PAL Prairie Pup News

Vote TODAY! Help MUSD retain the title of Best Place to Work! Celebrate your favorite school, teacher, and/or principal by voting in the Tucson Local Media Best of the Northwest contest!

Find your career at Marana Schools! MUSD is hosting a Job Fair on Saturday,  Feb 1 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Mountain View High School Library. Numerous support staff and certified/exempt positions across MUSD schools and the District are being filled. 

MUSD’s Marana Cares Mobile food bus will be on the streets again during the upcoming 2024 Winter Break serving FREE, nutritious and delicious meals to ALL children.

MUSD is one of the 60 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) chosen to participate in the 2024-2025 Energy Champions Leading the Advancement of Sustainable Schools program.

Cultural Event Night brought families together for a hands-on journey into the art of painting and etching horse hair ornaments. 

The renewal of the existing override allows us to continue to offer full-day kindergarten, elementary and secondary school electives, access to counselors, and protect class sizes. The approved increase of approximately $5 million will be used for people, specifically to increase teacher and support staff salaries and wages.

A generous $33,000 donation from the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene will help provide nutritious snacks to students identified as chronically hungry through the district’s Power Pack Program. 

MUSD celebrates Substitute Educator Appreciation Day on November 22. Thank you to all of our substitute teachers at MUSD who support Marana Schools and our students!

MUSD is proud to announce Lindsey Lara, pre-K teacher at Play & Learn PAL Preschool, and Danielle Schroeder, teacher at Mountain View High School, were named Raytheon Leader in Education Award winners!

MUSD Student and Family Services hosted a successful Winter Warm Up event, providing jackets, winter clothing and blankets to more than 230 people.

Reduce taxes, benefit MUSD students! The state of Arizona allows taxpayers to receive a dollar-to-dollar tax credit (up to $400) on state taxes for donations that benefit students in public schools!

Open Enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year opens November 1! Open enrollment is for students who wish to attend a MUSD school where they do not live within the school’s attendance boundaries.

Dr. Streeter discussed Prop 411 and the two new schools coming to MUSD, Marana Vista Academy (Formerly iChoose Academy) and the new K-8 in Gladden Farms, on the Local Marana Podcast.

Marana Schools doubled its number of A-rated schools, from 5 to 10 in one year, the most A-rated schools in MUSD’s history!

Sarah Whaley of Play & Learn PAL Preschool was featured on the Local Marana podcast, sharing about the importance of early intervention for children with disabilities.