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Alexandra Wittenberg

Human Interest

SOCSD’s supermarket fundraiser sweeps in $4,500

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The Sedona-Oak Creek School District is getting a holiday bonus of $4,500 that was raised with a Supe rma rke t Swe e p fundraiser. At $5 per ticket, SOCSD Governing Board Vice President Heather Hermen was more than impressed...
Sedona News

Schools face high drop rates

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By: John Hecht and Alexandra Wittenberg  The COVID-19 pandemic has upended education in Sedona and the Verde Valley, with some school districts having shifted between remote and in-person learning multiple times in the first half of the 2020-21 school year...
Human Interest

From mouse to monarch: Sedona teen is Nutcracker Prince

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Miquel Jose “M.J.” Maldonado Chapman Jr. may only be 13 years old, but he has already been promoted thrice in the Phoenix Ballet’s annual production of “The Nutcracker,” starting with a small role as a mouse at the age...
Sedona News

District gets 10th COVID case, 2nd at WSS

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On the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 11, Sedona-Oak Creek School District announced that a West Sedona School student had tested positive for COVID-19. This marks the second students at the school for preschoolers through sixth graders, with the first...
Human Interest

21 Sedona Charter School students back for in-person learning

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Upon entering the lower elemen­tary school at Sedona Charter School, one might not know that COVID-19 was even a concern. Besides the students’ tiny masks — with prints ranging from hearts, moustaches, spider webs, rainbows, camouflage, ice cream cones...
Sedona News

Sedona-Oak Creek School District votes to remain open

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In a three-hour meeting on Monday, Dec. 7, the Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board voted unanimously to keep Sedona Red Rock High School and West Sedona School open for in-person learning during the nine remaining school days before...
Sedona News

As 10th COVID case nears, SOCSD considers virtual only

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Update: The campuses will remain in the hybrid model through Dec. 18, and be virtual-only for a few days following the end of winter break on Jan. 4, 2021 On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 6, Sedona-Oak Creek School District...
Village of Oak Creek

Big change for Big Park dogs

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Village of Oak Creek residents may have been in for a bit of a shock when they went to walk Fido at the Big Park Community School field recently, only to be accosted with a padlocked fence and a...
Human Interest

New Sedona Arts Center director was a fan first

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 After a four-month search, the Sedona Arts Center has found a new director: Julie Richard, who resigned from her position as executive director of the Maine Arts Commission to move to Sedona. Former Sedona Arts Center director and artist Vince...
Human Interest

Thanksgiving party held at SRRHS

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Despite the rise in COVID-19 cases at Sedona Red Rock High School in the last few weeks, a Thanksgiving party for the special education depart­ment was still able to take place on Friday, Nov. 20. For his second year working...
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About Me

Alexandra Wittenberg made Northern Arizona her home in 2014 after growing up in Maryland and living all over the country. Her background in education and writing came together perfectly for the position of education reporter, which she started at Sedona Red Rock News in 2019. Wittenberg has also done work with photography, web design and audio books.
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