Dysart to offer more community bus tours

Dysart district plans campus tour

The Dysart Unified School District will offer its next community bus tour of a district K-8 school and high school Dec. 9. Additional bus tours will be held Feb. 10 and April 28.

The Dec. 9 tour begins at 9 a.m. Participants will board a school bus at the Dysart Education Center, 15802 N. Parkview Place,Surprise. The tour's first stop will be a K-8 school. The second stop will be a district high school. Participants will observe various courses and journey through the halls at both sites.

As a part of the high school tour, patrons will eat lunch in the cafeteria and have a brief question-and-answer period. Community members will return to the Dysart Education Center by 12 p.m.

Through a donation from D.L. Withers Construction, bus tours are offered to the community at no cost and do not impact the district budget in any way. Details or to RSVP: 623-876-7169.

Canyon Ridge adds habitat spaces

The Canyon Ridge School community is working to transform a small space outside of the school building into an outdoor learning environment. The outdoor classroom, consisting of various garden and animal habitats, is being built by students and facilitated by Natalie Moore, seventh-grade science teacher.

Students are working together across grade levels to build a butterfly habitat, a tortoise habitat and garden areas that will contain plant species from across the country. Students and teachers will begin scientific exploration in the outdoor classroom as each segment is completed.

The outdoor classroom is funded through a school fundraiser specifically designed for this project.

3 swimmers place in state meet

Valley Vista High School freshman Lexi Milobar and senior Jake Pedersen and Willow Canyon High School senior Lewis Castle placed in the top four in their individual events at the Class 5A Division II State Swim Championships.

Milobar placed second in the girls 200-yard freestyle. Pedersen placed third in the boys 100-yard backstroke. Castle finished third in the boys 500-yard freestyle and fourth in the boys 200-yard freestyle.