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What’s Trending in Peoria Unified? Winter break and enjoying the holiday season. Join the Cabinet hosts on this special Trending Peoria holiday episode as they unwrap personal stories. From time honored traditions to creating new ones, get a glimpse into cabinet’s cherished memories. This festive episode is just what you need to brighten your holiday season. Tune in for a cozy and joyous celebration with the Cabinet on Trending Peoria.

What’s trending in Peoria Unified? Setting our students up for success! Desert Harbor is home to a myriad of programs designed to meet the needs of every sand shark who enters their campus. One of these programs includes the ABLE Program aimed at supporting students with intellectual disabilities and adaptive skills. In order to help each of these learners shine, different support mechanisms are put in place including those that help students communicate. Aiding in this work is Megan Bickford, Speech Language Pathologist, who helps her students become better communicators.

What’s Trending in Peoria Unified? Our champion athletics. For students throughout the district, our coaches and athletics departments play an integral role in their success on the field and in the classroom. Today, we are joined by Athletic Director Mark Ernster as we discuss the impact of sports, his reason for working in Peoria Unified and his excitement around the D-Backs World Series run. 

Peoria Unified is home to one of the most robust Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in the state and is often regarded as a leader in this space. This reputation is one that is seen in all six professional learning strands, thanks to the dedication of Peoria Unified’s CTE teachers, many of whom joined the teaching profession as a second career. Mr. Robert Thompson from Peoria High School’s automotive program has done just that and is joining us on the Trending Peoria podcast to share why he has dedicated his second career to preparing students for their future.

Join us as we site down once again with Nicole Greene from Sunrise Mountain to discuss what her sophomore year has in store for her. From homecoming celebrations, this year is sure to be a great one for Nicole!

What’s Trending in Peoria Unified? Summer! We are wishing you, and your family, have a wonderful summer full of adventures! Oftentimes, students can fall behind over the summer, but our Teaching and Learning team is here to offer you some quick tips to keep your child engaged all summer long. Joining us today areMary Carlson and Devon Moseley, Math Content Coaches, to share how you can integrate mathematics in your summer vacation.

What’s Trending in Peoria Unified? Summer! We are wishing you, and your family, have a wonderful summer full of adventures! Oftentimes, students can fall behind over the summer, but our Teaching and Learning team is here to offer you some quick tips to keep your child engaged all summer long. Joining us today, are three of our ELA Content Coaches, to share how you can integrate reading and writing in your summer vacation.

What’s Trending in Peoria Unified? Summer! We are wishing you, and your family, have a wonderful summer full of adventures! Oftentimes, students can fall behind over the summer, but our Teaching and Learning team is here to offer you some quick tips to keep your child engaged all summer long. Joining us today, are Christina and Judy, Science and Physical Education Content Coaches, to share how you can integrate science in your summer vacation.

What’s Trending in Peoria Unified? Summer! We are wishing you, and your family, have a wonderful summer full of adventures! Oftentimes, students can fall behind over the summer, but our Teaching and Learning team is here to offer you some quick tips to keep your child engaged all summer long. Joining us today, are Michele and Michael, Social Studies Content Coaches, to share how you can integrate social studies in your summer vacation.

What’s trending in Peoria Unified? Transporting our students to success! This time of year, it is easy to picture all the places our students will go, but how will they get to all of those places? Behind many of our students’ largest accomplishments is a bus driver who helped get them there. In fact, many students throughout Peoria Unified rely on bus drivers to get them to and from school safely. Without our bus drivers, students can’t make it to school, their big game or next performance. With them, our students can reach their full potential.   Interested in learning more about becoming a crtifiedd, professional bus driver?  Attend the Bus Driver Interest Meeting any time between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9 at the Transportation Office, 10721 N. 95th Ave., Peoria, AZ 85345.   Ready to get behind the wheel? Peoria Unified is here to support you! With outstanding benefits, state retirement eligibility, hands-on training and a team behind you, there is something for every driver through every stage of their career. Apply today at: https://bit.ly/3UWHJon

What’s Trending in Peoria Unified? Standardized testing… with testing season in full swing, we wanted to provide you with a quick episode on the impact of stress. Recently, Andrew from Apache Elementary School completed a ROD-Talk on the power of stress as well as how to combat it.

Safety remains our top priority in Peoria Unified. In seeing an increase in rumors of social media threats this school year, Peoria Unified launched a safety campaign this spring called See Something, Hear Something, Say Something, Do Something. The purpose of the campaign is to encourage students to come forward and tell a trusted adult if they see or hear something that does not seem right, and to not forward potential threats but to report it so that they may be properly investigated.   Today, we are joined by School Resource Office (SRO) Lisa Hale who serves Liberty High School. She shares more information about the role of an SRO, as well as, how we all play a role in school safety.    If you, or someone you know, needs to report a school safety issue, you can do so by calling our Safe School Line anonymously at 623-486-6199.  If a student needs additional support, they can call our Student Support Line at 623-412-5262 or the Teen Lifeline at 602-248-8336. You can learn more about the safety measures we have in place at peoriaunified.org/safety.