The 2019 middle school girls' basketball season showed promise of a strong group of young ladies. We started the season off with 20 athletes spread throughout three teams. Viole...
We introduced the very first Gingerbread Decorating Contest for the high school art classes – and what a success it was! Students were divided into teams with each creating a gin...
The High School Physics class takes part in a summative unit project to show off what they have learned. The project itself is to build a “catapult” to support and highlight the p...
On Wednesday, December 18, parents were able to come and pick up their donations from Toys for Tots. Toys for Tots mission is to collect new unwrapped toys and distribute those t...
Returning from winter break marks the beginning of scholarship season! I like to think about quarter 3 as scholarship season because this is the time that seniors should be compl...
The month of November was eventful for our Ash Fork Cadets. We kicked off the month with a special Marine Corps Poolee meeting where our cadets learned about the Marine Corps...
Sleep is an important part of our everyday life and getting enough is especially important for school aged children. While we sleep our body has time to repair, grow and sort in...
Our recent trip to Washington D.C. gave me a chance to reflect on how fortunate I have been to be part of such a special team. The journey from an under performing school to a nat...
3rd-5th grade took a trip to Wildlife World Zoo in Phoenix. They had the opportunity to see a variety of animals up close. In their ELA class they will be asked to chose an animal ...
I think it would be safe to say all parents want their children to be successful in school. One of the most important skills I teach in first grade is reading. A child’s ab...
Kindergarten
The class began the day with great excitement, being able to wear the special Ash Fork T-Shirts was a treat. Of course – being sized medium, the shirts w...
Heritage Zoo Field Trip
This week Kinder, First and 2 nd grade students took a trip to zoo in Prescott. It is a small zoo, however, provides opportunities to for us to ge...
First grade began a study of “Forces and Motion” this month. Students learned that a force, such as a push or a pull, puts objects and/or people into motion. We used playground ...
Not only am I your child’s history teacher, but I also act as their guidance counselor. As guidance counselor, your children frequently ask me what they should do after high scho...
Travis Howard, Salvador Ayala and Adrian Mendoza played an essential part in moving the dugouts this week. They are doing construction on the fields and dugouts had to be moved...
Physical fitness helps children to feel better, think better, and move better. This quarter, middle school PE students have started to learn about the importance of being physical...
Hello Ash Fork Community! As the new Art Teacher, I’d like to show you what we’ve been doing in the Fine Arts classes so far this year. Our Art Gallery is located on the se...
The HS Physics class has been working on vectors and projectile motion and we went out to the soccer field for a real life lab. The purpose of this lab was to study the properties...
Reading Fluency
Reading with fluency is important because it allows students to focus on making meaning from the text rather than devoting time and energy to sounding out word...