Adapting to Change While Balancing A Well-Rounded Life

Adapting to Change While Balancing A Well-Rounded Life

PUSD’s Director of Transportation/Facilities Kim Barker By Tara Fort Badger Strong! That’s how thirty-year Prescott resident and fifteen-year Prescott Unified School District (PUSD) employee Kim Barker describes her life and family. Kim, Director of...
A Foresty Fairy-Tale Wedding

A Foresty Fairy-Tale Wedding

Taylor Hicks Elementary kindergarten teacher plans intimate treehouse wedding By Hilary Dartt Taylor Howard and Joey Bemis met on Valentine’s Day six years ago, while they were both students at the University of Arizona in Tucson. After a rocky initial start (she...
A Tradition of Love

A Tradition of Love

Tracy Courson’s career illustrates the power of coming together For more than a decade, Tracy Courson has worked at Prescott Mile High Middle School, which means she’s had the opportunity to be part of so many wonderful traditions. The most important: love. “Tradition...
A Pioneering Spirit

A Pioneering Spirit

Prescott educator and entrepreneur follows her passion in the classroom and the community By Tara Fort For Kathryn Van Demark, eighth-grade Life Skills Instructor at Prescott Mile High Middle School, creating a curriculum that centers on teen wellness and real-world...
Women Helping Women Reach for the Stars

Women Helping Women Reach for the Stars

Philanthropic Educational Organization, a circle of kindred spirits encouraging and supporting one another—and women worldwide P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) has brought together more than half a million women in the United States and Canada who are...
Opening the World to Tomorrow’s Leaders

Opening the World to Tomorrow’s Leaders

Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy focuses on turning out students who can think for themselves, be good to each other, and change the world By Hilary Dartt • Photo by Trisha Shaffer Today’s students are the world’s next conscientious decision-makers. That’s...