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Thirty years ago, I heard the news that John Lennon had been shot. Every year since, the morning news on NPR reminds me again of that day. I was a young, second-year teacher then, with four sections of grade nine “World Cultures” and one section of A.P. United States history. Mine was a Catholic school, and we’d had Monday, December 8 off because it was a holy day, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

The Kyrene school district is one of the top performing districts in Arizona. We serve approximately 18,000 students in 19 elementary and six middle schools. The student population is quite diverse in background and academic needs.

What you do after Mix It Up at Lunch Day allows Mix to have a deeper impact on your school.

Columnist helps parents talk to kids about social boundaries.

In this district, students, educators, support staff, administrators and community partners are coming together to affirm that black lives matter.