Education Resources

School Reopenings

See below information about local school reopening plans. Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order requiring schools to offer in-person learning that can be found here. 

• Peoria Unified School District. 
  • Currently, Peoria Unified School District is offering in-person learning. PUSD developed a new framework that will allow them to closely monitor the decision to remain in-person. Their new framework, which will be used moving forward can be viewed here.
  • Currently, the District has reported 12 active cases of COVID-19.
• Nadaburg Unified School District 
  
  • Nadaburg Unified School District is currently still offering in-person learning. 
    
• Dysart Unified School District
  • The district is currently offering in-person learning and provides a weekly update on active COVID cases across all of its schools here. Currently, the district has reported 10 active cases.
• Deer Valley Unified School District
  • Deer Valley Unified is offering in-person learning.
    
  • Started a dashboard that allows parents and students to track current active confirmed COVID-19 cases here. Currently, district has reported 32 active cases of COVID out of 32,000 students.
• Washington Elementary School District
  
  • In-person learning will begin March 22^nd. COVID-19 cases in the district are listed here. Currently the district has registered 1 active case.
• Glendale Elementary School District
  • In-person learning will begin March 22^nd.
  • COVID-19 cases here. Currently the district has reported 0 active cases of COVID-19.
• Litchfield Elementary School District
  
  • In-person learning will be available to all students by March 15^th.
  • Currently the district has reported 3 active cases of COVID-19. 
• Wickenburg Unified School District
  •  Wickenburg has announced plans to open up the first week of August for distance learning  on August 3^rd but this is not confirmed and board is still working on it. A task force has been established to develop templates, guidelines and procedures for different school scenarios. They plan to open August 17. More information here.
• Glendale Union High School District
  • In-person learning will begin March 22^nd.
  • Most recent parent survey indicated that 55.14% of parents and 61.45% of staff currently would like to return to in-person learning. 
• Agua Fria Union High School District

  • In-person learning will begin on March 15^th.

  • Currently, the district has reported 4 active cases.

• Tolleson Union High School District
  
  • Tolleson Union will being in-person learning on March 22^nd. 
    
• Pendergast Elementary School District
  •  The district is currently virtually learning. 

• Avondale Elementary School District

  •  The district is currently virtually learning. 

• Legacy Charter Schools

  •  Legacy Charter Schools are currently offering in-person learning. 
    

• BASIS Charter Schools

BASIS Charter Schools are currently offering in-person learning. 

• Great Hearts Charter Schools
  
  Great Hearts Charter Schools are currently offering in-person learning.

• Imagine Charter Schools

Imagine Charter Schools are currently virtually learning.

For information about your school district and their response to COVID-19, please contact your local school board. 

Congressional District 8 School Board Information

Agua Fria High School District

Avondale Elementary School District

Deer Valley Unified School District

Dysart Unified School District

Glendale Elementary School District

Glendale Unified High School District

Litchfield Elementary School District

Nadaburg Unified School District

Peoria Unified School District

Tolleson Union High School District

Washington Elementary School District
 

Additional Resources

• For additional learning resources for all ages from the Arizona Department of Education, click here. 
• For additional information about federal student loan payments and forbearance, click here. 
• If you are a school administrator looking for guidance for schools, click here for resources from the Arizona Department of Education. 
• If you are a teacher seeking online course material, click here for resources from the Library of Congress. 
• My Classroom Economy (MyCE) was established for educators at all grade levels to teach financial responsibility to students. It fosters understanding through experiential learning and can be applied into any curriculum. This free classroom management system encourages financially responsible behaviors of students and has reached 970,000 students across the U.S.
• My Home Economy (MyHE) was designed to help children learn about financial behavior from an early age and start a dialogue about financial literacy at home. Structured similarly to the MyCE platform, MyHE offers added flexibility and suggestions to accommodate different family structures.
• If you are a student at the University of Arizona and have questions about receiving information or financial support due to the CARES Act you can click here or here. The University of Arizona has allocated $15.4 million for student emergency relief through the CARES Act. Students who were not initially awarded a direct grant, or need additional funds, will be able to apply for funding.
• If you are a student at Arizona State University and have questions about receiving information or financial support due to the CARES Act you can click here. ASU is regularly updating this website with information about returning back to school, enrollment and financial support.

Education Funding from the recent COVID-19 Relief Package:

• $10 billion in Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (CCDBG)
  • Funds may be used to:
    • Provide relief from copayments and tuition payments for families and to pay a portion of the child care provider’s costs ordinarily paid by families;
    • To continue payments and assistance to child care providers for fixed costs and increased operating expenses in the event of decreased enrollment or closures, and to assure facilities are able to remain open or to reopen;
    • Stabilize the child care sector against increased operating expenses;
    • Provide child care assistance to health care sector employees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, farmworkers, or other essential workers, regardless of other eligibility requirements within the CCDBG program;
• $82 billion for the Education Stabilization Fund
  • 5% allocated to the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund for Governors to make emergency grants to education entities
  • $2.75B of which will be reserved for private schools to help cover costs due to the pandemic
  • 67% in the Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Fund (K-12)
  • 28% in the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund

Resources from PBS:

• For fun, hands-on learning activities building from the themes in Camp, PBS KIDS has resources in English and Spanish for grades PreK-2 that can be found here.
• Several thematically-linked collections of resources including articles, activities, and book lists that revolve around themes such as dinosaurs, the arts, reasoning, and simple science experiments can be found here. 
• A collection of the past two years of Virtual Professional Learning events for educators that explore topics from distance learning to our changing planet can be found here. 
• Click here for a collection of activities and video resources that spark curiosity on topics from storytelling to science for grades PreK-12.
• For more resources regarding at-home learning click here and here for on-demand education videos. No subscription required.
• Check out this website for timely activities and tips to help kids stay engaged and active all summer. Additionally, materials will be cross-posted on the PBS Website where they will available anytime.
• Click here for 200 educational games can be downloaded for offline play anytime.
• Summer Camp Kits with resources include multi-day sequenced experiences that are built to foster learning and family engagement can be found here.
• Weekly family viewing events featuring movie specials for themed programming. Families are invited to watch, play, and learn with their PBS KIDS characters every Friday from 7 to 9 pm. More information on Family nights can be found here. 

Resources from the Library of Congress:

The Library of Congress is offering virtual workshops are offered for student groups led by a Library facilitator and will take place online. They include interactive elements and pre-and post-program material. Programs are available Tuesdays through Thursdays except federal holidays and last approximately 45 minutes. More information can be found here.

More information on the programs offered can be found below: