When it comes to our school careers, everybody has a lot to say about their experience—whether they succeeded by putting a lot of effort into studying and earning high praise for their work, whether they achieved success by volunteering and helping others out, or whether their success came by competing in a sport and understanding […]

Defining what is wrong and right about relationships can be tricky. There are many different dynamics within many different social circles that can complicate things. It is vital to understand boundaries, both boundaries of others and boundaries for ourselves. February was National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, providing an opportunity to explore aspects […]

Defining what is wrong and right about relationships can be tricky. There are many different dynamics within many different social circles that can complicate things. It is vital to understand boundaries, both boundaries of others and boundaries for ourselves. February was National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, providing an opportunity to explore aspects […]

Boys & Girls Club members from the Red Mountain and Lehi branches are two of the seven 2020-21 finalists for the Youth of the Year award, presented through the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale. Club member Kennise McGertt will be representing the Red Mountain Branch and Zaria Gonzalez will be representing the Lehi […]

In our household we have a new teenage driver. When she leaves the house, a flood of uncertainties goes through my head: Did we teach her enough about driving? Is she paying attention to everything around her? She better not be texting! I’m sure these thoughts go through the minds of a lot of parents […]

For Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on December 7, youth in grades K-12 used their imagination to draw, color or paint an image in remembrance of Pearl Harbor or the USS Arizona. Each winner received a $50 gift card to a Talking Stick Entertainment District partner property. Because this was the inaugural contest, it was decided […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Angelina Montoya is the 15-year-old daughter of Julio and Melissa Montoya and a ninth-grade student at Westwood High School. She started playing basketball at age 9 in the Salt River Friendship Youth Sports League.  Montoya has had the opportunity to play in many league games and tournaments across the […]

Good deeds did not go unnoticed in December 2020, as Bishop Tyronne Stowe and members of Victory Life Church in Chandler donated 50 bikes to Salt River foster children. With limited resources, and realizing the need for and benefit of bikes for children in foster or kinship care, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community foster/kinship licensing […]