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Tierra del Sol Sun Dragon Band and Choir wins big at Disney contest

BY DR. FRANK KIDD - SPECIAL TO YUMA SUN

For the second year in a row, the Tierra del Sol Sun Dragon Band and Choir has earned significant awards at a competition sponsored by Disneyland.For the 2013 contest, 34 fourth- and fifth-grade students from Tierra del Sol Elementary School traveled... Full story

Yuma students awarded $60K in scholarship funds

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - @YS_CMCDANIEL

The Yuma University of Arizona Alumni Club has awarded $60,000 in scholarships to 37 high school seniors or junior college students heading to Tucson in the fall.Since 1991, the Yuma Chapter has awarded over 500 scholarships worth $877,000 to Yuma yo... Full story

Gifts help students learn about growing plants, healthy foods

BY SARAH WOMER @YSSarahWomer

Fourth-grade students in Vicki Peterson's GAP (Gowan Achievement Program) science class watched with curiosity as she walked around the room with a worm farm for them to see up close. The thin red invertebrates crawled through the soil as she explai... Full story

Yuma Sun Scholars: career/technical

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Nine high school seniors have been nominated by their school counselors or teachers to be recognized by the Yuma Sun Scholars program for outstanding achievements in the field of career/technical. They are among nearly 50 students chosen to be honore... Full story

Pair of college students deliver commencement

BY SARAH WOMER - @YSSARAHWOMER

Both speakers for the recent 2013 commencement at Arizona Western College and Northern Arizona University-Yuma share a love for higher education and the possibilities it provides. AWC commencement speaker Stephanie Rivas had her start at the local co... Full story

11 children were all Crims, Matadors, Wildcats

BY SARAH WOMER - @YSSARAHWOMER

On Thursday evening, George and Barbara Rouff accepted an award at Arizona Western College for instilling the importance of pursuing a higher education in the lives of their 11 children. With 19 and a half years separating the youngest and oldest ... Full story

A little 'goodbye' music

BY SARAH WOMER @YSSarahWomer

Cibola High School's end-of-the-year choir concert will not only serve as a send-off for the students that will be attending a 10-day performance tour in Ohio this summer, but also for their teacher who will move shortly afterward.“With plans t... Full story

Yuma Sun Scholars: Arts

Eight high school seniors have been nominated by their school counselors or teachers to be recognized by the Yuma Sun Scholars program for outstanding achievements in the field of arts. They are among nearly 50 students chosen to be honored this year... Full story

Pearl Garcia remembered as a generous sister

BY SARAH WOMER - @YSSARAHWOMER

After Glenn Mayle's parents were killed when he was 13 years old, his sister Pearl Garcia took him into her home even though she was raising three children at the time. “I could never repay her and her husband for all they did for me,” sa... Full story

Yuma competition drives auto engineers to excel

BY SARAH WOMER - @YSSARAHWOMER

There's only so much a student can learn within the confines of a classroom when it comes to automotive engineering. In order to better equip future generations of engineers with hands-on experience, the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors h... Full story

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