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Alexandra Wittenberg

Human Interest

Live summer school welcomed

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The idea of summer school could be a drag after a jam-packed nine months of regular school, but for many Sedona Red Rock High School students who weren’t able to attend in person for over two months, live summer...
Human Interest

17,000 free meals delivered to Sedona area kids

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The purple and white Scorpion-clad school bus pulls into the Windsong Mobile Home Park from State Route 89A on Monday, June 1. Driver Marianne Perrier taps the horn to alert the neighboring families that their food is here. At...
Human Interest

Local Verde Valley School graduates reflect on last four years

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Portraits courtesy Verde Valley School ALEXANDRIA GILBERT, 18 What did you like or dislike about growing up in the Sedona area?I like the small town community and the uniqueness of Sedona. However, it is extremely tiny and niche — making it...
Sedona News

Preschoolers graduate among pandemic

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Precious Stones Preschool graduation on Friday, May 22, saw incoming kindergartners and those matriculating into the older classrooms receive a certificate, a red balloon and a picture book courtesy of Verde Valley First Books before posing for a photo...
Human Interest

SRRHS seniors awarded 70 local scholarships

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Over 70 scholarships were given out to Sedona Red Rock High School seniors recently by 27 local organizations. From the Asians Classics Institute to the Yavapai Mounted Sheriff’s Posse, organizations of all kind showed their dedication to having students...
Human Interest

Sedona Red Rock High School graduates honored in purple parade

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A parade of purple flooded State Route 89A between Posse Grounds Park and Sedona Red Rock High School at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 18. The SRRHS graduating seniors wore their caps and gowns to drive in their cars —...
Human Interest

The buzz on barbershops, salons reopening

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Sedona Realtor Tod Christensen was lucky enough to get his hair cut on April 3, the day before the state’s barber shops, salons and spas were required to shut due to coronavirus precautions put in place by Arizona Gov....
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Verde Valley School study abroad students stay safe on campus

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For most students, the required sheltering at home due to COVID-19 has been a safer option than attending school. But for a group of 17 Chinese students studying at Verde Valley School, just the opposite was true. The students, all...
Sedona News

Unique send-offs planned for area graduates

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From “congratulations” signs planted in front yards, to high schools lighting up their stadiums, to teachers making music videos or radio programs airing shoutouts, communities are trying to show the Class of 2020 that they should be celebrated, even...
Human Interest

Yavapai College students learning cooking, wine off-campus

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 Though the website for Yavapai College’s Southwest Wine Center has been updated with closure and cancellation notices of late, remnants of the wine center B.C. — before coronavirus — remain, including an idyllic background photo of the Clarkdale campus...
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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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