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Cactus Canyon students celebrate the Centennial by learning a little bit of...
By Thayne Jackson Staff writer Cactus Canyon Junior High eighth grade students are celebrating the Arizona Centennial by learning a little bit about Arizona’s history and finishing it off with a...
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Seventh graders create family trees
By Morgan Christensen Staff writer Seventh graders recently created family trees for their social studies classes. Students asked their parents and their grandparents where they were born and where...
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Cactus Canyon students meet with Holocaust survivor
By Thayne Jackson Staff writer On Thursday, March 22, students at Cactus Canyon Junior High got the rare privilege of meeting with a Holocaust survivor. Fountain Hills resident Magda Herzberger, who...
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Teachers plan cross-curricular lessons to produce deeper thinking
By Megan Lay Cougar News Blog Some Cactus Canyon language arts and social studies teachers helped each other out during the second quarter by incorporating each other’s standards into lessons. Rhonda...
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Social studies students learn WWII battles
By Colin Penge Cougar News Blog Students in eighth-grade social studies were assigned to a project about the battles in Europe and the Pacific during February, so they could learn about the important...
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Student brings WWII relics to share with class
By Nicholas Kelley Cougar News Blog While most students are just learning about history from books, Cambria Coughlin brought in a World War II German banner and other relics to show to her class for...
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Eighth-graders learn about economics with Ebay project
By Logan Duncan Cougar News Blog Sheryl Anderson’s seventh and eighth grade social studies is doing an eBay project in hopes of teaching eighth graders about economics. Mrs. Anderson hopes that her...
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Eighth graders creating WWII textbooks
By Zoey Lopez Cougar News Blog Mrs. Anderson, a Cactus Canyon Junior High social studies teacher, wanted to try something different and unordinary with all of her eighth grade classes. She decided...
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eBay project teaches students academic and real-life skills
By Haley M. Cougar News Blog Seventh- and eighth-grade social studies teacher, Sheryl Anderson is back at it again with her signature eBay project. The eBay project is a yearlong...
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Students learn history through comics
By Natalie D. Cougar News Blog Eighth graders at Cactus Canyon have been flying into history in a new way this semester in John Leal’s new study skills class. Leal’s new comic book class is a...
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PE, current events added to enrichment lineup
By Chris Munro Cougar News Blog Students at CCJH recently received all-new enrichment classes as part of the Study Skills mission. A couple of these classes include Kim Grant’s PE class and Lin...
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Social studies teachers adapt to changes
By Mya Palomino Cougar News Blog Social studies teachers have made a big leap in teaching Cactus Canyon students. Seventh-grade social studies teachers now teach both seventh and eighth grade....
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