Fall Festival

The Fall Festival last weekend celebrated the renovation of our playground. We have new stairs, a culvert for children to crawl through, and a new “bigger kids” swing set. The old railroad ties have been removed, replaced by beautiful stucco’d walls (just right for a planned tile mural) and rock work paths.  Much of the [...]

Make a painless tax credit donation, please

If you pay Arizona personal income tax, then you can direct some of your taxes directly to Kino scholarships without it costing you anything.

A substantial percentage of our students rely on scholarships to be able to attend Kino, and we in turn rely heavily on tax credit donations to be able to award these scholarships, [...]

Adventures in solar power

What can you do with an old satellite dish that’s been sitting on the roof of the school for about 15 years? Cook hot dogs ! (or marshmallows).

It started out as Jack’s homeroom’s project,  but then Heather’s middle level and junior high science students got interested and involved.  All it took was [...]

We’re helping decorate “The People’s Tree”

Patti McNulty,  Hannah’s mother, is helping students with a really neat art project: creating ornaments for the Christmas tree that will stand in front of the Capitol in Washington.   [This is a great opportunity for a spelling lesson. The "capitol" with an o is the building where a legislature meets. The "capital"  with an a [...]