Literacy Abounds with ThanksgivingBACK!
Bookmans has long been a supporter of literacy, and you can help us meet our book donation goals with ThanksgivingBACK! You’ve heard it before – reading is fundamental. That means that literacy is an essential skill that children can build on from early childhood. Literacy…
Spread Kindness with ThanksgivingBACK Books!
Bookmans has long been a supporter of literacy, and you can be too with ThanksgivingBACK! You’ve heard it before – reading is fundamental. That means that literacy is an essential skill that children can build on from early childhood. Literacy helps children develop necessary groundwork…
College Scholarship Roundup!
What do most high school juniors and seniors need? Money and scholarship access for college. Ideally, your parents or guardians have been adding to your college fund from the moment you are born. However, if you’re like most Americans, you do not have that college…
Spread the Love of Giving!
Did you know that the state of Arizona has over 15,000 registered 501(c)3 charitable organizations? All of these organizations have committed to providing vital services in many forms to our communities. So, why is volunteering important? Volunteers provide economic support to those in need through…
New Years Resolutions Guaranteed To Succeed!
Fact: 90% of the people who make New Year’s resolutions loathe them. Of the 100% of those people try to succeed, only .05% actually stick to their resolutions beyond the third week of January. Also, a fact: 100% of that statement was written by an individual…
Growing Waldorf Education with Desert Marigold
We recently caught up with Bookmans School Challenge 2013 finalist and $3000 winner, Desert Marigold School (DMS). As a public charter school inspired by Waldorf education, DMS focuses on giving students a world-class education, complete with arts, crafts, music, movement and experiential learning. Their popular…
Exploring the Great Outdoors with Alpine Leadership Academy
Alpine Leadership Academy is anything but your average center for learning. This 2013 Bookmans School Challenge winner is a 2-year magnet learning program based out of Mount Elden Middle School in Flagstaff. In the 4 years since its inception, Alpine successfully created a curriculum focused…
Stay Sharp with Bookmans This Summer
School is out for summer and we’re giving ourselves the break we deserve. We’ve traded our backpacks for swim trunks and textbooks for television. We’re having the time of our lives. We don’t want to think about education when we’re having this much fun, but…
Science Rules at Bookmans
Science is amazing. It is incredible to think that science happens everywhere! No matter where you look, science, all the time. And so many different fields of scientific study! Earth sciences (geology, hydrology, ecology), natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics), and social sciences (anthropology, psychology, sociology)…
Pueblo Magnet High School Wins 2014 Bookmans School Challenge
Pueblo Magnet High School in Tucson impressed the Bookmans School Challenge committee with their application, video submission and site visit to earn a $15,000, no-strings attached cash award. Safford K-8 Magnet International Baccalaureate World School in Tucson and Dobson High School in Mesa also won…
Bookmans Announces Three Finalists in the 2014 Bookmans School Challenge
As finalists in the 2014 Bookmans School Challenge, Dobson High School in Mesa, Pueblo Magnet High School in Tucson and Safford K-8 Magnet International Baccalaureate World School in Tucson secured $3,000 for their schools and continue to vie for the top prize of $15,000 in…
Meet 2014 Bookmans School Challenge Semi-finalist Northland Preparatory Academy
Congratulations to Northland Preparatory Academy, one of ten semi-finalists in the 2014 Bookmans School Challenge. You can help Northland get to the finals where they would be guaranteed $3,000 and compete for $15,000 by voting for them in our FaceBookmans poll beginning February 17. [*…
Meet 2014 Bookmans School Challenge Semi-finalist Mountain Sky Junior High School
Congratulations to Mountain Sky Junior High School, one of ten semi-finalists in the 2014 Bookmans School Challenge. You can help Mountain Sky get to the finals where they would be guaranteed $3,000 and compete for $15,000 by voting for them in our FaceBookmans poll beginning…
Meet 2014 Bookmans School Challenge Semi-Finalist Santa Rita High School
Congratulations to Santa Rita High School, one of ten semi-finalists in the 2014 Bookmans School Challenge. You can help Santa Rita get to the finals where they would be guaranteed $3,000 and compete for $15,000 by voting for them in our FaceBookmans poll beginning February…
2014 Bookmans School Challenge Top 10
[Archived: First published on January 6, 2014] Ten Arizona schools distinguish themselves as semi-finalists in the 2014 Bookmans School Challenge and have a shot at a total of $21,000 in cash. The third annual challenge yielded submissions from elementary, middle and high schools from around…
Maxwell Middle School Shares School Challenge Experience
Maxwell Middle School in Tucson became a 2013 Bookmans School Challenge finalist and $3,000 cash winner for their exemplary commitment to literacy, inspiring educational techniques and staff and family dedication to the success of the program. Maxwell Middle exemplifies Bookmans’ core value of literacy and…
Bookmans Announces the Three Finalists in the 2013 Bookmans School Challenge
Desert Marigold School in Phoenix, Maxwell Middle School in Tucson and Alpine Leadership Academy in Flagstaff distinguish themselves among the ten schools vying for $15,000 in cash as part of the Bookmans School Challenge. All of the video submissions from the semi-final round illustrate creativity…
Announcing the Top 10 Bookmans School Challenge Semi-finalists
Ten Arizona schools distinguished themselves to become semi-finalists in the 2013 Bookmans School Challenge for innovative and creative educational efforts. The second annual challenge yielded submissions from elementary, middle and high schools from around the state with programs in academics, athletics, fine/performing arts and community…