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Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee boosts financial literacy

Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee appeared at the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock to speak to the Arizona School Administrators’ fall conference on Monday, Sept. 30. “We are happy to be here in Sedona. We’ve been traveling all over...

SOCSD tests below 42% & State averages

Sedona-Oak Creek School District has released state test results and the news, by any measure, is not good. In a chart showing the percentage of students in a given grade who achieved a passing grade in English and Language Arts,...

West Sedona School hosts Wildcat Carnival

West Sedona School has joined with the Sedona Police Department to host its Wildcat Carnival on National Night Out, Saturday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m at West Sedona School. “We have joined with National Night...

Artists in the Classroom helps students learn

Sponsored and funded by the city of Sedona since 1989, the Artists in the Classroom program enhances learning experi­ences for children, intro­ducing artists into their regular class curriculum with drawing, painting, music, dance, theater and poetry.  ...

Low rainfall sets a new record for driest monsoon

The monsoon in Northern Arizona that offi­cially ended Sunday, Sept. 15, is the driest in history. “The National Climatic Data Center shows that the June to September period for Arizona was the driest on record...

Lessons learned in SRRHS lockdown

The Sedona Police Department placed the Sedona Red Rock High School on lockdown for almost an hour on Thursday, Aug. 29, due to a potential suspect with a gun. At the Sedona-Oak Creek School District board meeting Sept. 10,...

Band classes return to West Sedona School

Sedona-Oak Creek School District has had its share of budget battles and cost cutting clashes. But despite a national growing trend to cut music educa­tion, SOCSD made arts and music a priority, turning a part-time theater position at Sedona...

SOCSD explains how it allocates tax credits

Arizona’s per student education funding is among the lowest in the nation, ranked 45th among the 50 states in the “Education Week” rankings for 2018. For that reason, the Sedona-Oak Creek School District has relied on tax credits for additional...

SOCSD negotiating rental of admin building

After a hot, dry summer, parents and students met Monday, Aug. 5, for Back to School Night events at West Sedona School and Sedona Red Rock High School. Tuesday, Aug. 6 was opening day for students of the Sedona-Oak...

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