The following letter was sent to families with children attending Combs High School, February 8th.

J.O. Combs Middle School students will have several exciting new elective course options to choose from for the 2017-2018 school year.

Combs Middle School seventh grade honors students recently participated in the ASU Honeywell Fiesta Bowl Aerospace Challenge at the ASU Polytechnic Campus in Mesa, Arizona.

To remember those who lost/gave their lives on 9-11 and emphasize the importance of citizenship, Combs Middle School celebrated Patriotism Week with its students this past week.

Combs Traditional Academy, a K-6 school of choice in the J.O. Combs Unified School District, has a mission to provide a rigorous academic focus for all students in a collaborative environment that emphasizes responsibility and respect.

The POPS (Program for Outstanding Preschool Students) classrooms at Ranch Elementary are filled with preschool students that receive special education services as well as typical peers who are in the class to be peer models.

Forty staff and students from the Florence Unified School District participated in the annual “Walk To End Lupus Now” at Paradise Valley Mall on September 17th.

Magma Ranch K-8 Student Council Advisors Mrs. Michelle Nord and Mrs. Anita Sorensen challenged the students at Magma to raise $2,500 during the month of September for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Students applying for financial aid to Central Arizona College and other colleges or universities can now file their 2017-18 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as early as October 1, 2016.

“Congratulations” to the Combs Middle School baseball team for winning the Desert Middle School League Tournament Championship 2-0 defeating Cactus Canyon Junior High of Apache Junction.

The American Leadership Academy Ironwood's High School JV Volleyball team competed in the state championship tournament last Saturday.

Combs Traditional Academy invites the community and veterans to help them recognize Veterans Day on November 10th.

Ellsworth Elementary will be honoring each branch of the military with a Veterans Day assembly on November 10th at 1:30 pm.

Students in grades 3rd - 6th will be writing poems to give to each Veteran along with a poppy flower, which is a symbol of remembrance.

Congratulations to J.O. Combs Unified School District for receiving the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International’s Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting award.

At the July 2016 J.O. Combs school board meeting, governing board members voted to approve a resolution calling for a bond election on November 8, 2016. The district will be asking registered voters for $36.8 million for capital purchases.

On Friday, August 26th Sydney Freund, San Tan Foothills High School Varsity Wrestler, will be signing to wrestle in college with Oklahoma City University.

Seven years ago, Combs Traditional Academy opened with four teachers and 89 students serving Kindergarten through 5th grade.

Central Arizona College will offer two new study abroad opportunities to Ireland and Spain during spring break held in March 2017.

To remember those who lost/gave their lives on 9-11 and emphasize the importance of citizenship, Combs Middle School celebrated Patriotism Week with its students this past week.

Recently, the Florence Unified School District was notified of Florence K-8, Circle Cross Ranch K-8 S.T.E.M. Academy and Skyline Ranch K-8 being named Master Councils.