by Ellen Samuelsen If you were to peek into a classroom on a typical day, you would most likely see students solving math problems, writing paragraphs, or reading books. But, if you peeked...
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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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We Need New Schools Now!
By Stacy Winstryg Vail is booming! Houses are popping up in every corner of the district. The economy is doing well and people are flocking to the Vail School District because of our...
School Bullying
by Sophia Caporale Bullying in and out of school is a regular threat that many students face. While in the past some students were bullied at school, students of today can be bullied...
Local Student Interns at the National Institutes of...
With the help of her high school science teacher, Joshua Farr, a Cienega High senior, Elisa McRae became one of 1318 students from around the nation to receive a prestigious internship at...
Newly Elected Chairman of the Pima County Public...
Edward D. Buster of Vail/Corona de Tucson was recently elected to the position of chairman of the Pima County Library Advisory Board. “It was a great experience serving as vice chairman...
Taking Piano Lessons: The Role of the Parent in a...
by Paul Lorenz Besides the teacher, the parent plays the most critical role in a child’s musical development. Throughout my career as a piano teacher, there have been a number of cases in...
“Together We Shine”
by Anne Gibson There was an unexplainable light shown over the Vail School District on Monday, July 30th, as 1,900 Vail School District employees and a handful of lucky guests filled...
Vail Rotary Club Supports Students with Backpack and V...
On the 7th of July the Rotary Club of Vail, worked with the Vail School District at the Vail Back to School Resource Fair held at the Cienega High School library. Rotary donated 70...
Investing in our Schools
by Stacy Winstryg If you have driven through Vail lately, you may have noticed all the new housing construction going on. With new houses comes new students. While this is a great thing, it...
Boy Scout Troop 770 Happenings
by Assistant Scoutmaster Brad Adams Troop 770 has been busy! Since returning from a very successful summer camp at Camp Lawton on Mount Lemmon, the Scouts of Troop 770 have been seen at the...