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4 days ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
In garages, sheds, and studios all around the greater Prescott area are men and women fascinated with how to transform a chunk of discarded wood into a one-of-a-kind treasure from Earth's bounty; their art form harkening back to ancient civilizations when wood was crafted into utilitarian tools. On a late April morning, eight leaders of the 108-member Prescott Area Woodturners gathered in the Prescott Valley garage of Kathy and Ken Allen, both gifted woodturning crafters for a demonstration day.
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1 week ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
She may be small in stature, but Pronghorn Ridge Middle School student Kayla Jordan stood tall as she addressed an audience of 130 people, mostly community adults sprinkled with some high school students, with a purposeful poise and confidence.
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1 week ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
As of June 9, Humboldt Unified School District Superintendent Christine Griffin will become the new superintendent for the Santa Fe New Mexico Public School System, a surprise move she said will bring her closer to her aging parents while still enabling her to pursue innovative ways to educate children.
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1 week ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
The 10th annual Prescott Unified School District Education Foundation Rising Stars banquet on Monday, May 5 was an educational love fest showered on seven, selected graduating seniors and their chosen "Distinguished Educator" honored as instrumental in bringing them to their K-12 finish line.
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1 week ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
For the last meeting before celebrating the Class of 2025 graduation at Bill Shepard Field on Friday, May 23, the Prescott Unified School District Governing Board on Tuesday, May 6, will be finishing up last-minute business that will include voting on measures to enhance academic programs for the next school year. The meeting that is open to the public begins at 5 p.m. in the Washington School district office, first-floor conference room.
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2 weeks ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
A swift breeze underneath a clear blue sky in the Prescott High School food forest laboratory at the rear of the campus on Friday afternoon, April 24, set the stage for a small cadre of students, administrators and leaders to celebrate a legacy gift to all PHS Badgers - past, present and future. The Prescott Frontier Rotary Club funded and dedicated to PHS a universal symbol to the "ideals of peace": an 8-foot-tall, 4-by-4-inch wide peace pole.
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2 weeks ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
By NANCI HUTSON, The Daily Courier In a busy corner of The Launch Pad Teen Center is a thriving café, an adult supervised, teen-managed and operated business enterprise. This coffee/lunch venue, though, is about far more than making lattes and paninis, albeit tasty treats suited and served to youth clientele, staff, and some locals eager to bolster career skills for high schoolers.
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3 weeks ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
On Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 p.m, the five-member Humboldt Unified School District Governing Board will be hosting the first retreat since the election of three new members in November. The three new members - Sue Unverricht, Bruce Sprague and Mary Ann Dellinger - joined a board with two others who were elected just two years earlier, Board President Brianne Wolcott and Vice-President Lyana Mazon.
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3 weeks ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
For those who know Becky Mitchell, and the number is more than a few, the unanimous opinion is she the heart of Agape House of Prescott. Agape House is a faith-based, greater Prescott area non-profit to provide homeless families with both short and long-term housing and life skills so that they find success in their chosen communities. In Prescott, Agape House owns and operates its programs at a nine-apartment complex for up to 14 families a year.
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3 weeks ago | 
dcourier.com | Nanci Hutson
Humboldt Elementary School Principal Melissa Tannehill was treated last week to a surprise, but clearly appreciated compliment - a new Governing Board member and five-decade educator declared her to be an "exceptional principal" with the other four equally impressed with her leadership. In what has been a longstanding HUSD Governing Board tradition, the monthly meetings incorporate highlights from each of their district schools.
