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Hamilton High - (2018-2019) For the first time in Hamilton history and after a nail-biting competition with the top two teams separated by only 9.1 points, our Academic Decathlon team won STATE and will now represent the Husky Nation at NATIONALS in Minneapolis at the end of April! Congratulations to the 2018-19 Hamilton STATE CHAMPIONS: Jake Nance, Aris Zhu, Jasmine Sun, Zuzia Stechly, Emma Keegan, Navaneeth Unnikrishnan, Emily Jefferson, Melina Chabolla, and Tyler Thornton.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) 

Academic Decathlon Individual Awards
Honors:

• Jake Nance - 1st overall and HIGHEST SCORER IN THE STATE, 1st Art, 1st Economics, 1st Math (tie), 1st Science, 3rd Social Science, 3rd Language and Literature
• Aris Zhu - 1st Math (tie), 2nd Music
• Jasmine Sun - 1st Social Science, 2nd Math, 3rd Science, 3rd Art

Scholastic:

• Zuzia Stechly - 2nd overall Scholastic, 1st Art, 1st Interview, 1st Music, 3rd Speech
• Navaneeth Unnikrishnan - 3rd Interview

Varsity:

• Emily Jefferson - 2nd overall varsity (6 points out of 1st!), 1st Math, 2nd Economics

2019 State Results
Top 5 OVERALL TEAMS:

• 1st - HAMILTON: 47,544.7
• 2nd - Canyon del Oro: 47,535.6
• 3rd - Westwood: 46,437.5
• 4th - Mountain View (Mesa): 45,239.9
• 5th - Cesar Chavez: 42,879.2

Super Quiz Relay:

• 1st - Hamilton
• 2nd - Canyon del Oro
• 3rd - Mountain View (Mesa)

 
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   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winners Jacob Kaufman-Warner and Deangelo Brasen who won 3rd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the pH of Water on the Volume of Yeast Foam. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Waldo King who won 3rd Place in Energy: Chemical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Amount of Salt and Temperature in Solution on its Conductivity. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Robert L. Glanville who won 3rd Place in Energy: Physical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Dirt Concentration on Solar Panel Efficiency. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Andrea Linder who won 3rd Place in Mathematics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Medium of Shuffling on Quality of Randomness Observed. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Izaan De Bruyn who won Honorable Mention in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Lemon Oil on the Number of Crickets in an Area. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
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   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Yashraj Singh who won Honorable Mention in Embedded Systems at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Heat on a Diode's Current. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Yibo Chen who won Honorable Mention in Energy: Physical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Cooling on Peltier Module Efficiency. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Nealin Banerjee who won Honorable Mention in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Cost and Effectiveness of Various Sensors for a System to Prevent Drawers Smashing Fingers. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Yaniv Briker who won Honorable Mention in Systems Software at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Type of Sensor on the Time Taken to Detect and Stop a Water Leakage. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
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   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Elise Bouchal who won 1st Place in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Exploring the Impact of Neural Mutation on Neuron Size and Connectivity. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
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   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Riya Gaur, Divya Natarajan and Prisha Shroff who won 1st Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Aqua Saver. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Nishka Bhoite, Eashani Ghosh and Sofia Borczon who won 2nd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Are You Drinking Plastic?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winners Jerome Kau who won 2nd Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Skies the Limit. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Brandon Sayler who won 2nd Place in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Extending the Capabilities of Amateur Astronomy to Determine if a Visual Multiple Star System is Gravitationally Bound. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Karvin Sheble who won 3rd Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Surface Superiority. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Elizabeth Ovelil, Jasmine Ho and Zachary Huang who won 3rd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Hydroponics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Thomas McGowan and Colin Tucker who won Best of Fair: Physical in Energy: Physical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Use of Chia Seed Mucilage on the Efficiency and Heat Retention of Gel Solar Ponds. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winners Shreya Ganesh and Maddie Seal who won Honorable Mention in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Fingerprints. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Ryenne Belt who won Honorable Mention in Biochemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Optimization of the Protection of PBMC Utilizing STF after Exposure to Chemotherapy. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Aiden Neill and Ethan LaBelle who won Honorable Mention in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Predicting Colony Collapse Disorder using a Convolutional Neural Network. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Katie Sue Pascavis who won Honorable Mention in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Utilization of Biochar Produced from Switchgrass for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Water. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Evan Kienholz who won Honorable Mention in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Wind Power and Transportation = Our Future. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Loretta Tran and Braque Unger who won Honorable Mention in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Acid Rain. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Riya Gaur, Divya Natarajan and Prisha Shroff who won Intel Innovator Award in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Aqua Saver. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Basha High sophomore Justin La Zare in Charina DeCaro's class who was awarded the Intel Computer Science and the State Farm Computer Science Awards for the entry Digiclash in the Computer Science Showcase at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Ashley Kalscheur who won 2nd Place in Mathematics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Math and Marketing Behind Mother Nature: Correlating the Fibonacci Sequence with Monocotyledon and Dicotyledon Flower Sales. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Madison Rueb who won 2nd Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Accidental Physics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Bianca Abne who won 3rd Place in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled What are the effects of different microbial extracts on bacterial cultures of Escherichia Coli?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Madeline Salonic who won 3rd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Practically Plastic, Basically Bioplastic. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
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   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Ashlyn Drew who won Honorable Mention in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Heightened Hydroponics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Aryan Mathur who won 2nd Place in Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled A Low Cost Intelligent Machine for Folding Clothes. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Cassandra Smith who won 3rd Place in Biomedical and Health at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Genetic Variation in SP-A2 and the Effects on Phagocytosis. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Isha Paode who won Honorable Mention in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Concentration of NaCl ions in a Solution on the Rate of Osmosis in Chicken Skin. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) The Chandler Rotary and CHS's Interact Club, a service club involved in numerous community projects throughout the year, hosted a Peace Pole Dedication Ceremony Friday, February 22 in the courtyard. The ceremony included a history of the project, "Let Peace Prevail on Earth" sung by the Advanced Women's Choir, student definitions of Peace, and "May Peace Prevail on Earth" communicated in nine languages.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High AVID students worked with Frye Elementary students in February and urged 4th graders to take action to be kind on their campus as part of the Youth Frontiers program.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Twenty Chandler IB Diploma candidates and AP Spanish students served the children of our community and made great connections at the Knox Gifted Academy 5th grade Kindness Retreat.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High's Link Crew helped Ryan Elementary students learn leadership skills last week through Youth Frontiers.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Twenty-five Chandler High students had the opportunity to hear astronaut Scott Kelly speak at Comerica Theater in downtown Phoenix in February. He was part of the Arizona Speakers Series. Other notable speakers throughout the year included Sanjay Gupta, Condoleezza Rice, and Joe Biden. Arizona Speaker Series website 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High students attended the 10th annual Teen Town Hall hosted by the Chandler Mayor's Youth Commission. Students attended workshops on three trending topics that affect youth and teens in today's society: Mental Health and Wellness, Teen Dating Violence, and Life Skills. They also participated in team-building activities and heard from the City of Chandler's Mayor, Kevin Hartke.  
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   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Alexander Gonzalez who won 1st Place in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled An Integrated Environment on Mars for Visualizing Ground-Based and Orbital Planetary Data. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Grace Zhang who won 1st Place in Systems Software at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled A Framework for Proactive Cyber-Attack Prediction by Mining Dark Web Threat Intelligence. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Devrath Iyer who won 2nd Place in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Automatically Analyzing Open-Ended Survey Responses using Statistical and Machine Learning Methods. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Mindy Long who won 2nd Place in Biomedical and Health at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled What's in your blood?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Benjamin Voller-Brown and Roshan Sanyal who won 2nd Place in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Investigating the ability to prevent lysis of influenza through the integration of gold nanoparticles. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Aris Zhu and Shreya Tripathi who won 2nd Place in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Biochar Filtrate: A Novel Approach to Lead Absorption. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Garrett Young, Shristi Garg and Aditi Vannela who won 2nd Place in Energy: Chemical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Algae Biofuel Productivity. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Alyssa Wong and Candice DeCuna who won 2nd Place in Engineering Mechanics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Sizes of Wind Turbine Blades on the Number of Complete Rotations. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Rujuta Sane and Bianca Ashar who won 2nd Place in Materials Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol on a Starch Based Polymer. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Risha Bhoite who won 2nd Place in Materials Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Polymeric Carbohydrate on Tensile Strength and Decomposition of Bioplastics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Shaun Victor who won 2nd Place in Microbiology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Are Your Cells Stressed?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Sherif Elsayed who won 2nd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Fertilizer Solutions on the Rate of Growth of Tomato, Arugula, and Coriander. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Sanjana Sarkar and Andy Wong who won 2nd Place in Systems Software at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Trafficking Light: Putting a Stop to the Vehicles of Human Trafficking Online. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Shreyas Konanki and Deval Deliwala who won 3rd Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Magnetism on the Regeneration of Planaria. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Ika Lin who won 3rd Place in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Starch Used in the Production of Bioplastics on the Durability of Bioplastics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Benjamin Tung who won 3rd Place in Embedded Systems at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Gameboy Zero: a Retro Gaming Emulator. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Akshay Murali, Tejas Singh and Gautam Sethi who won 3rd Place in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Application of Natural Ingredients to Remove Impurities in Water. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Alina Chisti who won 3rd Place in Microbiology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Sustainable Alternatives to Agrochemicals: The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizer versus Rhizobium Bacteria on Plant Growth. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Savar Sinha who won 3rd Place in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Ising Spin Model: From Ferromagnets to Financial Markets. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Jerry Sun who won 3rd Place in Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Squiggling in the Air: A Fickle Approach to Biometric Security. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Maggie Han who won Best of Fair: Biological in Biomedical and Health at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Microbiome Profiling of Saliva Samples from Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Samihan Dani who won Honorable Mention in Energy: Chemical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Ammonia Gas Delivery via Composite Hollow Fiber Membranes for Microalgal Cultivation. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Michael Randolph who won Honorable Mention in Engineering Mechanics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Variable Metal Width and Space on Quality Factor of Spiral Inductors. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner William Napolitano who won Honorable Mention in Mathematics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Income Tax Percentages on Gross National Product. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Annika Buelt who won Honorable Mention in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect a Racket Dampener has on the Amount of Vibration in a Tennis Racket. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Travis Zhang who won Honorable Mention in Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled GAN-based Synthetic Medical Image Augmentation for Increased CNN Performance in Skin Cancer Classification. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Alexander Gonzalez who won Intel Innovator Award in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled An Integrated Environment on Mars for Visualizing Ground-Based and Orbital Planetary Data. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Arthur Yang who won SRP Engineering Award in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Investigating Geobacter Sulfurreducens For Simultaneous Soil Bioremediation and Power Generation. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Thilina Balasooriya and Pranav Mantri who won Water Wise Award in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled IoT Based Smart Watering System. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Nathan Lam who won 1st Place in Energy: Chemical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled A Novel Approach to the Improvement of Algae Biofuel Productions Through the Conjunction of Varying pH Levels and the Use of Bacillus subtilis During Flocculation. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winners Evan Crabtree and Cade Commers who won 3rd Place in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Effects of Cell Phone Use on Loneliness. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Adia Harsen who won 3rd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Power of Bleach: The Effect of Different Bleach Concentrations on Bacterial Growth. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Aidan Powers who won 3rd Place in Engineering Mechanics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled How to Build a Ground Effect Vehicle. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Theo Powers who won 3rd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Plant Lives Matter. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Jack Hibbs who won 3rd Place in Systems Software at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Maze Solving. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Vickram Sulhan who won Honorable Mention in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Temperature Variation and Additive Content Variation on Refractive Index of Water. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Ms. Deb Mitchell who was named the Si Se Puede Foundation's 2019 Educator of the Year.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Mrs. Margie Chamalbide, winner of the Si Se Puede Foundation's 2019 Champion for Education award.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Mr. Jim Culver who was selected as the Premier Region Athletic Director of the Year.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High's band, orchestra and choir students performed recently at the Southwest Region Music Festival.  
   Chandler Online Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Chandler Online Academy/Hamilton High School student Luke Linder for winning the 2019 Junior Olympic gold medal in Junior Men's Sabre Fencing. He is the #1 ranked Cadet in the country! We are so proud of him and all of his accomplishments. He will represent the United States at the Cadet World Championships in Torun, Poland in April.  
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to two Perry students who are advancing in the Culinary competition. Emma Jennings is up for two scholarships: one from the Dairy Council and the other through her cooking event. She also advanced to the top 25 out of more than 60 seniors. Brandon Park is the first junior in Perry history to become a Top 10 finalist out of 55 juniors across Arizona!  
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Congratuations to Myka Willden, the Taco Bell Student Athlete Citizen of the Month for February 2019.  
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) FLINN foundation has provided ACP Erie and ASU a grant of $5,000 to fund a collaborative effort to create a pipeline for biophysics students from K-12 schools to ASU, the first program of its kind. Mrs. Rachna Nath is working with Dr. Abhishek Singharoy at ASU to create a biophysics chapter at ACP Erie. Students in the program will be able to access ASU computers remotely and work on designing computer models of molecules.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Katherine Kao, Kaitlyn Zhang, Abi Sukumaran, and Ryan Dempsey for having art work selected into the NAEA (National Art Education Association) National Honors Art Society Juried Exhibition Gallery and Studio. Katherine and Kaitlyn's work will be on display at the exhibition, and Ryan and Abi's work will appear in the virtual gallery.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the following Basha FFA (Future Farmers of America) students for a job well done at our state-qualifying career development events: Carly Donahue (1st Place Individual), Madeline Filardi (7th Place Individual), Lilly Ellsworth (8th Place Individual), and Morgan Price - 1st Place Team in Horse Evaluation.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the following Basha FFA (Future Farmers of America) students for a job well done at our state-qualifying career development events: Samantha Buck (1st Place Individual), Samantha Bouvier, Elizabeth Kaye, KC Chausse, and Brenna Heaney - 3rd Place Team in Agronomy.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the following Basha FFA (Future Farmers of America) students for a job well done at our state-qualifying career development events: Maisy Racine (3rd Place Individual), Emily Yu (9th Place Individual), Lauren Myers (10th Place Individual), Olivia Lawrence (5th Place Individual) - 2nd Place Team in Forestry.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the following Basha FFA (Future Farmers of America) student for a job well done at our state-qualifying career development events: James Jansen - 4th Place in Job Interview.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the following Basha FFA (Future Farmers of America) students for a job well done at our state-qualifying career development events: Kayla Zweig (10th Place Individual); Matthew Kennedy, Parker Chrisman, Jade Stringer, Seth Hernandez - 3rd Place team in Veterinarian Sciences.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the following Basha FFA (Future Farmers of America) students for a job well done at our state-qualifying career development events: Lance Westmoreland, Dakota Flores, Julian Duarte - 6th Place Team in Agriculture Mechanics.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Basha High JROTC Cadet Emma Nelson who is one of nine state-wide to receive a $1,000 scholarship from Salt River Project (SRP) and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) as part of the inaugural BBB Ethical Cadet Scholarship program.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High hosted National Signing Day/Day of Recognition for 21 student athletes who have signed National Letters of Intent to participate in athletics at the collegiate level. CHS proudly welcomed back Paul Perkins, CHS Class of 2012, UCLA graduate and current NY Giants Running Back, to share his collegiate experience with the Class of 2019 and guests.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Twelve CHS Wolves signed letters of intent to play football at the collegiate level: Zach Bowers, University of Hawaii; Jacob Conover, Brigham Young University; Max Sandlin, United States Naval Academy; Joshua Pena, United States Naval Academy; Avery Carrington, University of Nevada, Reno; Brayden Liebrock, University of Texas; DeCarlos Brooks, University of California, Berkeley; David Eppinger, University of Idaho; Trey Franco III, Colorado School of Mines; Jacob De La Torre, Lake Forest College; Matthew Pola-Mao, Kansas State University; and Daseau Puffer, University of Idaho.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Mihajla Milovanovic, Becca Taylor, and Morgan Foster have signed letters of intent to run track and field/cross country at Loyola University Chicago, University of Hawaii, and Stanford.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Isabella Adkins has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Brandeis University.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Ilyana Carrillo signed a letter of intent to play softball at Phoenix College.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Annika Lagos signed a letter of intent to play golf at Lincoln Memorial University.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Ne Che Newton signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Northern Arizona University.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Mikaila Williams has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at South Mountain Community College.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Destiny Kling has signed a letter of intent to swim at the University of Nevada, Reno.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) The Chandler High boys basketball team captured the 2018-2019 Premier Region Championship.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Victoria Mason, CHS junior and varsity basketball player, scored her 1,000th point in February.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Adamaris Lopez Morales and Anna Rocha took 1st and 2nd place in the Hermanas Challenge to select a historic female figure who has made a difference in our society through advances in science, work in social justice, or contributions to the economy, and describe/design an app that would have increased their successes and efforts.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High FFA (Future Farmers of America) students hosted Knox Gifted Academy's 3rd graders at the Ag facility and taught hydroponics, aquaponics, anatomy of chickens, capillary action in carnations, and more.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to former Hamilton Theatre student Krystina Alabado who will be playing the part of Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls on Broadway! This is Krystina's first big leading role on Broadway, and we couldn't be more proud!  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton's Academic Decathlon competed at the regional competition in the beginning of February, and for the 4th consecutive year won the regional championship. Congratulations to Jacob Nance, Aris Zhu, Jasmine Sun, Zuzia Stechly, Emma Keegan, Navaneeth Unnikrishnan, Emily Jefferson, Melina Chabolla, and Tyler Thornton, the 2019 Hamilton AcDec champs!  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Trinity Howard (2nd), Taylor Haney (3rd), Amber Rodriquez (4th) and Gaby Winter (4th) for their great work at the AIA State Wrestling Championships in Prescott, February 8-9 in the first ever All Girls State Tournament. Because girls wrestling is classified as an emerging sport, an official team title was not awarded, but the Bears accumulated the most points of any school. AIA State Championships 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Nathaniel Deasey, the Division 1 State Wrestling Champion at 220 pounds. AIA State Wrestling Championships 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Zach Espalin, the Division 1 State Wrestling Champion at 115 pounds. Zach, a sophomore, is now a two-time state champ. AIA State Wrestling Championships 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Stefana Jelacic who made history by becoming Chandler High's first Girls Wrestling State Champion at 118 lbs. AIA State Wrestling Championships 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Jennifer Curry, the State Wrestling Champion (160 pounds), winning at the AIA State Wrestling Championships in Prescott, February 8-9 in the first ever All Girls State Tournament. AIA State Wrestling Championships 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Basha wrestlers did an outstanding job at the AIA State Wrestling Championships in Prescott, February 8-9. Congratulations to Division 1 STATE CHAMPION Alex Rodriquez (126 pounds), STATE CHAMPION Joe Carey (182 pounds), and RUNNER UP Dylan Quinn (138 pounds). AIA State Wrestling Championships 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) The ACP Erie Mobius E-waste club was invited by the Arizona Recycling Coalition to attend their annual meeting and gala. Though they were the youngest members in attendance, two club members, Nicole Carmiol and Elias Hernandez, interacted with many stakeholders and gained a lot of attention for their idea of e-waste collection. Pictured from top left to right: Elias Hernandez, Nicole Carmiol, Alana Lee Levine (Director of the Arizona Recycling Coalition); and bottom, from left to right: Rachna Nath, Jill Bernstein (Director, Keep Arizona Beautiful) and JB Shaw (Recycling Coordinator at Arizona Department of Environment Quality).  
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) ACP Erie junior Elaina Ashton was recognized by the City of Chandler at the Chandler Center for the Arts on February 7 with the "Youth Volunteer Award" for her efforts related after-school STEM programs through the YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, and Girl Scout teams to name a few. She also serves on Governor Ducey's STEM advisory council as the Chief Science Officer.  
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Michael Lucero, ACP Oakland 8th grader and third year player on the ACP Oakland/Erie soccer team under Coach Milan and Coach Paul. Michael has earned a spot to play soccer at the prestigious Barça Academy, FC Barcelona's Youth Residency Academy in the United States, for the 2019-2020 school year.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Chandler Sports Hall of Fame recognizes four from CUSD. Lance Michel, athletic trainer and sports medicine teacher at Hamilton High, will be among four people from CUSD inducted into the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame. The 15th annual induction will also include Hamilton High grad and current Los Angeles Dodger Cody Bellinger, Chandler High product and current Seattle Seahawk Dion Jordan and Basha High grad and current minor leaguer in the Arizona Diamondbacks system Jamie Westbrook.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Basha High FFA (Future Farmers of America) students recently had the opportunity to visit the Clydesdale Preservation Foundation. Students received hands on learning experiences with the endangered, beautiful horses. Students learned about their overall care as well as their history and conservation.  
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Casteel High student Riley Escher who took third place in the grades 9-10 competition of the statewide Arizona Educational Foundation 2019 Polly Rosenbaum Writing contest as announced January 24. The creative writing contest is named for former Arizona House Representative and teacher, Polly Rosenbaum, who passed away in 2003 at the age of 104. She believed Arizona's young people are the state's greatest resource. This year's writing prompt was, "If you could create a new political party, what would it be called and what would it stand for?" Polly Rosenbaum Writing Contest website 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler Sports Hall of Fame recognizes four from CUSD. Lance Michel, athletic trainer and sports medicine teacher at Hamilton High, will be among four people from CUSD inducted into the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame. The 15th annual induction will also include Hamilton High grad and current Los Angeles Dodger Cody Bellinger, Chandler High product and current Seattle Seahawk Dion Jordan and Basha High grad and current minor leaguer in the Arizona Diamondbacks system Jamie Westbrook.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Gabriel Hawthorne, a Chandler High School junior, has been selected to represent Gilbert, Arizona as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2019 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University. In July, he will join a select group of students from all over the country for an intensive study of journalism and media.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Kenny Applegate, Elise Owens, and Khaymin Westbrook auditioned and have been chosen to perform in the Southwest Regional Honor Orchestra.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Lydia Durrett has been chosen to perform with the Southwest Regional Honor Choir.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High School's Academic Decathlon regional team competed at Red Mountain High School. The nine selected students took tests in the seven subject areas of art, music, literature, science, social science, economics, and mathematics. They also wrote essays, gave speeches, and participated in interviews.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) The German teacher at Chandler High (Melanie Mello) invited German schools all over the state to Chandler High to take part in a German travelling exhibition, Land der Erfindungen (Land of Inventors) sponsored by the Goethe Institut (an institute that promotes the German language across the world). Perry German students as well as Hamilton German students took part in the exhibition that was run by German IB students from Chandler High. It was presented all in German and very informative about German inventors of 7 different themes (Optik, Kommunikation, Medizin, Mobilität, Informatik, Material, und Energie).  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Chandler Sports Hall of Fame recognizes four from CUSD. Lance Michel, athletic trainer and sports medicine teacher at Hamilton High, will be among four people from CUSD inducted into the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame. The 15th annual induction will also include Hamilton High grad and current Los Angeles Dodger Cody Bellinger, Chandler High product and current Seattle Seahawk Dion Jordan and Basha High grad and current minor leaguer in the Arizona Diamondbacks system Jamie Westbrook.  
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Perry High SkillsUSA students and other volunteers packed 153 boxes of meals at Feed My Starving Children recently. This will feed 91 children for one year!  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the Hamilton Theatre department with 20 national qualifiers at the regional competition on January 26.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton High School Air Force JROTC CyberPatriot team placed third in the State of Arizona in the Gold Tier of the All Services division during CyberPatriot's 11-13 January state compettion. CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association (AFA) to inspire K-12 students toward careers in cybersecurity or other STEM disciplines critical to our nation's future. At the center of CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. The competition puts teams of high/middle school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing network security for a small virtual company. Teams compete for top placement within their state and region, and the top teams in the nation earn all-expenses paid trips to Baltimore, MD for the National Finals Competition where they can earn national recognition and scholarship money.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Basha High School Senior Cadet Tera Smeltzer recently received an Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) scholarship to attend a private pilot license training program over the summer of 2019. She is among 150 cadets from around the world and one of only five in Arizona to receive the scholarships from Headquarters AFJROTC. More than 1,500 cadets from over 880 high schools in the U.S and overseas applied for the program. These scholarships are valued at approximately $20,000 each and cover transportation, room and board, and flight instruction required to potentially earn an FAA private pilot license.  
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Jocelyn Dolan's AP Psychology class at Casteel High is working on childhood developments and philosophies in class. They recently visited Perry Lil' Explorers to see the applications of developmental theory in action. Babies were held, books were read, pictures were colored and the games of chase on the playground were endless. Both groups of kids came away with much more than just observing or being observed.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High Model United Nations took part in the Harvard Model United Nations during the week of January 21. Students had the opportunity to not only take part in the conference but also visit the many historic sites in Boston and surrounding vicinity.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Stefana Jelacic (Section 1 Champ), Carla Rivas (Section 1 Runner-Up) and Ryleigh Dye (3rd place Section 1) are Arizona Girls Wrestling State qualifiers.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Katarina Fenner, Collin Nesbit, Jacob Helgason, and Patrick Stapleton auditioned for and were selected to perform in the All-Region Honor Band.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Emily Hawkinson was selected as the number piccolo player in the region and will perform with the All-Region Honor Symphony.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High Student Council won the Arizona Association of Student Councils (AASC) State 2018-2019 Outstanding Council of Distinction award for its leadership development, activities, service projects and traditions.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Damijah Carter, CHS senior, completed his term as Arizona Association of Student Councils (AASC) State President. Damijah was the first Chandler High student to hold the State President title.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High students attended the Speak Up, Stand Up, Save a Life conference that focused on suicide awareness and prevention. The team will plan activities on our campus that promote suicide awareness/prevention in the future.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton High School Senior Cadet Jacob Posniack recently received an Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) scholarship to attend a private pilot license training program over the summer of 2019. He is among 150 cadets from around the world and one of only five in Arizona to receive the scholarships from Headquarters AFJROTC. More than 1,500 cadets from over 880 high schools in the U.S and overseas applied for the program. These scholarships are valued at approximately $20,000 each and cover transportation, room and board, and flight instruction required to potentially earn an FAA private pilot license.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton High's academic decathlon team won the Williams Field Invitational recently with a final score of 42,925.3 (second place was 35,360). The following students will be headed to the regional competition: Jacob Nance, Aris Zhu, Jasmine Sun, Zuzia Stechly, Emma Keegan, Navaneeth Unnikrishnan, Tyler Thornton, Emily Jefferson, and Melina Chabolla.  
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) ACP Erie Student Government and advisor Britni Michaelson earned the Outstanding Council of Distinction Award from the Arizona Association of Student Councils. The students had to put together a scrapbook that showcases the impact that Student Government has on their campus and community. The scrapbook included various events that were put on, as well as fundraisers, community service projects, and evidence of best practices as a council. Arizona Association of Student Councils - Council of Distinction website 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) The Casteel High School Pentathlon Team (the junior high version of Academic Decathlon) placed 6th in the nation last week in the first nationwide scrimmage of the season. The Casteel team had three first place winners in the categories of Fine Arts, Math, and Science. The team has been working hard and is ready for regionals in February.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High School has been selected as an Arizona Civic Engagement School of Distinction for 2017-2018. CHS is recognized for the work being done to prepare our students to actively participate in their communities and government when they leave the school system.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Morgan Foster competed against mostly collegiate runners at the University of Washington Preview indoor track meet and finished fourth overall in the 1,000 meters at 2 minutes, 48.10 seconds, and third in the 600 at 1:31.82. Her 1,000 meters time is the fastest among high school girls this year, and her 600 time is the second-fastest high school time. Morgan, an honors student with a 4.65 GPA, will be running at Stanford next year.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High students celebrated what makes CHS culturally unique and unified at the same time through this year's Unity Assembly. Chandler High Unity Assembly photo album 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High DECA (formerly Distributive Education Clubs of America) students excelled in the DECA competition at ASU. Three students won 1st place overall; two students were top 2; seven students earned Top 10 DECA Test.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Alex Zapata whose video entry was selected as the winner in the American Road and Transportation Builders Association's 2018 Student Transportation Video Contest. YouTube Video - 2018 1st Place | K-12 | General Transportation | Alexander Zapata 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) ACP Oakland and ACP Erie VEX Robotics teams won at the Chandler Invitational VEX Tournament at Payne Junior High prior to winter break. There were 18 teams competing from Willis, Payne, Erie, Casteel, Knox, and Bogle. ACP Oakland's team 7830P won the "Sportsmanship" award for helping the Payne team with their robot, and team 7830A won the "Design" award for their robot design and engineering notebook. In the end, the ACP Erie Mages won the tournament.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Basha High teacher Elizabeth Schley who recently earned her National Board recertification, the most respected professional certification available in K-12 education. The process was rigorous, but worthwhile. National Board Certification was designed to develop, retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide. Created by teachers, for teachers, the National Board Standards represent a consensus among educators about what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards website 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High Co-Ed Cheer won the 2019 Cactus Cup for their division.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) The Chandler High School football team was recognized by the National Guard and MaxPreps Tour of Champions during halftime of last week's varsity basketball game against Basha. Chandler High finished the season ranked as the #15 team in the country. This is the fourth time in the past five years that Chandler has finished the season in the top 25 nationally.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Zach Espalin won second place in Temecula, CA after losing a hard-fought championship match in triple overtime. The Temecula Battle for the Belt Tournament is one of the top wrestling tournaments in the country.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Don TchIlao, Chandler High Class of 2015, was recently drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2nd round of the Major League Soccer Draft. Don played on the 2015 Championship Soccer team at Chandler prior to attending Oregon State on a soccer scholarship.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton High's social work team worked countless hours to assist students and families in need over the holiday season. They distributed 110 Thanksgiving meals to families at Hamilton and CUSD Title I schools. They also distributed approximately 110 adopt-a-family gifts to underprivileged families and held an amazing holiday event that included dinner, a visit from Santa, a raffle, family portraits and gifts for families. More than 1,800 students have visited the supply room since beginning of the year for food and other basic needs. The social work team has assisted Hamilton and other CUSD families on a regular basis with food, clothing, toiletries, gift cards and/or rent/utility assistance.  
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Chandler Unified junior high students toured the Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs at Perry High, allowing student to explore career options and classes. Photo Album - Junior Highs Tour Perry CTE Programs 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Two Hamilton High students were named as top 300 Scholars in the 78th Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation's oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors. Congratulations to Samihan Dani who was recognized for his project Enabling Ammonia as a Nitrogen Source for Sustainable Microalgal Cultivation at Alkaline pH Levels and Mindy Long for her project A Smartphone-Based, Point-of-Care Iron Sensor Utilizing Colorimetric Techniques. More than 2,000 students entered the competition this year. Samihan and Mindy will each receive $2,000, and Hamilton will also receive $2,000 per scholar to use toward STEM-related activities. Regeneron Science Talent Search 2019 Scholars 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Ty Templeton, CHS Senior, received honorable mention for the 2019 azcentral Sports Awards Boys Golfer of the Year. Ty was one of 13 Arizona high school golfers to be named finalist or receive honorable mention. In addition to playing golf, Ty is part of CHS's IB Diploma Program and Student Council, and maintains a 4.6 GPA.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Vean Simon, Isaiah Somers, and Adrian Chandler were named to the Black Hawk Holiday Invite All-Tournament Team. Adrian Chandler was named tourney MVP.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) The East Valley Women's League surprised Tim Schriver and Daniel Yanez with suits from Men's Warehouse. Tim and Daniel were selected by their counselors and honored for their hard work and perseverance in the face of adversity.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Ms. Lori Lyford, director of Chandler High's award-winning choirs, who was named the 2019 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Music Educator of the Year. Joe Cerutti of NAfME flew in from Washington D.C. on December 20 to surprise Ms. Lyford and present the award personally. Lori Lyford is a sought-after coach, clinician, and chorus director, well known in barbershop circles for her passion and enthusiasm for singers of all ages. Her leadership with Chandler High choral groups is legendary. The school's Trebelmakers were critical in pulling off the surprise! Video: Surprising Lori Lyford! 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Omar Gonzalez is Chandler High's Fall 2018 Positive Referral winner and recipient of a free Chromebook.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Coach Shaun Aguano and Brayden Liebrock were invited to coach and compete in the Under Armour All American Game in Orlando, Florida over winter break.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Hamilton catcher Macy Simmons who was named to the USA Softball Junior National team. AZCentral.com - Hamilton catcher Macy Simmons named to USA Softball Junior National team 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these ACP Erie football players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Football First Team:

• Kellen Gibson - 4.8 weighted GPA
• Joel Diaz - 4.8 weighted GPA
• Owen Sullins - 4.25 weighted GPA
• Mark Chavez - 4.16 weighted GPA
• Ihtiram Muhtady - 4.04 weighted GPA

Congratulations also to these ACP Erie football players who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Football Team Honorable Mentions:

• Blaise Dalton - Arizona College Prep, 3.71 weighted GPA
• James Ryskamp - Arizona College Prep, 3.60 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Basha High football players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Football First Team:

• Ty Siffermann - 4.2 weighted GPA, 3.97 unweighted GPA
• Charles Gilbert - 4.04 weighted GPA, 3.37 unweighted GPA
• Dylan Quinn - 4.02 weighted GPA, 3.71 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Basha High football players who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Football Team Honorable Mentions:

• Chandler Kelly - 3.5 weighted GPA, 3.44 unweighted GPA
• Micah Harper - 3.45 weighted GPA
• Parker Jacobs - 3.86 weighted GPA, 3.40 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Casteel High football players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Football First Team:

• Cameron Brown - 4.67 weighted GPA
• Brandon Thomas - 4.67 unweighted GPA
• Hunter Barth - 4.66 weighted GPA
• Gunner Cruz - 4.6 weighted GPA
• Dane Christensen - 4.5 weighted GPA
• Dominic Digian - 4.5 weighted GPA
• Jacob Hoerner - 4.5 weighted GPA
• Josh Hattaway - 4.48 weighted GPA
• Derek Auclair - 4.33 weighted GPA
• Casen Simonton - 4.2 weighted GPA
• Jack Littleton - 4.2 weighted GPA
• Brock Dieu - 4.2 unweighted GPA
• Mason Ross - 4.16 weighted GPA
• Brandon Babcock - 4.08 unweighted GPA
• Malachi Siquieros - 4.0 weighted GPA
• Will Perry - 4.0 weighted GPA
• Jaren Rucker - 4.0 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Casteel High football players who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Football Team Honorable Mentions (unweighted GPA listed after each name):

• AJ Laux, 3.08
• Benjamin Blancas, 3.86
• Brandt Goodwin, 3.6
• Bryce Nicoll, 3.61
• Collin Gapen, 3.12
• Dalton Card, 3.16
• Donzell Howard, 3.62
• Grady Burns, 3.08
• Isaiah Newcombe, 3.16
• Jakob Figley, 3.27
• Jayce Knutsen, 3.91
• Jehrt Flitton, 3.6
• Justin Thomas, 3.5
• Khyheem Waleed, 3.8
• Kyle Pointer, 3.16
• Mack Johnson, 3.2
• Nick Noriega, 3.66
• Preston Daugherty, 3.78
• Trey Brooks, 3.47
• Wyatt Reidhead, 3.0
• Zac Ridenour, 3.75
• Zach Nelson, 3.6

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Chandler High football players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Football First Team:

• Will Kemper - 4.58 weighted GPA, 3.89 unweighted GPA
• Jacob Conover - 4.28 weighted GPA, 3.68 unweighted GPA
• Brayden Liebrock - 4.2 weighted GPA, 3.8 unweighted GPA
• Jacob De La Torre - 4.16 weighted GPA, 3.61 unweighted GPA
• Trey Franco - 4.13 weighted GPA, 3.43 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Chandler High football players who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Football Team Honorable Mentions:

• Daseau Puffer - 3.72 weighted GPA
• Javan Ah'Quin - 3.77 weighted GPA, 3.4 unweighted GPA
• Joshua Pena - 3.91 weighted GPA, 3.91 unweighted GPA
• Max Sandlin - 3.83 weighted GPA, 3.11 unweighted GPA
• Miles McNair - 3.35 weighted GPA, 3.11 unweighted GPA
• Nikolas Medrano - 3.75 weighted GPA, 3.60 unweighted GPA
• Zach Bowers - 3.9 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Hamilton High football players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Football First Team:

• Jacob Munguia - 4.56 weighted GPA
• Kaden Hattendorf - 4.41 weighted GPA
• Colin Fuller - 4.37 weighted GPA
• Aidan Harrison - 4.32 weighted GPA
• Daniel Obarski - 4.32 weighted GPA
• Brandon Navarro - 4.31 weighted GPA
• Sam Winegarden - 4.29 weighted GPA
• Jeremiah Trojan - 4.15 weighted GPA
• Jared Therre - 4.13 weighted GPA
• Jon Damore - 4.0 weighted GPA
• Mo Parson - 4.0 weighted GPA
• Sean Dailey - 4.0 weighted GPA
• Will Witter - 4.0 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Hamilton High football players who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Football Team Honorable Mentions:

• Brady Shough - 3.53 weighted GPA
• Brandon Schenks - 3.5 weighted GPA
• Dustin Smith - 3.42 weighted GPA
• Finn Leckey - 3.62 weighted GPA
• Guillermo Mike Aquirre - 3.51 weighted GPA
• Ian Vanden Brooks - 3.70 weighted GPA
• Jamar Brown - 3.84 weighted GPA
• James Honer - 3.59 weighted GPA
• Josh Lewis - 3.82 weighted GPA
• Justin Lewis - 3.58 weighted GPA
• Nathan Jones - 3.5 weighted GPA
• Roberto Tamez - 3.82 weighted GPA
• Rudy Lugo - 3.55 weighted GPA
• Ryan Castillo - 3.88 weighted GPA
• Sam Hodge - 3.87 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Football Teams 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Student comment: "Thank you to Mrs. Teresa Suan who taught me how to code! I am going to accomplish so many things in life because of AP Computer Science. I am addicted to coding!"  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Basha High teacher Erica Davis recently earned her National Board Certification. The process is rigorous, exhausting and overwhelming but worthwhile. Recognized as the gold standard in teacher certification, the National Board believes higher standards for teachers means better learning for students. Congratulations, Erica! National Board for Professional Teaching Standards website 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Morgan Fiedler and Faith Luckey who were selected for the Arizona Soccer Association 2019 05 Girls ODP (Olympic Development Training) roster to participate in the 2019 season. They will now move on to compete in the ODP West Championships. ASA Names 2019 ODP Rosters 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler FFA (Future Farmers of America) won the Farm Bureau's Agricultural Literacy Award for presenting to 150 elementary school classrooms each year. CHS students teach 30-minute lessons on the life cycle of a pumpkin, bee pollination, farming, ranching, egg production, and where their food comes from.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler FFA (Future Farmers of America) placed 2nd in the State FFA Floriculture Career Development Event.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) The Chandler High Air Force JROTC Cadets participated in Wreaths Across America, a tribute to America's veterans, by laying wreaths and presenting the colors.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High's National Honor Society collected and wrapped Angel Tree gifts for 15 Chandler High families.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Elijah Schulz, Collin Nesbit and the Interact Club collected over 1,700 articles of clothing for Chandler's Clothes Cabin.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High basketball and softball teams helped to make the holidays brighter for many families by volunteering at the Chandler CARE Center and Ronald McDonald House.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Clean sweep! All Hamilton Cheer and Pom teams took 1st place in their division and category at the Spring it On Pom/Cheer Competition at Dobson High School. Varsity Pom won highest score out of ALL routines!  
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Perry High teacher Cynthia Hindelang recently earned her National Board Certification. The process is rigorous, exhausting and overwhelming but worthwhile. Recognized as the gold standard in teacher certification, the National Board believes higher standards for teachers means better learning for students. Congratulations, Cynthia! National Board for Professional Teaching Standards website 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Perry High competitive Special Olympics basketball team recently went 2-1 in a tournamnent. The team, coached by Rose Escalante and Lani Redmond, is the only competitive Special Olympics team CUSD.  
   Perry High - (2018-2019) Perry High girls soccer team won the Coyote Classic tournament on December 8 at Campo Verde High School.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Under the direction of Sharon LaVoy, a group of Basha High juniors and seniors visited the IMR Lab at Intel, one of only three in the world, to learn more about careers in Engineering and Information Technology. The students met with engineers and technicians in areas including testing, quality control, manufacturing, shipping and receiving and 3D printing. Those interested in information technology were able to see the computer programming side of the lab where code is analyzed to determine the cause of part failures, presenting a new perspective of programming and problem solving. The group went on to tour Able Aerospace in Mesa where they met with program managers, engineers and technicians as they toured the plant, helicopter hangar and tarmac. Students were impressed with the advanced robotic cold spray area, the soundproof testing room and especially with the government and military aspect of the business.  
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these ACP Erie cross country athletes who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country First Team:

• Elizabeth Nakai - 4.83 weighted GPA, 4.00 unweighted GPA
• Devon Baggot - 4.75 weighted GPA, 3.92 unweighted GPA
• Evelyn Jimenez - 4.62 weighted GPA, 3.97 unweighted GPA
• Makenzie Hanson - 4.16 weighted GPA, 3.90 unweighted GPA
• Jacob Kottraba - 4.00 weighted GPA, 3.33 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these ACP Erie players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Girls Volleyball First Team:

• Julia Golichowski - 4.72 weighted GPA
• Daria Sukhareva - 4.70 weighted GPA
• Krista Rowan - 4.68 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Girls Volleyball Team 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these ACP Erie cross country athletes who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country Team Honorable Mentions:

• Conner Dosmann - 3.50 weighted GPA, 3.03 unweighted GPA
• Elias Hernandez - 3.89 weighted GPA, 3.22 unweighted GPA
• Ethan Fawkes - 3.87 weighted GPA, 3.20 unweighted GPA
• Joseph Maddox - 3.92 weighted GPA, 3.17 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Basha High cross country athletes who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country Team Honorable Mentions:

• Alex Linford - 3.97 weighted GPA, 3.86 unweighted GPA
• Carson Zych - 3.72 weighted GPA, 3.66 unweighted GPA
• Caydn Baldwin - 3.91 weighted GPA, 3.75 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Basha High players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Girls Volleyball First Team:

• Samantha Drewry - 4.58 weighted GPA
• Chayse Daugherty - 4.36 weighted GPA
• Lindsey Otero - 4.0 weighted GPA

Congratulations also to our Basha High Sports360AZ All-Academic Girls Volleyball Team Honorable Mention:

• Kyky Porch - 3.4 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Girls Volleyball Team 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Basha High cross country athletes who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country First Team:

• Jacob Block - 4.69 weighted GPA, 3.97 unweighted GPA
• Kavi Manik - 4.88 weighted GPA, 4.00 unweighted GPA
• Lauren Birely - 4.6 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted GPA
• Christian Barreto - 4.16 weighted GPA, 3.50 unweighted GPA
• Tyler Fichiera - 4.54 weighted GPA, 3.79 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Casteel High cross country athletes who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country First Team:

• Colin Zurek - 4.75 weighted GPA
• Graham Farnsworth - 4.72 weighted GPA
• Jadyn Herron-Jonap - 4.25 weighted GPA
• Kyle Shirley - 4.23 weighted GPA, 3.77 unweighted GPA
• Kyle Shirley - 4.23 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Casteel High School Boys Varsity Wrestling finished 1st place at the Desert Mountain Duels meet. The Colts got pins from Jimmy Maheras, Xylex Abele, Jayden Martin, Jackson Rudd, Timothy Mayhew, Aj Valle and Diego Webster, and a couple of hard fought wins by Will Effinger and Jaden Lemos. The Colts travel next to the prestigious Reno Tournament of Champions. Great work, Colts!  
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Casteel High cross country athletes who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country Team Honorable Mentions:

• Cassidy Cann - 3.87 unweighted GPA
• Daniel Kirkland - 3.84 unweighted GPA
• Dayton Carlson - 3.75 unweighted GPA
• Derek Baca - 3.5 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Chandler High players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Girls Volleyball First Team:

• Kaylie Ray - 4.6 weighted GPA
• Mikaila Williams - 4.4 weighted GPA
• Taylor Aguano - 4.4 weighted GPA
• Emily Kendall - 4.3 weighted GPA
• Isa Glass - 4.3 weighted GPA
• Ne Che Newton - 4.2 weighted GPA

Congratulations also to our Chandler High Sports360AZ All-Academic Girls Volleyball Team Honorable Mention:

• Monet Whittier - 3.9 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Girls Volleyball Team 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Chandler High cross country scholars who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country First Team:

• Morgan Foster - 4.65 weighted GPA
• Brooke Eversden - 4.6 weighted GPA
• Ryan Taylor - 4.6 weighted GPA
• Becca Taylor - 4.54 weighted GPA
• Mihajla Milovanovic - 4.24 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Hamilton High cross country athletes who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country First Team:

• Gavin Vogt - 4.82 weighted GPA
• Deirdre Nelsen - 4.78 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Hamilton players who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Girls Volleyball First Team:

• Diana Ethridge - 4.4 weighted GPA
• Reilly Babcock - 4.36 weighted GPA
• Fiona Huang - 4.33 weighted GPA
• Isabella Curcio - 4.21 weighted GPA
• Avery Akers - 4.13 weighted GPA
• Bailey Williams - 4.13 weighted GPA
• Edyssa Cervantes - 4.13 weighted GPA
• Kaia Ghosh - 4.0 weighted GPA

Congratulations also to our Hamilton Sports360AZ All-Academic Girls Volleyball Team Honorable Mentions:

• Delaney Sluis - 3.67 weighted GPA
• Hanna Northroup - 3.97 weighted GPA
• India Rhodes - 3.92 weighted GPA
• Noah Miyazumi - 3.76 weighted GPA
• Taylor Jacobsen - 3.91 weighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Girls Volleyball Team 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Perry High cross country athletes who were Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country Team Honorable Mentions:

• Julia Hacnik - 3.5 weighted GPA, 3.9 unweighted GPA
• Keely Obrey - 3.34 weighted GPA, 3.23 unweighted GPA
• Owen Jackson - 3.57 weighted GPA, 3.29 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Perry High - (2018-2019) For seven years, Sport360AZ has been committed to acknowledging the best and brightest student athletes in Arizona. Congratulations to these Perry High cross country athletes who were named to the Sports360AZ All-Academic Cross Country First Team:

• Marcus Behling - 4.92 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted GPA
• Leah Andersen - 4.67 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted GPA
• James Cardon - 4.58 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted GPA
• Gavin King - 4.57 weighted GPA, 3.76 unweighted GPA
• Jacob Stable - 4.46 weighted GPA, 3.96 unweighted GPA
• Leah Andersen - 4.3 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted GPA
• Sam Anderson - 4.2 weighted GPA, 3.64 unweighted GPA
• Kate Miller - 4.15 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted GPA
• Kylie Miller - 4.15 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted GPA

Sports360 All-Academic Cross Country Teams 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) ACP Erie's "Mobius Sustainability" team is a group of seniors committed to finding solutions for proper disposal of e-wastes. The team recently met with the Chandler Vice Mayor, Rene Lopez, and Chandler Public Works and Utility Director, Mr. John Knudson to work out ways to assist the City of Chandler with e-waste collection and proper recycling. They also plan to collect e-waste from different locations around Chandler, so that the public won't have to go far to dispose of their e-waste. This is just another way that ACP Erie Knights are making a difference in the City of Chandler.  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) The Basha High School FFA (Future Farmers of America) team is going to Nationals again! Please join me in congratulating our FFA Floriculture team which took 1st place in the state, and the winners of the following individual awards: Samantha Bouvier - 1st Place Individual; Elizabeth Kaye - 3rd Place Individual; Lauren Myers - 4th Place Individual; and Olivia Lawrence - 5th Place Individual. CTE Programs 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) The Basha High School FFA (Future Farmers of America) team is going to Nationals again! Please join me in congratulating our FFA Wildlife team which took 1st place in the state, and the winners of the following individual awards: Erin Allison; Maisy Racine - 1st Place Individual; Emily Yu - 3rd Place Individual; Mikayla Manygoats - 4th Place Individual. CTE Programs 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) The Basha High School FFA (Future Farmers of America) team is going to Nationals again! Please join me in congratulating our FFA Creed Speaking team which made the Final Four in the state, and the winner of the following individual award: Madeline Filardi - 3rd Place Individual. CTE Programs 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Students from Casteel High School donated 2,560 Sweet Treats for Veterans in November. Deliveries were made to more than 11 organizations.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) One hundred Chandler High dancers and 10 backstage crew performed for 180 San Marcos and Hartford Sylvia Encinas kindergarten students in at the Chandler Center for the Arts last week. All involved had a great time!  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Mykah Anderson, Chandler High junior, was named AZCentral's Week 2 Girls Basketball Top Performer. Mykah had 46 points, including eight 3-pointers, last week in Chandler's win over Mountain Ridge High School. AZcentral Sports Awards Girls Athlete of the Week 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High Varsity Cheer took 1st place this weekend at the USA Spirit competition in the Advanced Varsity Large Co-Ed division. They also earned a bid to USA Spirit Nationals and will be traveling to Anaheim, CA in late February.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Mayesa Khan and Griffin Eckstein achieved 2nd place and 3rd place in Novice LD at the Arizona Speech and Debate Coaches Association Division I Winter Trophy Tournament at ASU.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Jordyn De La Torre who has been selected to represent Chandler High School at this year's HOBY (Hugh O'Brian Youth) Leadership conference. HOBY State Leadership Seminars are for sophomore students who want to develop their leadership talents and become stronger leaders in their communities. Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership - HOBY website 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High School Girls Wrestling competed at the Skyline Coyote Open this weekend and came away winners. CHS's girls left the tourney as nine medalists, one Champion, two runners-up, and one Outstanding Wrestler.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Stefana Jelacic, Chandler High School junior, was named Outstanding Wrestler at the Skyline Coyote Open.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Zach Espalin and Nathaniel Deasey competed in the Skyline Coyote Open and won their weight divisions.  
  

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