Through the Prescott Schools Trail, PUSD and the Community Nature Center are working together to create a ‘very unique,’ hands-on learning environment By Tara Fort • Photo by Trisha Shaffer For the Prescott Unified School District (PUSD), 2020 posed challenges that...
With 17 years of teaching kindergarten, Shelley Soifer is considered a mentor by her peers and Taylor Hicks Elementary School Principal Kelsey Secor. “She can be silly and goofy with them, but also serious and fun,” Secor related, calling Soifer friendly,...
By Tara Fort Throughout 2020 as so many in Prescott formed efforts to a better future, some of Prescott’s youth demonstrated their own versions of courage, passion and organized movement. While many adjusted to distance learning and peer isolation, some students also...
Engaging with the Community for a Greater Good By Tara Fort In just five years, the Prescott Unified School District Education Foundation (PUSD EF) continues their mission to support the District and its students through financial and material contributions provided...
By Tara Fort The 2020 school year brought challenges unlike any other, and the Prescott Unified School District was ahead of the curve. This year, in its mission toward quality education, PUSD created the position of Health and Safety Coordinator, and local resident...
How COVID-19 changed my perspective on school and extracurricular programs By Emma Wymore We’re in a weird time right now; we’ve all had to change our lives to some extent. As a 16-year-old student at BASIS Prescott and a member of The Launch Pad Teen Center’s Teen...
