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Cactus Canyon enriches with creative writing and digital storytelling
By Pauline Harner Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon has added some new enrichment classes for the second quarter. One of them is creative writing, which is taught by John Leal. The other teacher is...
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Students go to Mesa Arts Center to see speakers
By Shea W. Cougar News Blog Students dove into a learning experience when they went to the Mesa Arts Center Nov. 13 to see two photographers speak about the marine wildlife they take pictures of....
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Cactus Canyon sends bee winners to district competition
Theresa VanPelt Cougar News Blog All of Cactus Canyon has been buzzing about the winners of this year’s school spelling bee. Champion Alaya Walton and the four other winners had to go...
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Book Club competes in annual battle
By Raylan Jena Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon Jr. High recently had its annual Battle of the Books, which isn’t books fighting each other, but Book Club students answering trivia questions about...
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Students learn history through comics
By Natalie D. Cougar News Blog Eighth graders at Cactus Canyon have been flying into history in a new way this semester in John Leal’s new study skills class. Leal’s new comic book class is a...
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Reading enrichment encourages a love of reading
By Cassie Wallace Cougar News Blog James Gibson, an eighth grade social studies teacher at Cactus Canyon has a new enrichment class, Study Skills Reading. The study skills classes are made to give...
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Marissa Meyer visits CCJH for book presentation
By Alaya Walton Cougar News Blog Nothing is better than a good old-fashioned fairy tale once in a while, but what if you could read a new kind of fairy tale? Many students took advantage of a...
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Walton represents CCJH at state spelling bee
By Natalie D. Cougar News Blog At Cactus Canyon there is a girl who went past everyone’s expectations in a competition that most kids don’t participate in. Eight grader Alaya Walton won first...
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Readers to be rewarded with pool party
By Natalie D. Cougar News Blog Students at Cactus Canyon have a pool party to look forward to if they love to read and can show it. On May 15, students have the possibility of going to the...
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I Love to Read Week encourages reading for fun
By Alyssa Flores Cougar News Blog Book club has a week full of plans to get students and CCJH staff to read. “I Love to Read” week is April 28-May 1 and is a week for CCJH to show their love for...
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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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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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Spellers advance to district bee
By Chris Munro Cougar News Blog A fierce competition took place at Cactus Canyon’s spelling bee. Dozens of students competed on Dec. 10 to determine who would advance to the district bee on Jan....
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Dioramas help with visualization of novel
By Stella deVargas Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon Junior High students in Tammy Howard’s third-hour class are making dioramas using individual creativity to help them visualize and better...
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Stockbroker project teaches decision making, media skills
By James Armstrong Cougar News Blog In a learning experience that really had its ups and downs, Cactus Canyon eighth grade language arts teacher Tammy Howard has given her students a stockbroker...
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Debate project teaches students to support arguments, act professionally
By Chelsey McCarthy Cougar News Blog Everyone likes to be right about something. Cactus Canyon teacher John Leal is starting a debating campaign for the students in his classes for the eighth...
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FITE Nite provides opportunity for families to learn together
By Chloe Mayes Cougar News Blog Cactus Canyon will host FITE Nite from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29. The event gives families an opportunity to learn what their kids has been doing...
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