The Cooper Center is taking over the Children’s Museum Tucson!

Mark your calendars!  On September 14^th, Cooper Center will bring the Sonoran Desert to the museum!  Kids can experience stories and activities that highlight the amazing natural world all around us.  There will be live music from Mr. Nature and the Desert Music Project and local food trucks to offer a variety of food and drink options for the entire family.  There will also be cocktails available for the grownups!

The event will be live-streamed to celebrate the start of the new school year and everyone who supports the Cooper Center with testimonials and fond memories from camp as we raise funds for Camp Cooper!

Cooper Center will be sharing exciting updates for the community to come together to #SupportCampCooper through their annual fundraising campaign. The goal is to raise $30,000 for the amazing educational staff and programs. Your gift is essential to their efforts. Please share their campaign with friends and family, too. Be on the lookout for campaign information on September 1st, and #GiveTheDesert with your contribution!

Cooper Center Field Trips

Registration for field trips is OPEN!   Cooper Center is eager to welcome everyone out at camp this fall.   To sign up for their remarkable field trips or for more information, click below.

Camp Cooper Field Trip Interest Form

 Find out more about Cooper Center at   coopercenter.arizona.edu

 and in their  Cooper Center July Newsletter

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.