Flowing Wells News

TUCSON, AZ From helping those who can use a hand, to helping those who are still getting their start, tax credit donations can help fund extracurricular activities at public schools and help charities help working people who can't make ends meet.

The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona is starting an outreach project to revitalize the Homer Davis Elementary School, which is located in the Flowing Wells School district.

I was privileged to serve as a 911 fire and medical dispatcher for the city of Tucson for nearly 15 years, before retiring in 2001.

The Arizona Daily Star is preparing its annual list of private and charter schools to be published in early 2010.

A meeting Northwest Fire/Rescue District leaders hoped would be the beginning of a process turned out to be the end instead.

Students at Laguna Elementary School hardly noticed the swarm of grownups that converged last week on their classroom.

Police say three people have been found dead inside a Tucson home and the case is being investigated as a homicide.

Three bodies have been discovered on the city's westside Monday at around 5:30 p.m. Detectives and police are on the scene of the home where the bodies were found -- near Mojave and West Flowing Wells-- investigating the cause.

St. Nicholas was preparing to greet children with his message of philanthropy during last year's "A Visit from St.

If you keep that in the forefront, it is easier to make teaching decisions. Parent communication and collaboration with your peers is also very important." More Photos : The Finalists Here are the Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona's Tucson-area finalists for its annual Exemplary Teacher Initiative.

The Medicare enrollment period began Sunday and runs through Dec. 31. To get enrollment help: a Pima Council on Aging: 546-2011. a Medicare Plan Finder: Provides tailored plan-comparison information, including cost, coverage and convenience of each prescription drug and health plan.

Harelson Elementary School's Peace Conference had immediate results. Students from Harelson and other Amphitheater and Flowing Wells elementary schools joined last week to discuss the consequences of bullying, taunting, gossiping, rumor spreading and other negative behaviors.

Walker Elementary School in the Amphitheater Public Schools district received a $1,000 donation from the Wal-Mart at East Wetmore Road and North First Avenue.

Saying the best ideas aren't in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited a south-side Tucson school on his nationwide "Listening and Learning" tour to hear ideas about how best to fix the nation's underperforming schools.

On Oct. 18, 1989, "student for a day" Bob Hendricks was getting some assistance in his American history class from junior Kate Chesney.

Homer Davis Elementary School's doors don't close when classes are dismissed. The Arizona Department of Education awarded Homer Davis a five-year 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant worth $500,000 to offer an after-school Skills for Success program at the Flowing Wells school.

Tucson Police investigators are trying to determine what caused a 2005 Toyota Scion to crash near Miracle Mile and Flowing Wells, killing the driver.

Tucson's Desert Harmony is heading to Nashville for the prestigious International Convention and Competition of the Sweet Adelines Oct.

While bracing for an expected increase in the number of sick students because of the H1N1 virus, local school districts have plans in place to deal with a widespread flu outbreak.

School supplies that will be donated to teachers at public, private and charter schools are being collected at area Walgreens stores from now to Oct.