If you haven't had a chance to read the Arizona Republic story on DVUSD's efforts to help TSMC families adapt to education in America, a copy of the story is now available on our homepage at DVUSD.org.

Are you enjoying the Fall break? We are! Our 90th anniversary #TBT post reminds us breaks are nice as we travel back to 1988 for a district office picnic at Deer Valley Park. Enjoy the rest of your break, and come back Monday refreshed for the second quarter of the school year.

Arrrrrggghhh! Find some treasures in the cafeteria this week, as it's National School Lunch week! Visit DVUSD.org/menus to see what our cafeteria staff are cooking up for the kids!

We're back to school this week, and back to celebrating National Principals Month with a tip of the cap to our Boulder Creek region principals! Thank you for all you do for our students, staff, and community.

Music can motivate athletes... but what gets the coaches moving? Our DVUSDAthletics student-athletes have some educated guesses on what is tops on their coach's Spotify playlist.

We've cooked up a baker's dozen of awards for our 13 high school students who were recently named National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists! Meet our latest DVUSD Governing Board honorees at DVUSD.org/honorees.

A reminder that due to parent-teacher conferences this week, ALL DVUSD K-12 students will be on a HALF DAY schedule Thursday & Friday! This is different from the PLC Friday early release schedule. See when your child's school releases on half days at DVUSD.org/schedules.

Starting tonight, and continuing through December 10, West-MEC campuses are hosting informational open houses for students seeking enhanced Career & Technical Education (CTE) courses. Learn more at West-Mec.edu.