Suspense grew in early October as the Vail School District anticipated the arrival of the first time AzMERIT grading scores only to have what were determined final grades changed by the...
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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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Esmond Station Elementary School New Principal
Matt Penland is the new principal at Esmond Station Elementary School. He is replacing Jerry Wood, who has served as principal since its opening and now goes on to be the Director of...
Vail School District First; Software and Textbook...
The year was 2005 and the Vail School District was preparing to open Empire High School as the first one-to-one laptop, textbook-free, comprehensive public high school in the nation...
Acacia Elementary School Honored
Acacia Elementary School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School, based on overall academic performance. The award, presented by the U.S. Department of Education, recognizes Acacia...
Make Way for Books
Make Way for Books, a local nonprofit organization, is working to ensure that children throughout Vail get the right start so they are ready for kindergarten and ready to read and succeed. ...
Welcome to the World, Baby
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I sat in my high chair gnawing on cheerios while a shocked country watched the unfolding of tragic events that would forever change our lives. After a...
Local Student Receives National Honor
Andrada Polytechnic High School student, Devon W. Morris, was recognized for superior academic achievement by the National Society of High School Scholars. The Society recognizes top...
Andrada Seniors Volunteering for Charity
The Vail School District requires all seniors to complete either an internship or volunteer in the community. Accordingly, some High School seniors from Andrada High School are working on...
Vail Unified School District (VUSD)
(Pictured Left to Right) Vail Unified School District (VUSD) Governing Board Clerk Allison Pratt, VUSD School Superintendent Calvin Baker and his wife Nancy Baker, nationally renown author...
Where Are They Now
Park University’s Lackland Air Force Base (Texas) Campus Center and Randolph Air Force Base (Texas) Campus Center held a combined commencement ceremony on August 5th at the True Vision...