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Journalism class wins Edublog Award for the second year
By Jessica Conrad Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon’s Journalism II class recently won Best Group Blog in the Edublog Awards. This is the Cougar News Blog’s second year of winning an Edublog award....
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Raging Readers preparing for trip to Arizona Science Center
By Harrison Talbott Cougar News Blog The Raging Readers Book Club is on its way to a science adventure on May 1. The club will be holding a field trip for its members that will take them to...
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Central Arizona College offers free college to CCJH eighth graders
By Riley Duncan CougarNewsBlog Scholarships have given so many young adults the chance that their parents were never able to provide for them. Central Arizona College loves giving young adults...
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Teachers use rockets to teach Newton’s Law
By Skylar Sosa Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon eighth graders are blasting off with a new project creating rockets to demonstrate Newton’s Laws of Motion. Science teachers Ms. Wyatt and Mrs....
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District hopes to attract, retain quality teachers with 4-day week
By Wyatt Hutchinson Cougar News Blog The Apache Junction Unified School District wanted to change by making schools adopt a four-day school week because they are trying to help keep the quality...
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CCH musician wins award during festival
By Bailey Tower Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon eighth grader Calista Smith received the “When You Wish” Award when she went on the music trip to the Heritage Music Festival at Disneyland in March. Band...
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Book fair set up takes time, effort
By Alaya Walton Cougar News Blog There is an additional dimension beyond what is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as infinite as time. It lies between the boundaries of...
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New yearbook editors prepare for workshop
By Pauline Harner Cougar News Blog Next year’s Cactus Canyon yearbook editors will be going to Scottsdale, Arizona on June 1 and June 2 to visit the Lifetouch Yearbook Workshop. With the...
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Eighth grade adds Greek mythology to Study Skills lineup
By Kenzie Surratt Cougar News Blog CCJH introduced a new study skills this quarter, Greek mythology, with eighth-grade science teacher Regan Roach. Students in her class focus on major Greek gods...
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Students, teachers adjusting to 4-day weeks
By Bailey Tower Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon is kicking off the new school year with shorter weeks and longer classes as all schools in the Apache Junction Unified School District reduced their...
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4-day week helps keep, create opportunities
By Meagan Clark Cougar News Blog Every student dreams of having less school. For the students in Apache Junction Unified School District, their dreams are coming true. AJUSD is now giving...
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57 students earn admission to NJHS
By Alexa DeLorenzo Cougar News Blog NJHS advisers recently distributed applications to Cactus Canyon students who show great character, leadership, citizenship, scholarship, and service. Art...
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CCJH awarded $4,000 library grant
By Zoe Siegel Cougar News Blog CCJH is opening a new chapter with a grant that was awarded to the library for non-fiction books. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded librarian...
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Yearbook Photos of the Week – Oct. 26-29
This week, the Cougar News Blog is debuting a new feature that will showcase the work of the talented photographers who make the Cactus Canyon Yearbook. This week’s assignment was to take a photograph...
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Choir students sing at Chase Field
By Natalie Delintt Cougar News Blog Choir students at Cactus Canyon went to Chase Field in Phoenix to sing the national anthem for the Arizona Diamondbacks game on Sept. 12. Andie Chung, the...
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Yearbook Photos of the Week – Nov. 2-5
The best of the best from the Yearbook class’ assignment to use the framing element.
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Edublogs Challenge – Halloween
Mr. Davis’ Note: CCJH J2 students are again participating in the Edublogs Challenge. The Week 4 activity was about Halloween and how it is celebrated. This post contains a sampling from students in the...
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CCJH adds language reteach sections to boost student success
By Stella DeVargas Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon has started a new chapter in education by adding a reteach class for language arts. Reteach, which is part of the Beyond Textbooks program,...
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Eighth-grade students take part in a dream job project
By Damian Lopez Cougar News Blog From chefs and engineers, to neurosurgeons and chiropractors, these are just a few of the jobs students in Tammy Howard’s eighth grade advanced language arts class...
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