by Candace Lansberry Wow! It’s the middle of summer and school is back in session. Routines start getting established again and we can take the time to reflect on vacations, rest...
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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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School Maybes or Secret Needs?
By Sophia Caporale There is one aspect of being a student that transcends generations; shopping for school supplies and the excitement (and sometimes stress) that comes with looking forward...
Future Business Leaders of America Attend National...
Vail Academy and High School’s (VAHS) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) attended the National Leadership Conference held in Baltimore, from June 26th through the 2nd of July...
Updates from Boy Scout Troop 770
by Assistant Scoutmaster Brad Adams During the week of June 10th-16th Troop 770 attended summer camp at Camp Lawton in Mount Lemmon, Arizona. The summer camp experience at Camp Lawton...
Local Students Perform at Del Webb
by Martha Tanner On Monday, May 14th, 135 performing arts students from Ocotillo Ridge Elementary School visited their neighboring community at Del Webb and performed for the residents...
Best of the Class: 2018
Vail Academy and High School Valedictorian Daniel Gately will be attending ASU enrolled in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College in the fall pursuing a degree in elementary education. Mr...
After Red for Ed, What’s Next?
by Stacy Winstryg, Vail Parent Network and Travis Newton, Middle School Teacher The deficiencies in Arizona’s funding of public education are widely known, and until this year, seemed to...
Preschoolers Participate in Trike-a-Thon
by Katie Brech What a sight to see! On the beautiful morning of May 4th, over 20 toddlers and preschoolers from Vail waited at the starting line on their tricycles, bikes, and scooters. ...
Vail School District Foundation Formed
Temperatures are climbing with no rain in sight, but good things continue to happen in the Vail School District. It was Tuesday, May 8th, when three Vail School District (VSD) staff members...
Taking Piano Lessons: The Value of Lessons
by Paul Lorenz For those who take to it faithfully, the study of a musical instrument carries many benefits, both musical and non-musical. The musical benefits are the most obvious, but the...