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O’odham Action News covered the Salt River Elementary Kindergarten graduation on Monday May, 18, 2026. Click here to check out OAN’s graduation insert!
O’odham Action News covered the Salt River Schools Sixth graduation at the Accelerated Learning Academy on Wednesday May, 20, 2026. Click here to check out OAN’s 2026 Graduation insert!
“Who’s ready to see the flowers?” Early Childhood Education Leader Heaven Sepulveda asked a group of young students at the Cultural Resources Department Community Garden on the morning of April 14 in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The kids traveled to the garden via bus and learned about a...
A new leader has started at the Early Childhood Education Center at Salt River Schools. Dr. Heaven Sepulveda was recently announced as ECEC’s new leader. To help ensure that parents, guardians and families could have the opportunity to meet her, ECEC held two welcome gatherings on Feb. 23 and 24...
Salt River Elementary School student Ava Sixkiller is the winner of the AZ529 Art Contest,Kindergarten division. “I like to draw all the time,” said Sixkiller, who is always excited to get the opportunity to draw at school. She will receive $529 toward her AZ529 Education Savings Plan, a college savings...
A special performance took place at Salt River Schools in February. On February 5, the Education Native Language and Cultural team hosted a night of traditional storytelling at the Accelerated Learning Academy lecture hall. Stories were told by Culture Teacher Teresa Gonzales and Culture Specialist Hilary Smith. Before the storytelling...
The little ones chopped and mixed ingredients together on a recent morning at Salt River Schools. Their tiny hands were busy, and the smiling was contagious across the room. The Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) took salad to the next level with the Blue Watermelon Project and Salt River Schools...
In the O’odham language, vaila or waila means dance. Vaila is also known by many as chicken scratch, a type of music and social dance that brings everyone together for a good time. For many Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and those of sibling tribes, vailas are significant throughout their whole lives. There...
The program operates under the SRPMIC Education Division and offers free developmental screenings for children up to 5 years old. 3 Takeaways: Early childhood is a formative time that shapes how children develop as they grow into toddlers, tweens, teenagers and adults. Here in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community,...
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