News

Check out the amazing things happening in our communities! These news clips and articles highlight our Restart SMART Sites or Higher Ground.

In The News

  • Southside, community schools represent impact on student performance at national conference

  • Wakefield Middle School leads the way in bringing Judo to Southside students

  • Southside principal shares the "magic" she brings to rebuild her school's reputation

  • Free judo classes with Tucson Dojo

  • Making a positive impact on the southside: the mission of Southside Community School

  • Program brings affordable preschool for families at Safford K-8

  • Lawrence 3-8 School making strides with consistent improvement

  • Safford K-8 Downtown jumps from 'F' letter grade to a 'B'

  • Utterback Middle School staff give over 100 families the gift of a Thanksgiving meal

  • Teachers from four TUSD schools come together to prepare for new school year

    Teachers from four TUSD schools come together to prepare for new school year

  • Utterback Middle School now a B school

  • Restart SMART gets $1 million grant to continue serving K-8 & families

  • 25 women from 14 different countries become U.S. citizens

  • Tucson Community Schools Initiative Celebrates Success with AmeriCorps

  • Jackson Simmermon (right), 8, works on virtual learning with Higher Ground education CEO and co-founder Jansen Azarias (left) at the Tucson Medical Center in Tucson on Mar. 1, 2021.

    Tucson Medical Center opens school for kids

  • Check this out: Esports Gaming Lounge for Utterback Middle School students

  • Higher Ground receives $2.3M grant

  • Tucson non-profit Higher Ground receives $2.3 million grant to help empower underserved communities

  • Doolen Middle School receives $15K from the Kellogg Company

  • Higher Ground Resource Center recent impact report shows improvements in attendance and behavior

  • Safford K-8 School now offers high school credit courses for students

  • Local nonprofit Higher Ground receives TEP 2023 Social Impact Award

  • New pride club brings students and school leaders together at Tucson middle school