Yuma School District One

This school year, the Palo Verde Fiesta Sports Foundation's Wishes for Teacher program awarded $2.5K grants for 32 Yuma and La Paz educators.

Jeff Stoner of Yuma Electric Service and Woodard Junior High School principal Nicole Alonzo join us in the studio to talk about the 3rd Annual Strike For Success Dodgeball Tournament benefiting Woodard Junior High. Jeff and Nicole share why supporting public schools and local youth is so important, how this fundraiser came together, and how the community can get involved to support band, dance, and library programs.

In light of a 2025 court ruling, KAWC finds out how Arizona’s school facilities crisis affects Yuma schools + a profile on Mohawk Valley School.

A former Yuma School District One HR specialist faces nine felony counts after the district reported alleged financial misconduct to the Arizona Auditor General's Office.

Join KAWC for a sit-down interview with Jamie Sheldahl, former superintendent of District One, whose career spans four decades of Yuma education history. Also in this episode, a profile of Vista High School.

Woodard is District One's 11th school to earn a Purple Star School designation.

Three Yuma County public school districts have recently filled governing board vacancies. KAWC met with each of them to learn more about their connections and priorities.

A nonprofit known as Wheel Fun donated a dozen bikes to Gila Vista Jr. High last week, kicking off a new after-school outdoors program.

Yuma School District One has received a grant from the Department of Defense to replace James D. Price Elementary, which was built in 1953.

KAWC visits G.W. Carver Elementary's garden to find out what kids are learning about agriculture now.