Navajo Elementary School Home Page

Phone: 480-484-2600
Fax: 480-484-2601
Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm
School Hours: 8:45am - 3:15pm
Navajo Elementary School
4525 N. Granite Reef Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251      MAP
Shaun Holmes, Principal
Steve Richie, Assistant Principal
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Upcoming Events
Today
Repeating Event - Coffee With Shaun
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9/6/2010
9/7/2010
9/8/2010
9/9/2010
Repeating Event - Science PD (Optional)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
 
District Announcements
Heat Index Report

Scottsdale Unified School District is committed to protecting the health and safety of our students and staff while providing and encouraging appropriate physical activities and opportunities during the school day. While it is important for children to exercise, we are mindful of the outside temperature and heat index. There are times that students’ activities may be altered due to the weather. We monitor daily the temperature, heat index, and air quality as we determine the level of outdoor activity for our students. If you have any questions, please contact your school nurse.
Bond Program Road Show

Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) is hosting a 2010 Bond Program Road Show at each complex to provide factual information to the community about the upcoming bond initiative. Each meetings will include a presentation from Superintendent Dr. Gary T. Catalani and Dr. David Peterson, assistant superintendent of facilities and operations, followed by a Q&A session for the public. SUSD Administrators will also be present. See Road Show Dates
Superintendent Dr. Gary T. Catalani's September Letter

School has been in session for a few weeks at Scottsdale Unified School District. During the first few days of school, District administrators were on campuses to help assist principals with morning arrival and afternoon dismissal of our students. Although there were some initial challenges, I am proud of how staff, students and parents worked together to get the 2010-11 school year off to a good start. see September Letter
Elementary School Parent/Teacher Conferences

Elementary School Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled for the week of October 25th and January 31st. Each school will send out additional information regarding specific times.
See STEM in Action!

NAVAJO: A STEM Focus School. Home of the Buffalos!
KIDS Club: Before and After School Care

Childcare is available starting at 6:30am and after school till 6:00pm through Community Schools for a monthly fee. For more details click here. To see the Navajo Flyer click here.
Navajo is proud to be a STEM focus school
The following are things we have done to advance that focus:
  • We have hired a Science Specialist who coordinates all things science.
  • We have retained our Technology Specialist who coordinates all things related to technology. Together, our Science and Technology Specialists work to coordinate those STEM initiatives we adopt.
  • Lego Robotics have been incorporated into many of our technology classes.
  • The ASU School of Sustainability has agreed to provide us with a meteorological station, giving us access to real time weather data that connects to our science curriculum. They will be doing research on watershed using Navajo as one of many points of data collection, and will be working with Navajo students on a variety of weather related labs this spring.
  • The ASU Ira Fulton School of Engineering continues to work closely with us to implement a program they have designed specifically for Navajo. Science & Engineering Enriching the Development of Students (SEEDS) will bring high interest lab activities, after school clubs, field trips for Navajo students, and professional development for our teachers.
  • We are working with Project Astro to provide Navajo students with access to an astronomer and his equipment so that they have greater exposure to concepts involving seasons, solar systems, constellations, and phases of the moon.
  • We are working with NASA and their 3-D View Science Education Program to enrich our science curriculum.
  • We are in the process of developing lunchtime clubs that promote various topics in science.
  • And to guide it all, we have a Steering Committee in place that oversees all we do with respect to our STEM focus.
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Scottsdale Unified School District receives national recognition

Scottsdale Unified School District was recently named as one of the top public schools for midsized U.S. cities by www.greatschools.org. Great Schools also stated that “Scottsdale’s school system is considered one of the best in Arizona.”


Navajo teams compete for State Championship
Saturday December 12th, four teams from Navajo competed for the state title in the First Lego League. Students have been practicing after school with student coaches from Scottsdale Community College with robots. Students must measure distances in a variety of mazes and calculate instructions in a computer program and give presentations to a panel of judges. The competition took place at ASU. The team calls itself "RoboBuffs."
Easy convenient way to raise $$$ for Navajo
eScrip is proven to be a fantastic resource for fundraising where participating business partners contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to the school, group or organization of your choice. Visit www.escrip.com for more information. Our id is 6541532. Click here to register. Start shopping at the escrip on-line mall.
Mission Statement
Navajo BUILDs character, competence, and community.

BUILD is our newly developed acronym that represents the expectations we have established. The Discipline Committee developed BUILD with input from teachers, parents, and students.

B Be Safe
U Unity
I Individual Responsibility
L Live Respectfully
D Demonstrate Trustworthiness
COMMUNITY CONNECTION


Click here to view all of the Community Connection e-newsletters. This parent/community e-newsletter is published and distributed twice a month by the Communications & Marketing department. Community Connection e-newsletter features District, student and school news.




Our Real-Time Weather Station is Here!
Navajo has its very own weather station above B wing and it’s hooked up, tracking data, and ready to go.  You may now check out many of the outside weather conditions right here at our very own school! Be sure to check out the big display box on the demonstration table in the lab when you’re in there next time. Very useful for all of those weather units many of our teachers are teaching. Click on the red "Enjoy!" and type in 85251 in the upper right side. Then, click GO! Enjoy! Diana Campbell- Navajo Science Coordinator


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