By Anne “AJ” Perrin Note: This is second in a series of articles on the five principals in CdT. The principal at Sycamore Elementary School, Ken Graff, is soft–spoken and quite...
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VUSD Update – August 2025
Off to a Great Start The 25/26 school year is off to a great start. This year is especially exciting as we celebrated the grand...
Read MoreVUSD Update – November 2024
In Vail… Parents Get to Choose Long before I became superintendent, I was a Vail dad. Like many of you, my wife and I moved...
Read MoreBest Of Class 2024
Congratulations to the graduating class of Pantano High School 2024! Read what these graduates have planned for such promising...
Read MoreVail School District Foundation – July 2023
The 2023-24 school year is off to a great start! We would like to thank 3 more of our renewing sponsors for this school year...
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Vail School District Foundation Begins Commuity...
By Stacy Winstryg The Vail School District Foundation kicked off our first monthly event – Community University. April’s topic was “Do you Control Your Money . . . or Does Your Money...
Viva Coffee House Announces Teen Ad Contest Winners
By Article Author Our local coffee house (Viva Coffee House), announced a “Teen Ad Contest” this spring, to give a boost to young people interested in careers in design, marketing and the...
Teacher Shortage in Arizona
By Stacy Winstryg Arizona continues to face a teacher shortage even after Governor Doug Ducey announced his plan to raise teacher salaries 20 percent by 2020. And earlier this year, he made...
Vail Academy Girls Basketball Celebrates Winning...
By Article Author The Vail Academy High School girls’ basketball team celebrated a second–consecutive winning season this year since the program was established in 2017. The Boxers...
Meet our Corona de Tucson Principal, Julia Kaiser
By Anne “AJ” Perrin Julia Kaiser is the principal of one of the newest high schools in the Vail School District (VSD), located in the Corona de Tucson community. Andrada Polytechnic High...
Advocating for Education
By Stacy Winstryg The Vail Parent Network (VPN) is gearing up for another legislative session. Many bills are already working their way through committee’s up at the capital. VPN has...
Local Student Accepted for Admission to Luther College
Maria Kardos of Vail, Arizona, has been accepted for admission for the 2019-20 academic year. Kardos has been awarded the Founders Scholarship.
Vail Pride Day Academic Competition Winners
By Anne Gibson Vail Pride Day (VPD), a Vail School District (VSD) event, celebrated its twentieth anniversary on Saturday, February 16th at the Pima County Fairgrounds with cheers and...
It’s Science Fair Time!
By Ellen Samuelsen February is most often thought of as the month for valentines, but at Ocotillo Ridge Elementary (ORE), it is also the month for the science fair! On Wednesday, February...