The unique, small four-year school that specializes in career education in law enforcement, firefighting and emergency medical services, also provides a full high school curriculum in a small school setting.
River MacDonald was the 10th-12th grade state finalist for Arizona. The theme of his doodle was “If I could travel in time, I’d visit…..” and his idea was to visit “The cities of the future.”
Eleven students had 90 seconds to pitch their business plans to a panel of judges acting as potential angel investors or venture capitalists. Six students won scholarships.
Metro Tech Student, Gabriela Hernandez was the Grand Prize winner of The Arizona Coalition for Smoke-Free Air "Smoking Awareness Poster Contest".
Elevate Phoenix is lifting at-risk students into college-going, community-minded productive citizens.
The prestigious scholarship is valued at over $90,000, and only twenty scholars are selected each year.
Fernando Chavez of Maryvale; Jessica He of Cesar Chavez; Balmis Lopez of Carl Hayden; Juan Mora of Trevor Browne and Julie Parker (Pictured) of Betty Fairfax won the scholarships.
Former Carl Hayden graduate Dulce Matuz was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for her advocacy of the DREAM Act.
Oscar Sanchez won a bachelor’s program full ride to the Culinary Art Institute at Hyde Park, NY, valued at $96,000.
This is part of a cost saving initiative where administrators substitute teach 5 days over the year.
