Partners for Equitable Science Instruction

August Meeting will be In Person

at the home of Marleen Lyon   

on Saturday, August 27^th at 11:30 am.

 This is PESI’s General Meeting

and will include a Social-Potluck. 

Drinks and utensils will be provided

Jim Click Millions for Tucson raffle tickets are due back.

 If you still have any unsold tickets or ticket stubs and money,

please bring them to the August 27^th meeting.

Please RSVP to pesitucson@gmail.com 
for the address, parking instructions, 
and to let us know what potluck item you will bring.

Hope to see YOU on Saturday!

Partners for Equitable Science Instruction (PESI) is proud to announce the nomination of PESI supporter, Jaime Camero, as a Top Ten nominee for Arizona Education Foundation (AEF) Teacher of the Year 2023!

 The Arizona Education Foundation (AEF) is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the exceptional work of public schools.  AEF has announced its Top Ten list of teachers nominated for Arizona’s 2023 Teacher of the Year award.  The Teacher of the Year award is the highest honor bestowed upon Arizona’s public school teachers.  Desert Financial will serve as the title sponsor of the Arizona Teacher of the Year Awards ceremony.  The educator ultimately selected as Arizona Teacher of the Year 2023, goes on to become our state’s candidate for National Teacher of the Year.

Congratulations and best of luck to the nominees!

This year’s 10 nominees are:

• Jamie Camero(Science/ELA), Douglas Elementary, Flowing Wells Unified School District 

• Zelatrice Fowler(Gifted Education), Emerson Elementary, Phoenix Elementary School District

• Amber Gould(English/Student Council), Greenway High School, Glendale Union High School District

• Rodney “Scott” Harnisch(Music), Kyrene del Norte Dual Language Academy, Kyrene School District 

• Erin Henderson(English/AVID), North High School, Phoenix Union High School District

• Royd Lee(General Education), Tuba City Elementary, Tuba City Unified School District #15 

• Christina Musselman(General Education), Starline Elementary, Lake Havasu Unified School District

• Ann Shanahan(History & Government), Maryvale High School, Phoenix Union High School District

• Ty White(Chemistry), Wilcox High School, Wilcox Unified School District

• Robyn Yewell(General Education), Winifred Harelson Elementary, Amphitheatre Public Schools

Click here to read more about AEF’s Teacher of the Year program.

July 2022 PESI Newsletter           Volume 2 Issue 7

With the rains come signs of life in our Sonoran Desert. The toads have appeared, a sure sign that the summer rains are close at hand! Before you know it, the start of the new school year will be upon us. Spring and early summer events have kept us busy here at PESI.

In this issue, you’ll find:

• Support PESI – Buy Jim Click Raffle Tickets

• Local District News

• School Outreach and District Support 

• PESI Supporting Teachers

• Teacher PD opportunities

• Teacher Resources

• Science at Home Activities

• Upcoming Meetings and Events

Click here  for the July newsletter 

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Visit the PESI website for more information