid for by stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• Landmark events as high schools start new year (The Yuma Sun)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 11:00:45 pm
  It is a banner year for the Yuma Union High School District as it welcomes back students for a new academic year. As Yuma High School wraps up centennial celebrations and Kofa marks its 50th anniversary, Gila Ridge High School will graduate its first senior class.