Ugly? Have you ever thought about where the “ugly sweater” came from? The National Day calendar says it started as a joke. A resale retail store noticed an unruly amount of unfortunate sweaters knitted by relatives—or ridiculously decorated ones—coming in their doors. As a joke they put them up for sale.

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Costa Rica is a small country with very big goals: to become the first country to be plastic-free and carbon-free by 2021!

Since 2014, the country’s energy has run on 99 percent renewable sources. In 2015, Costa Rica ran for 75 consecutive days on fully renewable energy, and they did it... Read more

Photo courtesy of Allison Lince-Bentley/wikimedia.org
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Top photo courtesy of Allison Lince-Bentley/wikimedia.org

Floods Hit Venice!

Last month, the Italian city of Venice faced its worst flooding in more than 50 years.

In 1966, 6 feet 4 inches of water overwhelmed Venice and caused significant damage... Read more

There are so many areas of our lives that are directly impacted by the STEM movement, and its potential is pretty much limitless! When we focus our efforts in STEM to understanding the concepts, applying things creatively, understanding what’s happening around us, and using STEM to better our communities, the planet and beyond—we are really moving things forward.

Robotics and drone...Read more

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Scottsdale Public Library's

Annual

Ultimate Play Date

Saturday, December 7

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Civic Center Library outside on the lawn

Click for more information: www.scottsdalelibrary.org/ultimateplaydate

Date: 
Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 10:00am to Sunday, December 8, 2019 - 2:30pm
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 Thanksgiving can be a great time to be thankful and appreciate who and what we have. It is also a time for families and friends to get together and enjoy other’s company.

 We did a poll of the students and teachers to learn what they are thankful for. We asked, “What are you thankful for and why?” The second question we asked is, “Who are you thankful for and why?” We found out the following:

• Ky’mhere is thankful for his family and parents because, “they are the only ones I have.”

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BARRO’S PIZZA HOSTS EIGHTH ANNUAL DORAN BARRO HOLIDAY HUNGER FIGHT, DEC. 3, AT ALL VALLEY LOCATIONS

One Hundred Percent Of The Proceeds From All Sales On Dec. 3 Will Go To St. Mary’s Food Bank

Date: 
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 12:00am to 11:30pm
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