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.

COOLIDGE — Coolidge Unified School District officials underestimated the number of students who would be returning to classrooms this year after last year’s pandemic, school board members were told at their meeting last week.

COOLIDGE — Coolidge High School art and technology teacher Christi Jones was surprised Aug. 23 when she received a $1,000 grant to fill her classroom with much-needed school supplies from Four Peaks Brewing Co.

COOLIDGE  — Coolidge’s band program has a reputation for being “a little gem out in the middle of the desert.”

COOLIDGE — The Coolidge High School Junior ROTC has some cool new equipment, but the group needs some help in order to show it off.

COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Unified School District will not require masks for students, at least for now.

SIGNAL PEAK — If you unbill it, they will come.

COOLIDGE — With COVID cases on the rise, schools are starting to reconsider returning to remote learning.

COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Unified School District is contending with rising COVID cases and rising numbers of lost or stolen iPads.

The past year was truly something this generation has never experienced before. Schools shut down and then scrambled to find a way to keep students learning, progressing, and engaging in their education safely. The result for most schools was widespread implementation of online learning and …

COOLIDGE -- Forensic Science and Crime Scene Investigation is one of nine new programs at Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology this year. The course will be taught by retired police officer Jason Hall.

SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College announced this week that it is providing free tuition to Pinal County residents for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters. The decision was made possible by federal American Rescue Plan Act funding the school received earlier this year.

COOLIDGE — All students enrolled at Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology will receive lifesaving CPR certification training as part of CAVIT’s 2021-22 curriculum.

COOLIDGE — One week after the city of Coolidge updated its webpage, the Coolidge Unified School District announced a website redesign of its own.

COOLIDGE — Over the past few weeks, Pinal County community members were able to experience some physical relief at Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology’s massage therapy clinics.

COOLIDGE — Librarian Dani Duran said growing up, she had always wanted to be a teacher and that her passion was for early childhood education.

COOLIDGE — Thanks to a grant from the Arizona Department of Education's School Safety Program, Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology has hired a new counselor. Aimee Parrish began her new role last week and said she is thrilled to work with CAVIT’s teachers and students.

COOLIDGE — Over the next few months, members of the public will have an opportunity to weigh in on how the Coolidge Unified School District should use money from the third round of federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding.

COOLIDGE — The roles are changing, but the players are largely remaining the same among leadership within the Coolidge Unified School District.

COOLIDGE — Masks off! The Coolidge Unified School District Governing Board celebrated the arrival of new Superintendent Dawn Dee Hodge by announcing that effective immediately, masks would no longer be required.

COOLIDGE — Before Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology seniors graduate from the medical assistant program, they go through a skills test conducted by outside industry.

COOLIDGE — It doesn’t happen very often that the previous year’s graduates make their walk the week after the current class, but the pandemic and its aftermath have created unprecedented situations.