EXTRA CURRICULAR EXCELLENCE

Six Osborn teachers were honored by the
AZ Department of Education as “2010
Outstanding 21st Century Community
Learning Centers After School
Teachers”: Kindergarten Teacher Alicia
Pierson at Encanto teaches Cooking with
Math in which students learn about
volume and fractions while creating
delicious snacks; Ballet Instructor
Camden Lloyd at Clarendon teaches the
district’s A+ Ballet Program to 108 third
through eighth grade boys and girls;
Substitute Teacher Erin Johnston teaches
Tap Dance to students at Longview,
Sixth Grade Teacher Danielle McKay
teaches the Yearbook Club in which
Montecito students learn a new computer
program, photograph students, design the
layout, and produce the school’s
yearbook; Literacy/Math Intervention
Teacher Pat Beck teaches Culinary Arts
to Osborn Middle School students; First
Grade Teacher Hilary Rooze teaches a
program called Girls on the Run to
Solano students who learn about
nutrition and fitness while training to run
a 5 km race.

While Osborn’s after school classes have
academic and enrichment components to
assist students with school-day skills,
they are also fun and engaging. They are
supported through special partnerships,
grants, and tax credit donations.

Source: Osborn School District