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A reminder for Smoketree families
Smoketree Elementary was closed on August 4 due to air conditioning problems. December 19 will be the makeup school day. Smoketree students are expected to be at school at the usual time that day. There will be an early release at 1 p.m. If you have any questions, contact the Smoketree front office at 505-6020. December 19 is a no school day for all other Lake Havasu Unified School District students.
Coyote tracks at Daytona
Thanks to local contractor Progressive Painting for adding large orange coyote tracks to the sidewalks and driveway of Daytona Middle School. The coyote is the school mascot, and Coyote Tracks is the name of the school newsletter. Picture
JTED update (updated 11/26) Persons interested in serving on the JTED governing board have submitted their resumes. At a special meeting held November 25, the LHUSD governing board decided to have a special session on December 4 at 6 p.m. to discuss the applicants and select two who will serve as the Lake Havasu representatives on the governing board of the Western Arizona Vocational Education District. Those selected will be formally introduced at the next regularly scheduled LHUSD board meeting on December 9. The candidates for these two positions are
Martha Bennett (Connecting Havasu Committee)
Pam Meyers (Havasu Foundation for Higher Education)
Becky Goldberg (LHUSD governing board)
James Gray (Lake Havasu City Partnership for Economic Development)
H. Bruce Wallace (educator)
Liz Marr (physical therapist)
Shawna Schneikart (Lake Havasu High School career and tech education coordinator)
The appointed WAVED board members will serve until the November 2010 general election when voters will select members.
At the November elections, voters in Mohave and La Paz counties gave their approval for formation of a joint technological education district that will benefit students from high schools in Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, Kingman, and Parker. This new district will be called the Western Arizona Vocational Education District (WAVED). WAVED will have its own governing board. Two members of the board will come from Lake Havasu City. The WAVED governing Board will have its first meeting in January.
There are high expectations for this new district. A November 9 editorial in the Lake Havasu City Today's News-Herald newspaper summed it all up. "WAVED will pave the way for a better future for education in the Colorado River communities it will serve." LHUSD wants to thank all those who worked to get the word out about JTED. We also want to thank the hard-working, dedicated members of our Governing Board. Finally, we want to thank our staff, students, their families, and the members of our community who help us provide the best education possible. As superintendent Malay would say, education is a team effort. Thank you all for your help and your support. More about JTEDs
Western Arizona Vocational Education District . . . Catch The WAVE!
Nautilus Elementary recruits heroes
Nautilus Elementary School gives normal, everyday types of people a chance to be heroes—at least a hero to one particular child—through its Reading Heroes Program. More...
Welcome back Mr. Milton!
Max Milton, Thunderbolt Middle School teacher and dean of students, is back at work after having surgery to remove a tumor. More...
A real world assignment for LHHS Graphics Communication students
Matt Scott teaches Graphics Communication at Lake Havasu High School. He tries to make his classes relevant to what students might be asked to do out in the real world if they were working in the graphic design or advertising field. He recently set aside his formal lesson plan so students could work on a special, real world project complete with tight time constraints. More...
2007–08 AZ LEARNS School Achievement Profiles released
Last year's ratings were good. This year's are even better. More...
Nautilus Elementary has BATS (and Mrs. Olsen is to blame) More...
Middle school choirs participate in 9/11 Memorial Ceremony Pictures
Don't forget about the Lee Barnes Stadium Renovation Project. The K-12 Foundation is helping a Lake Havasu High School student pursue her dream. More... (This link will take you to the K-12 Foundation website. The Foundation works with, but is independent of LHUSD.)
Good news!
Lake Havasu Unified School District has recently received three pieces of good news.
Item #1- The Mohave County Economic Development Division surveyed 130 county businesses asking them to rate their level of satisfaction with various county organizations and services. The resulting report comes with the disclaimer that it summarizes the perceptions of survey respondents and is not intended to measure performance. According to the report, the K-12 schools of Lake Havasu City received higher satisfaction scores than those of Kingman and Bullhead. Read entire report
Item #2- As part of its AZ LEARNS school evaluation program, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) released to district administrators a new ranking of state school districts. Districts were scored on assessment results, measures of academic progress (student improvement over time), graduation rates/attendance, and a parent satisfaction survey. The ADE then ranked 212 districts based on their overall score. The highest score was 86 and the lowest 26. You can look at the results a couple of different ways. Lake Havasu Unified is eighteenth on the list. However, many of the districts have the same score. For instance, five districts had a total score of 81, and they are listed second through sixth on the list. Eighty-one was the second highest score of all districts evaluated, so you could say those six are all tied for second place. With a score of 70, Lake Havasu Unified tied with two elementary districts for ninth place. Whether you look at us as being eighteenth or ninth, on a list of 212 we did very well. Superintendent Malay said, “These results are what happens when people work together as a team.”
Item #3- LHUSD students continue to beat county and state averages on the AIMS test. The headline in the 8/6 edition of the local newspaper read, “Havasu kids beat curve on AIMS test.” More...
Jamaica Elementary awarded A+ rating
Jamaica Elementary School has been recognized as an A+ school by the Arizona Educational Foundation. AEF is a private, non-profit corporation whose board is comprised of business, community and education leaders whose mission is to foster excellence in education. AEF's A+ School Recognition Program has three goals:
To identify and give public recognition to outstanding public schools in Arizona.
To make available a comprehensive framework of key criteria for school effectiveness that can serve as a basis for participatory self-assessment and planning in schools.
To facilitate communication and sharing of best practices within and among schools based on a common criteria related to success.
Jamaica Elementary is one of 19 state schools selected for the A+ rating in 2008. (Lake Havasu High School was recognized as an A+ school in 1996.) Congratulations to Jamaica staff and students.
If you have any school security or emergency response planning related questions, you may read our tips, contact your child's school, or contact our emergency planning coordinator, Aggie Wolter (928-505-6938).
District successful at getting money into classrooms
Once again, a new report from the Arizona Auditor General's office says LHUSD#1 is successful at getting money into classrooms. The fiscal year 2007 report ranks us 28th out of the state's 229 school districts for the percentage of funds spent in the classroom. Having a higher percentage of classroom dollars is usually looked on as a sign of a financially responsible district. Our governing board and staff always try to make the best use of your tax dollars, and we are proud the Auditor General's report places us in the top 13% of Arizona school districts for dollars spent in the classroom.
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Persons interested in serving on the JTED governing board have submitted their resumes. At a special meeting held November 25, the LHUSD governing board decided to have a special session on December 4 at 6 p.m. to discuss the applicants and select two who will serve as the Lake Havasu representatives on the governing board of the Western Arizona Vocational Education District. Those selected will be formally introduced at the next regularly scheduled LHUSD board meeting on December 9. The candidates for these two positions are 
To identify and give public recognition to outstanding public schools in Arizona. 
