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Six Desert Meadows Youth and Government Club members participated in a mock trial at the recent Judicial Conference hosted by the Valley of the Sun YMCA.

Members prepared for several weeks by digging through the details of a case — preparing questions, opening and closing statements, and witness testimony. They combed through police reports, affidavits, and evidence, just as they would in an actual case.

They participated in two trial simulations and were scored by a judging panel on their statements, arguments, questions, etc.

The team; consisting of Emily Cota, Alexandria Grayman, Arianna Quintero, Luis Ruiz Piñon, Jeffery Jackson-Martinez, and Shahid Clarke; took 3rd Place out of the eight middle school teams that competed.

View this month’s Paw Prints newsletter, published by Desert Meadows’ Newspaper Club.

Desert Meadows Principal J.P. Ketcham was honored with the district’s Pinnacle of Leadership Award at the September Governing Board meeting. This award honors administrators for their exceptional leadership, outstanding accomplishment, and dedicated service to Laveen’s students and community.

All Laveen schools will move to a closed campus when the new school year begins in August 2018. Read the principal’s letter for more information.

Desert Meadows will be adding a preschool for the 2018-19 school year. Registration for this program begins February 6, 2018.

The tuition-based program will be run by certified teachers and will have the same operating hours as our school, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Preschool will be open to children that are four and five years old. Three-year-olds may be accepted depending on available space. Children must be potty-trained prior to enrolling.

Please visit the district Preschool page for more details.

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Desert Meadows celebrated Computer Science Education Week by participating in Hour of Code. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade learned about careers in computer science and had the opportunity to code their own app, game or website. We encourage parents to join the Hour of Code movement by going to Code.org.

Desert Meadows invited several veterans to the campus in honor of Veterans Day. After being treated to breakfast in the library, the current and former service members visited classrooms to discuss their military experiences. One of the special guests was a Korean War vet and great-grandfather to a Meadows student.