COOLIDGE — Around November of last year, Imagine Prep Elementary School counselor Tanya Best began nominating a group of students for a special summer learning program. Of the 10 students she nominated, one was passionate enough to go through the lengthy application process and was accepted.

SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College will receive more than $1.4 million to help ensure low-income and first-generation college students earn a degree.

COOLIDGE — Students Against Destructive Decisions and Students Taking a New Direction Youth Coalition stood before the City Council last week to present facts and figures about tobacco-related house fires in recognition of May 31 as “World No Tobacco Day.”

COOLIDGE — It was an emotional night as students, faculty and families gathered on the Imagine Prep Coolidge football field May 24 to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2022 graduating class. Some students said farewell to a campus that has been their home since kindergarten.

COOLIDGE — Coolidge High School graduates celebrated the end of their public schooling on May 26 with a grand ceremony, featuring a boisterous crowd, fireworks and a lively after-party on the field.

COOLIDGE — Coolidge Junior High School will be returning to its original location, with a new principal, in July. After seven years closely neighboring Coolidge High School, the growing junior high will finally get the “opportunity to build their own, unique culture,” said district Director …

COOLIDGE — First-year school therapist Melonie Call is pioneering a new therapeutic photography group to help students dealing with difficult emotions brought on by the pandemic at Heartland Ranch Elementary.

COOLIDGE – Imagine Prep senior, Kevin Miranda has had the Salutatorian distinction in his sights since junior year. Being notified he was very high in the running for the distinction last year gave him the motivation to finish his high school career strong.

COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Unified School District Governing Board held an especially celebratory and lively meeting with every seat filled in the large district auditorium.

COOLIDGE — Imagine Prep High School Valedictorian Diana Leon has dreams of following in her parents’ footsteps and starting her own business.

COOLIDGE – Coolidge High School senior Cheyenne Newton will be attending the University of Arizona tuition-free after graduating top of her class out of 120 students.

COOLIDGE – Aspiring travel nurse and 2022 Coolidge High School Salutatorian Alexis Borboa wants to thank the unsung heroes of public education in her salutatory speech on May 26.

Coolidge High School’s 2022 graduating class are the recipients of close to $2 million in scholarships. Here is the list of students and their awards this year:

COOLIDGE – Earlier this year, Coolidge High School teacher Michelle Gonzales partnered with Jobs for Arizona’s Graduates to bring an exciting new mode of learning to her classroom.

COOLIDGE — Another call for qualified individuals to join staff; a congratulations to students and parents for satisfactory state testing attendance; and an urge to be aware of bills aimed at removing public school funding, such as SB 1269, were all part of Coolidge Unified School District S…

COOLIDGE — Coolidge Unified School District has entered agreements to borrow another $7 million in bonds from the 2019 voter-approved $21 million school improvement bond authorization.

COOLIDGE — CAVIT hosted a Girl Scout Fire School for two troops in Florence and Coolidge as well as a troop from Marana on Saturday.

COOLIDGE — Both the city of Coolidge and the Coolidge Unified School District do not plan to let the increasing cost of fuel affect their operations.

COOLIDGE — At this week’s Pinal County Fair, 38 Coolidge High School FFA members will be showing their animals in the categories of carcass, showmanship and market.

COOLIDGE — The Coolidge City Council on Monday night did not want to suspend the late fees for library items without having more information.

COOLIDGE — In 2020 the biggest event for the Coolidge High School FFA had to be canceled because of COVID-19.

COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Imagine Prep agriculture students have been busy putting together garden boxes to allow them to plant vegetables that they can then sell at events like a farmers market.

COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Unified School District board has approved spending $295,000 for energy-saving improvements to two schools with hopes that in the long run the district would be saving money.

COOLIDGE — Fourth graders in the Coolidge Unified School District and Imagine School in Coolidge learned about water conservation last week from Arizona Water Company officials at Artisan Village in its first water festival for the city.

COOLIDGE — “Come on down” is what Bob Barker would announce on his longtime game show “The Price is Right,” and Coolidge High School students got to experience that excitement themselves.

COOLIDGE — After 30 years with the Coolidge Unified School District, teacher Connie Herrera will finally be hanging it up at the end of the school year.

COOLIDGE — Beginning next school year Coolidge Junior High students will once again have their own campus.

SIGNAL PEAK — They graduated high school together and then went on to attend Central Arizona College at the same time. Classmates Michael Flores II and Adriana Saavedra were honored Saturday evening, Nov. 20, for their contributions to the college and community with Vaquero Awards.

COOLIDGE — All workers in the Coolidge Unified School District Food and Nutrition program are getting a raise.

Sherry Ferguson was raised in La Palma on a farm, being the third generation in her family in the Coolidge area.

If you had three older athletic brothers and grew up next to a vacant lot, you would probably spend a lot of time playing baseball when you were growing up.

COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Unified School District looks to implement a physical media center in the near future for both the high school and junior high school.

COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology board on Wednesday morning approved entering into an amended lease agreement with the city of Coolidge for additional land to add programs to the campus.

COOLIDGE — Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology plans to expand its programs moved one step closer to fruition Monday night when the Coolidge City Council approved entering into an amended and restated lease agreement with the school.

COOLIDGE — Cosmetology students at the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology were judged last Wednesday on their hairstyling and design skills at the Greek Goddess Hair Show that is put on four times a year at Central Arizona College.