All Win at AzSEF!

All of the Foothills Academy students who entered the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair, brought home an award!!

Special Award – American Psychological Association Award goes to Zoe Zacharopoulos, 9^th grade 

Behavioral & Social Sciences category all in divisions 2nd place goes to Zoe Zacharopoulos, 9^th grade

Engineering category all in divisions 3rd place goes to Ryan Kundrata, 7^th grade 

Environmental Sciences category all in divisions 4th place goes to Kevin Meyers, 7^th grade 

Medicine & Health Sciences category all in divisions 2nd place goes to Katelyn Sauber, 7^th grade 

    4th place goes to Sarah Bennett, 9^th grade 

Microbiology category all in divisions 1st place goes to Regent Swindon, 9^th grade    

     2nd place goes to Tatum Maccarter, 9^th grade

National Essay Contest Winners

Congratulations to Emma-Li Thompson as a finalist and Wade Bennett as a runner up in the essay contest sponsored by National Society for Colonial Dames.  The entire 11^th grade did a wonderful job on their essay which was to: DISCUSS THE RELEVANCE TODAY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S STATEMENT, “A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND.”  This essay contest is a major project of The NSCDA held under the auspices of the Washington Workshops Foundation, a private nonprofit educational program in American government for high school students.  Winners receive full tuition, including seminar materials, university campus housing, and two meals daily, for a week of citizenship education about the national government, plus fun, new friends, and tours of sites in our nation’s capital.  For this contest, 375-400 essays were received, 32 essays were received in AZ, 25 states participated.

FA Eighth Grade Goes to Washington!

This year, some of Mrs. Forrester’s eighth grade Civics students are attending a weeklong Washington, D.C. experience through the Close-Up foundation. The students will spend a week in Washington and will visit Capitol Hill, several monuments in Washington, the Smithsonian and Holocaust Museums, and they will also visit Williamsburg. It will be an exciting experience as they get to see our Congress in action, as well as experience the history of our great country and its founding.

The students will be flying out the first week in April and we expect to hear and learn great information from them upon their return. Best wishes for a safe and fun trip, and we can’t wait to hear all about it when they get back!

We’ve Got This….

Our senior class teachers have over 100 combined years of teaching experience at the college preparatory level and beyond.  “We’ve got this,” is not merely a slogan; it symbolizes the highest commitment to instructional excellence that, combined with the efforts of all the FA faculty,  insures that our graduates enroll in competitive colleges and universities with solid preparation and the confidence to excel.  Whether it’s Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, the Air Force Academy, or the honors colleges here at Arizona’s three  fine universities, our graduates constantly return to visit and share with us how well-prepared they feel. The success of our graduates is proof enough of the quality program offered in our high school, and that program is built from the ground up starting in first grade at EP.  Here’s to our senior staff:   Paul Daniels (Physics and Calculus), Mary Crawford (dual enrollment English–freshman composition), Don Senneville (Advanced Literature/Philosophy), Diana Kogan (Senior Project), and Sandy Morse (Government and Economics).

7th grade Archaeology

7^th grade students had a great deal of fun getting into archaeology. They have decided that now they know what it feels like to be Indiana Jones!

FA Spring Sports 2012

The Foothills Academy student athletes represent our school with pride and dignity. 

The up-to-date sports schedules may be found on the Charter Athletic Association website, http://azcaa.com,  by clicking on: 

1.       Member Schools

2.       Foothills

3.       Athletic Page

4.       Printable Schedule (Your Sport)

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Drew Mayer

Athletic Director

National Geographic Bee

There was fierce competition in January to make it to the State National Geography Bee.

Students who advanced to the tie-breaker rounds from the 2011-2012 preliminary competition are:

From the Elementary campus - Joanna Carvallo, Walter Wilson, and Gabe Schomaker.

From the College Prep campus, classroom finalists -

Michael Mitchell and Carson Casmirri

Kiersten Seaback and Natalie Nabaty

Sergio Carvallo and David Alvar

Sergio Carvallo won the school competition and has been invited to the State level Bee on March 30!  Wish him luck!

Art at Foothills Academy

November 20th, student art from FA was selected to be featured at the annual Foothills Youth Art Exhibit.  

Adapted from the artZbeat magazine:

The Fine Arts Center Exhibition, better known as the F.A.C.E. Gallery, is a permanent gallery located in the lobby of the Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center.  Its main purpose is to showcase Cave Creek Unified School District Student and Faculty art; the past two years the fall exhibits have also been open to art students from area charter schools.  The Gallery’s existence depends on the help and hard work of many area artists, Sonoran Art League, Desert Foothills Community Education, and the talent and dedication of the Visual Arts Teachers.

Tanner, FACP senior, appointed to U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Tanner, FACP senior, accepted an appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY after graduation. Tanner was nominated for this high honor on behalf of the former Congressman Harry Mitchell. Tanner was one of 275 appointees selected for the class of 2015 from around the nation and the world, out of more than 2,000 applicants.

His appointment was based off of his academic achievements, demonstrated leadership qualities and volunteer work with the Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles Program. Tanner will earn a Bachelor of Science degree in logistics and intermodal transportation, as well as achieve the status of a Commissioned Officer in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. Please join us in congratulating Tanner!

ASU and NAU Come to Foothills Academy Elementary Prep

When aspiring teachers visit schools they are looking for the qualities that FAEP exhibits on a daily basis: classroom teachers using the best practices in multiage education, students excited about learning and sharing, and a total team approach that supports families and builds community. Foothills is proud that ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Early Childhood Education cohort taught by Dr. Jane White has chosen us as an example of excellence in elementary education. These teachers spent the morning teaching small groups language and math activities that they have developed at the University. The kids loved it and the teachers got some new ideas.

Earlier in April NAU Professor Dr. Sandra Stone brought a group of 20 teachers, all trained in multiage practice, who spent the day working with Foothills teachers. The collaboration with the state universities is a plus in many ways. Our elementary students benefit from fresh ideas and the interaction with young people entering education. The university students who visit us benefit from student feedback and the opportunity to work with a variety of young learners. Thanks to Drs. Stone and White!