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Prop 406: the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, finally
Posted on April 1, 2010Posted in News
Written by Abbey Willman - Staff Writer
Comments: 2 ResponsesProposition 406 to raise sales tax by .25% for Gilbert public safety services has been creating contention between opponents and proponents... Read more »
Read More...Cutting costs may cut athletes’ dreams
Posted on March 29, 2010Posted in News, Sports
Written by Johnny Parker - Staff Writer
Comments: No ResponsesThe Arizona Interscholastic Association made a ground-breaking decision for next year’s state tournaments by deciding to cut... Read more »
Read More...Gilbert family adopts Haiti orphan, with a little help from some big names
Posted on March 26, 2010Posted in News
Written by Varun Bajaj - Staff Writer
Comments: No ResponsesFor the past three years, a Gilbert family has been attempting to adopt a seven-year-old Haitian orphan, Evens Paul. This dream, with... Read more »
Read More...Large class size put pressure on elementary teachers
Posted on March 25, 2010Posted in News
Written by Varun Bajaj - Staff Writer
Comments: One ResponseDue to recent budget cuts and open enrollment at elementary schools across the Gilbert district, class sizes have increased dramatically,... Read more »
Read More...A series of suicides affects a popular Ivy League school
Posted on March 22, 2010Posted in News
Written by Varun Bajaj- Staff Writer
Comments: No ResponsesA recent hike in suicides at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has brought student suicide-rates into the spot light. On March... Read more »
Read More...Gilbert Road construction scheduled to end this summer
Posted on March 11, 2010Posted in News, Uncategorized
Written by Marli Mayon - Staff Writer
Comments: No ResponsesThe inconvenient construction that many Gilbert residents have been putting up with daily since November 2009 is caused by the Gilbert... Read more »
Read More...GHS athletes restore love of literacy into elementary students
Posted on March 11, 2010Posted in News, Sports, Top Stories
Written by Jessie Fossenkemper - Editor-in-Chief
Comments: 4 ResponsesGilbert High football players practiced their signatures when they visited Geenfield Elementary on March 4, to participate in America... Read more »
Read More...Consecutive earthquakes shake Earth off its axis
Posted on March 10, 2010Posted in News
Written by Varun Bajaj - Staff Writer
Comments: No ResponsesAs the first quarter of the new decade comes to a close, the Earth has been shaken, quite literally, with a horrible series of events.... Read more »
Read More...Phoenix Police Officer Faces DUI Charges
Posted on March 10, 2010Posted in News
Written by Abigail Christensen - Staff Writer
Comments: No ResponsesAt approximately 10 AM on January 3, 26-year-old off-duty Phoenix police officer was arrested after drunk driving. Seth Samuel Castillo... Read more »
Read More...Gilbert Schools lawsuit leads to state incentive pay program being discontinued
Posted on March 10, 2010Posted in News
Written by Andrea Lavalette - Staff Writer
Comments: No ResponsesThe state legislation is considering discontinuing Career Ladder, a state performance-pay program that gives teachers in 28 districts... Read more »
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