It’s back to square one for the Deer Valley Unified School’s school boundary revision process after the governing board voted against making any changes for the 2026-2027 school year. And, to complicate matters further, the district is now faced with finding a new leader to serve as superintendent. In anContinue Reading
School Board Set to Discuss Committee Recommendations Feb. 17, Vote in March (Editor’s Note: Since the time this article was published in the February edition of Valley Vibe, the district has decided to forgo moving students in the block just south of Sonoran Desert Drive in section 3 of ourContinue Reading
3 Public Hearings Set for Community Input In an effort to achieve balanced student enrollment, the Deer Valley Unified School District is considering school boundary adjustments for the 2026-2027 school year, affecting some of the district’s elementary schools in areas where overcrowding in some and underutilization in others poses aContinue Reading
Adams Traditional Academy Open enrollment begins Nov. 3 www.atachoice.org, www.atbchoice.org Basis North Phoenix Open enrollment runs Nov. 4– Dec.12 If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available seats at any grade level, enrollment will be determined by a lottery and a waitlist will form after the open enrollmentContinue Reading
New location, more classrooms, an indoor gym & double the space. Starting Blocks Preschool is beginning a new chapter in a new space more than double its current size in the Anthem Commerce Park on the west side of I-17 to meet the growing demand of educating young learners asContinue Reading
Parking passes at Boulder Creek High School get snatched up quickly, and many students who still wish to drive have been utilizing the lower parking lot at Anthem Community Park to park and walk to campus. When school is in session, roughly 70-90 cars are parked in the lot daily.Continue Reading
In the space formerly occupied by Caurus Academy’s early education campus along 42nd Avenue, Victory Schools is opening an academy for students on the autism spectrum. Victory Autism Academy Anthem is part of the network’s specialized schools with multiple locations across the Valley, including North Scottsdale and Sun City, bothContinue Reading
At this time last year, BASIS Phoenix North, a tuition-free charter school part of the BASIS network, was preparing to make its debut in the far North Phoenix Valley in a temporary school space on Anthem’s west side in the Commerce Park, serving grades K-5. One year later, building uponContinue Reading
At the end of the school year, Deer Valley Unified School District will no longer offer its online elementary education program in grades K-5. Citing low enrollment in a letter to parents and the community, Aspire Online Academy Principal Juliet Amara said the difficult decision came after careful consideration byContinue Reading
For more than 15 years, Deer Valley Unified School District has been known for its successful Mandarin Chinese Immersion programs offered at two specialty schools, but now the future of one of the programs appears dim. Dual-language immersion programs where students receive equal daily instruction in half English and halfContinue Reading