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Community Grad Night Shines
Community Grad Night Shines
Submitted by Renee Henry, Flagstaff Community Grad Night volunteer organizer
On Friday, June 1, 2018, the Flagstaff community joined together in an amazing show of support at the 26thannual Flagstaff Community Grad Night. Local businesses, community members, volunteers, parents, and teachers hosted an exciting and engaging celebration for the high school graduates in Flagstaff. Over 500 students from all of the local high schools and homeschools enjoyed casino games, henna tattoos, inflatables, live entertainment, dodge ball, music, food, prizes, and more. The grand prizes included a custom longboard, $500 cash, a Rocky Mountain Fusion mountain bike, a Dell Inspiron laptop computer, and a 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid!! Throughout the evening, almost $20,000 dollars in prizes were given away to the graduates!! Read more “Community Grad Night Shines”
Coconino County Diversity Day
Representatives from various community groups will join in the festivities including the African American Diversity Council, Hispanic Advisory Council, the NAU LGBTQIA Commission, Veterans VRC, Native Americans for Community Action, YMCA Youth Summer Camps, NAU Senior Companion Program, Sons of Norway, AmeriCorps and the County Wellness Program.
And of course there will be food trucks with samples, or you can purchase lunch! Join in for games and live entertainment too.
Coconino County Courthouse Lawn
San Francisco St & Birch Ave
Downtown Flagstaff
11am – 1pm
Early Learning CAN
Baseline Report Released
LAUNCH Flagstaff Releases Initial Baseline Education Report
FLAGSTAFF (February 21, 2018)
LAUNCH Flagstaff has released a Baseline Education Report, with some initial strategies for improving educational outcomes for every child. A partnership of community stakeholders, LAUNCH Flagstaff has a set of shared goals which encompass kindergarten readiness, third grade reading proficiency, eighth grade math proficiency, high school graduation and enrollment in post-secondary education and training. The partnership’s newly reported data spotlight specific areas for increased focus, based on the premise that student success leads to a community’s health and vitality. Read more “Baseline Report Released”
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Flagstaff’s Recommendations for preK-12 Education
Flagstaff’s Recommendations for preK-12 Education
FLAGSTAFF (October 1, 2017)
Nearly one hundred Flagstaff community members engaged in thoughtful discussion about funding preK – 12 education in Arizona for four hours on October 1, 2017 at the Coconino Community College Lone Tree Campus. Students, educators, parents, government officials, business leaders, and other concerned citizens crafted a five-page report with their recommendations for improving the funding of our educational system. Read more “Flagstaff’s Recommendations for preK-12 Education”
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Future Leaders Make Recommendations for Education
Future Leaders Make Recommendations About Their Education
FLAGSTAFF (September 26, 2017)
Twenty-One student leaders from all seven Flagstaff area high schools met on September 26, 2017 to discuss their ideas for what a world-class education system could look like. They drafted a three page report with their recommendations around goals and and actions for community leaders, policy makers and citizens to take for creating this educational system. Read more “Future Leaders Make Recommendations for Education”
FREE Education Film Series – Rise Above the Mark
Rise Above the Mark is a documentary that explores what happens when politics enters the classroom. Public schools are boxed in by current corporate reforms. Rules and regulations restrict vision, depreciate funding, demoralize teachers, and turn students into test-taking machines, robbing them of time to foster creativity. Experts discuss how America can make positive changes to provide an exceptional public school system for all children.
Watch the trailer
After the film stay for a question and answer session with a panel of local experts who understand the political forces impacting the education of our children in Flagstaff.
Seating is limited so please reserve your ticket now.
Major funding for this film series is provided by:
with additional support from:
FREE Education Film Series – Paper Tigers
Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.
Watch the trailer
After the film stay for a question and answer session with local experts on how Flagstaff is addressing chronic stress in our youth.
Seating is limited so please reserve your ticket now.
Major funding for this film series is provided by:
with additional support from:
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Arizona Town Hall in Flagstaff
Arizona Town Hall in Flagstaff
FLAGSTAFF (July 21, 2017)
LAUNCH Flagstaff seeks to raise the bar and create a community culture of world-class education for all our children, cradle through career. We recognize that supporting our kid’s education is not just the responsibility of our schools. It takes an entire community.
Through the major financial support of the Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff, United Way of Northern Arizona, and The Wharton Foundation, LAUNCH Flagstaff provides the infrastructure in which our partner organizations can share resources, share accountability, share success and have a collective impact on improving educational outcomes. Read more “Arizona Town Hall in Flagstaff”