Nogales Unified School District #1

NUSD encourages all parents to become actively involved in their children's education by monitoring grades, attending parent-teacher conferences and parent meetings, contacting teachers/administrators with concerns, attending extra-curricular activities, and serving on parent-involvement committees.

Vanessa Alegria-Rivas, the reading specialist at Lincoln Elementary School, was selected as the first educator to be honored at the Nogales Unified School District governing board meeting for this year.

Your school-age children may qualify for certain rights and protections under federal McKinney-Vento Act

The term 'awaiting foster care placement' has been removed from the definition of 'homeless' in McKinney-Vento.

Congratulations to Francisco Vasquez de Coronado who will be receiving $204,118.00, and congratulations to Robert M. Bracker receiving $94,921.60!

The NUSD governing board approved the mandated revisions to its Wellness Policy on June 12, 2017.

A.J. Mitchell Elementary School teacher Tania Barojas was selected to receive the Outstanding Teacher Award.

Brad Beach, a 1984 graduate of Nogales High School, has been teaching 24 years, the last six at Pierson Vocational High School. He was recognized at the Nogales Unified School District's May 1 board meeting for his exceptional service to the district.

I am pleased to share a new resource available for families and teachers to help identify and support students with dyslexia.

The Nogales Unified School District continued its tradition started this semester of honoring an outstanding educator with the selection of Robert M. Bracker Elementary School Reading Specialist Penelope Munguia.

The Nogales Unified School District honored Speech Pathologist Roxanna Holguin at the March 27 board meeting for her outstanding service and dedication.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, now in its 25th year of full operation, became a hallmark of Nogales High School shortly after Barbara Mathis joined the NHS faculty in 1988, having experience as an IB teacher while working in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Lizyvette Lopez, a fourth grade teacher at Mary L. Welty Elementary School, was the latest Nogales Unified School District educator to be honored at a governing board meeting for outstanding service.

NUSD and the governing board honored two special education teachers at the governing board meeting on Feb. 13, 2017.

Nogales Unified School District Superintendent Fernando Parra began a new tradition at the governing board meeting Jan. 30, 2017 by recognizing an outstanding teacher.

Thanks to our voters for supporting NUSD #1 efforts to join the Pima County Joint Technical Education.

The National Endowment of the Arts has awarded the Nogales High School mariachi program its second grant in two years, this time for $40,000.