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The cover page of this morning’s Arizona Daily Star had an article on Apollo Middle School principal, Ray Chavez, and his efforts at charting a new course for the school. The article had a photo of Chavez with his hand raised, sitting a large table with students, all of which also had raised hands. The hands were raised in response to the question, “How many of you have diabetes in your family?”
In the four years Ray Chavez has been principle, he has turned the formally failing school into “performing plus” as rated by the Arizona Department of Education for the last two years. This fall Apollo will open as a community school, welcoming in families for tutoring, computer classes and fitness programs in the new fitness and wellness center, which was funded by a grant partnering with the University of Arizona and the YMCA. “ These classes will be a nice addition and will bring families to our campus. The fitness classes are important, and there are so many elders who need to learn about computers”, said eighth-grader, Brianna Brown.
Apollo has become a model of how educational programs focusing on the whole student, which includes the family and community, can help students to take on more important roles in a more convivial society. Still, there are those who believe we need to being doing even less for our citizen’s health and education and more to fight wars and build walls along our borders. The strength and future security of this nation lies in the quality life its people are able to live.
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The cover page of this morning’s Arizona Daily Star had an article on Apollo Middle School principal, Ray Chavez, and his efforts at charting a new course for the school. The article had a photo of Chavez with his hand raised, sitting a large table with students, all of which also had raised hands. The hands were raised in response to the question, “How many of you have diabetes in your family?”
In the four years Ray Chavez has been principle, he has turned the formally failing school into “performing plus” as rated by the Arizona Department of Education for the last two years. This fall Apollo will open as a community school, welcoming in families for tutoring, computer classes and fitness programs in the new fitness and wellness center, which was funded by a grant partnering with the University of Arizona and the YMCA. “ These classes will be a nice addition and will bring families to our campus. The fitness classes are important, and there are so many elders who need to learn about computers”, said eighth-grader, Brianna Brown.
Apollo has become a model of how educational programs focusing on the whole student, which includes the family and community, can help students to take on more important roles in a more convivial society. Still, there are those who believe we need to being doing even less for our citizen’s health and education and more to fight wars and build walls along our borders. The strength and future security of this nation lies in the quality life its people are able to live.
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