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Starting in the 2022-2023 school year Cactus Canyon Jr. High, 801 W. Southern Ave. in Apache Junction will expand enrollment to include students in the sixth grade. Currently the school is open to seventh and eighth grade students.

Two employees and one volunteer from Cactus Canyon Junior High, 801 W. Southern Ave. in Apache Junction were recently honored at a recent Apache Junction Unified School District Governing Board meeting.

The sky was not the limit for members of the Science Club at Apache Junction High School as they explored history, dinosaurs, and the solar system at a recent trip to the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa.

Anyone filing an Arizona state tax return can help Apache Junction Unified School District stretch their budget and provide needed supplies by filing out the form for the Arizona State School Tax Credit.

Four years ago Robert Pappalardo and his fellow pickleball enthusiasts in Gold Canyon were in a proverbial pickle. They loved the sport, but needed a place to play.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." - Margaret Fuller Prior to Spring Break students at Desert Vista Elementary School, 3701 E. Broadway Road in Apache Junction celebrated books and reading as part of their Love to Read Week celebration.

The play area of The Early Learning Center, 1575 W. Southern Ave. in Apache Junction was recently converted to resemble the Jurassic period as Apache Junction Unified School District's preschoolers in the Early Learning Center learned about dinosaurs.

They say advice is best straight from the horse's mouth. Students in the Apache Junction Unified School District got the next best thing when local veterinarian, Dr.

Apache Junction Unified School District is estimated to receive more than $12 million in much needed facilities improvements thanks to grants from the Arizona School Facilities Board.

Kerri Mortensen, a sixth grade teacher at Four Peaks Elementary School, 1785 N. Idaho Road in Apache Junction received a Difference Maker Award through the Stand Up, Speak Up, Save a Life state-wide student conference.