Important Dates Spring Break March 19-23

Graduation at Grand Canyon University Arena May 21, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.

3300 West Camelback Road

Parking will be tight, and traffic will be heavy. Please leave plenty of time to get to the facility.

Graduates need to arrive by 3:45 p.m. Doors open for guests at 4:00 and close at 4:30 p.m.

Because of limited seating, you must have a ticket to attend graduation.

Tickets will be distributed to seniors after school on May 17, 2018.

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WHS Students Helping Others

Dozens of Washington

High School students from

Interact, Dance, and STUGO

recently teamed up to volunteer at

Feed My Starving Children. They

packed over 32,000 meals which

will feed 89 children for a year!

See inside for more stories

featuring students helping others.

M&O Override Community Meetings The Glendale Union High School District must hold a special election with approval by the majority of voters

to continue the current maintenance and operations (M&O) budget override. The Governing Board has authorized a

citizens’ committee to review the M&O budget in order to make recommendations on whether or not to call for the

election and to recommend program cuts or reductions if the override funding is not continued.

Public presentations are being planned to provide information and to gather input from our community. The

format calls for the communities of three schools to gather at one location. While it is preferred you attend the

presentation with your school, if your schedule does not allow for this, please feel free to attend any of the presentations.

Your attendance and involvement in this decision-making process is important to the students of our district.

March 13 Apollo, Glendale, and Independence High Schools

Meeting location: Glendale High School, 6216 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale – Auditorium

Time: 6:00 p.m.

March 14 Cortez, Moon Valley, and Greenway High Schools

Meeting location: Moon Valley High School, 3625 W. Cactus Rd., Phoenix – Auditorium

Time: 6:00 p.m.

March 15 Washington, Sunnyslope, and Thunderbird High Schools

Meeting location: Sunnyslope High School, 35 W. Dunlap Rd, Phoenix - Auditorium

Time: 6:00 p.m.

If you have additional questions or need more information, please contact the Community Relations Department at

623-435-6001 or email prdept@guhsdaz.org.

GLENDALE UNION H I G H S C H O O L D I S T R I C T

Spring 2018

Seniors will have a full day of school

on May 17, with final exams for periods

4/5, 6 and 7; and a half day on May 18,

with final exams for periods 1, 2, and 3.

Seniors have a mandatory graduation

meeting from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on

May 19, and they must leave campus

following the meeting unless they have

administrative permission to be on

campus in the afternoon.

What is a Maintenance and Operations Budget Override?

A school district’s budget is limited by law, yet school districts may ask voters for direct funding to supplement budget

allocations from the Legislature. With approximately 85 percent of the M&O budget used for staff salaries and related

benefit costs for the district’s 2,000 employees, community support is necessary to maintain current programs or services.

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GOVERNING BOARD

PATTY KENNEDY, PRESIDENT

ANDREW PULCIPHER, CLERK

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SUSAN MALAND, MEMBER

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Public Notification of Nondiscrimination

Annual Public Notification of Nondiscrimination Glendale Union High School District

does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in

admission to its programs, services or activities, in access to them, in treatment of

individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. GUHSD provides equal access to the

Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. GUHSD Career & Technical Education

Department does not discriminate in enrollment or access to any of the programs

available, such as business, applied technology, FACS, nursing, and fire science. The

lack of English language skills shall not be a barrier to admission or participation in the

district’s activities and programs. GUHSD does not discriminate in its hiring or

employment practices. This notice is provided as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education

Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Americans with

Disabilities Act of 1990. Questions, complaints or requests for additional information

regarding these laws may be forwarded to the designated compliance coordinator(s), call

623-435-6006 or 623-435-6067, 7650 N. 43 Ave., Glendale, AZ 85301

Notificación Pública Anual de No Discriminación:

El Glendale Union High School District (GUHSD) no discrimina en base a raza, color,

nacionalidad, género, edad, o discapacidad de admisión a sus programas, servicios, o

actividades, en acceso a ellas, en el tratamiento a individuos, o en ningún aspecto de sus

operaciones. GUHSD provee el acceso igual a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos designados

para los jóvenes. El departamento de Educación Técnica y de Carreras de GUHSD no

discrimina en su matriculación ni en el acceso a cualquier de sus programas disponibles,

como negocios, la tecnología aplicada, FACS, enfermería, y formación para bomberos.

La falta de habilidades con el inglés no será una barrera a la admisión ni la participación

en las actividades del distrito y sus programas. GUHSD tampoco discrimina en sus

contratos o prácticas de empleados. Esta noticia es provista y requerida por el Título VI

del Acto de Derechos Civiles de 1964, Sección 504 del Acto de Rehabilitación de 1973,

Título IX de la Enmienda Educativa de 1972, en el Acto de Era de Discriminación de

1975, y el Acto de los Estadounidenses con Habilidades Diferenciadas de 1990. Ud.

puede comunicarse con el coordinador de cumplimiento sobre preguntas, quejas, o para

más información con respecto a estas leyes. Director de Operaciones y Atletismo, 623-

435-6006 Directora de la Educación Especial 623-435-6067, 7650 N. 43rd Ave.

Glendale, AZ 85301.

quejas, o para más información con respecto a estas leyes. Director de Operaciones y

Atletismo, 623-435-6006 Directora de la Educación Especial 623-435-6067, 7650 N.

43rd Ave. Glendale, AZ 85301.

DECA Recognizes Outstanding School-Based Enterprises and SMG National Qualifiers

The Ram Shack, Washington’s School-Based

Enterprise, was among 391 school-based enterprises in the

United States achieving Gold Level Re-certification this

year that will be recognized at DECA’s International

Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Atlanta,

Georgia. The students who worked on the certification

were Nancy Marrufo-Aguilar and Axel Lujan with the

assistance of their advisor, Tim Mayfield. The school-

based enterprise at Washington High School has operated

for ten years and is to be commended for this achievement.

Participants in the SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game

(SMG) develop and manage a virtual investment portfolio of stocks,

bonds, and mutual funds with a beginning balance of $100,000. The

SMG is conducted via the internet and allows DECA members to

test their knowledge and skills against other DECA members in an

online competition. Each participating team manages all aspects of

the portfolio including asset selection, buying, and selling. The goal

of the competition is to increase the value of the portfolio.

This year, Washington student competitors Nate Limas and

Alfred Epps will be recognized at DECA’s International Career

Development Conference (ICDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Nate and

Alfred competed against over 3,000 other students from the

Western Region of the United States and finished 23rd overall with

a portfolio ending balance of $128,257.49. The team was one of

only seven other teams from the State of Arizona that qualified for

ICDC in the Stock Market Game.

Washington Art Students Win Awards WHS senior, Juliana Nguyen, won three separate awards at the

New Horizons High School Student Art Exhibition at the Shemer Art

Center on January 20, 2018. Juliana received the May Family Award,

the Linton Barnhill Award, and the Arizona Artists Guild Award for

her ink drawing titled, Somber.

Julia Johnson won a

design contest sponsored

by the Arizona Citizens

for the Arts. Her winning

design, pictured on the

right, was printed on tote

bags provided at the

Arizona Arts Congress

event on February 19,

2018.

WHS Students Donate to Children Washington’s Educators Rising chapter collected 1,582

gently used books and donated the books to Maryland

Elementary School. The National Honor Society assisted in the collection of the books.

The Educators Rising club also donated over 50 pieces of new sports equipment to the students at Maryland

School. This included 10 footballs, 15 soccer balls, and 25 basketballs. The following groups contributed funds to

pay for the sports equipment: DECA, NHS, and Educators Rising. Educators Rising and NHS also sent over 30

volunteers to help Maryland with its fitness night.

Students Sewing for Others A group of Interact Club students have been

learning to sew for others. Under the guidance of WHS

nurse, Mary Freeland, English teacher, Jill Green, and

science teacher, Maggie Mott, these students have made

and donated bags, quilts, baby accessories, clothing,

and even eyeglass cases.

Rotarian and former GUHSD Superintendent,

Jim Keiffer, picked up 300 eyeglass cases sewn by the

Interact Sewing Club. The cases and eyeglasses will be

distributed in Peru.

Students Volunteer at Community Garden Washington Interactors like to get their hands dirty on

the weekend, especially if it is digging and planting in their

favorite spot: Growing Together: A Giving Garden. This

community garden, located near the high school, grows food for

those in need in the local community.

“It’s one of our favorite

service events,” said Jill Green,

who advises the campus club. “It

is awesome for the students to

see the gardening process start to

finish each season, and knowing

our harvest is going to those in

need is a bonus.”

The community garden

has set up an Adopt-a-Bed

program where a group plants

and nurtures a plot through the

season and 90 percent of the

harvest is donated to those in

need.

DECA students Nancy Marrufo-Aguilar and Axel Lujan

Teacher, Karen Bell-Zinn with Juliana Nguyen

SMG students Nate Limas and Alfred Epps

Senior, Oscar Gonzales, was one of

Washington's peer tutors participating in

Orangewood Elementary School’s Read

Across America celebration. The tutors joined

two third grade reading classes to share their

favorite Dr. Seuss books with the students.