Congratulations Education Graduates . . .
Where Our Belief Drives Your Desire!

If you are interested in making a difference in children's lives and providing a quality education to prepare students for college and career readiness, Alhambra ESD is the district for you!  View our website and take a look at our schools.  If you are interested in becoming a part of our team, visit our Human Resources Department web page for application instructions.

• Alhambra was one of seven sites selected to receive a ($150,000) grant from the Science Foundation Arizona and Helios Education Foundation for a STEM School Pilot program at two locations.

• Junior high students participated in the MESA (Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement) Regional Competition at ASU in February and Alhambra captured a total of 20 awards (earning seven 1^st place awards, seven 2^nd place awards, and six 3^rd place awards).

• At the end of April, MESA Clubs competed in the State MESA Competition held at the University of Arizona, and once again our students did a phenomenal job capturing 10 of 24 state-level awards including:

• Alhambra won six out of eight 1^st place awards
• Alhambra schools earned 5 of the top 11 winning teams
• Montebello Team finished in 2^nd place in the entire state
• Cordova Middle won 1^st place in the Solar Car Challenge and also earned three of four special recognitions in that category

• Two schools participated in the FIRST Lego League Competition hosted at BioScience High School; and one school finished fourth in the competitive bracket.

• We are extremely proud to announce that 35 students from Alhambra received admissions letters from BioScience High School, which admits just over 100 students per year.

If you are looking to teach, or attend school, in an excellent school district that focuses on STEM, then Alhambra District is the place for you!

Alhambra District was one of seven Arizona sites selected, from a statewide pool of 57 applicants, to receive the prestigious Helios STEM School Pilot grant. The funding will allow the district to implement junior high engineering elective classes at Granada East and Cordova Middle schools. Classes are scheduled to begin in the fall of 2013 furthering our vision to create future STEM professionals and college graduates. A special thanks is extended to the Helios Education Foundation and the Science Foundation Arizona for providing the resources to make STEM education a priority in Arizona!  

Congratulations to Jaime Camacho, principal, and James W. Rice Primary School for being one of three schools in Phoenix to receive a Gold Medal Award and become a “Beat the Odds School” sponsored by the Center for the Future of Arizona.  James W. Rice Primary showed consistent increases in student achievement over the past three years, and met the criteria of attaining an A or B label. According to the staff at the Beat the Odds Institute, Ms. Camacho and her school, “achieved all of this with excellence!”  Hundreds of parents, students, and staff celebrated the school's success at an awards ceremony on February 26.

 

The Governing Board recently approved the 2013-2014 school calendar. School begins on Monday, August 12, 2013, and ends on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Click this link to view the 2013-2014 school calendar. 

Dr. Doug Virgil, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, and the Business Department received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for achieving the highest standards in government accounting and financial reporting for our comprehensive annual financial reports.