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Two UHS seniors named Flinn Scholars

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Conrad Hom and Allyson Yoder, both of whom will be graduating in May, have accepted Flinn Scholarships, becoming the latest in a long list of UHS students who have received this prestigious honor. The Flinn Foundation partners with Arizona’s three state universities to provide scholars with the following: Free tuition and room and board; Funding [...]

April 12th, 2012 | Posted in News,Top | Read More »

UHS End-of-the-Year Rave

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Mark your calendars because the infamous RUHS Stage Crew is planning a brand new event: an end-of-the-year rave/dance party! Hosted in the South Gym, Stage Crew (with their usual swag) will be providing music, drinks and food, and a brand-new experimental light show in celebration of finishing the 2011-2012 school year. Those lights you saw [...]

April 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Events,Top | Read More »

Awards and Accolades, March 26, 2012

University High students are certainly impressing! Feburary and March were filled with many competitions and Penguins excelled in all of them. There’s a lot to be proud of this semester.   Band At the ABODA Competition on March 2nd, the Rincon and University High Schools Marching Band won Superior with Distinction.   Choir The following [...]

March 26th, 2012 | Posted in News | Read More »

Photograph of the Week: Campus Tree Planting

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UHS Students help beautify the campus on Sunday, March 4. Under the plans of last year’s AP Environmental Studies class, a total of 27 new trees were planted.

March 6th, 2012 | Posted in Photograph of the Week | Read More »

Photograph of the Week: Poetry Out Loud

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1st and 2nd place winners of the UHS Poetry Out Loud Competition–senior Shelia Dong and freshman Amanda Bressler–at the UA Poetry Center during the Southern Arizona Regional Finals on March 1.

March 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Photograph of the Week | Read More »

Photograph(s) of the Week: Esperanza Dance Project Debuts

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RUHS Dance teacher, Beth Braun Miscione’s Esperanza Dance Project debuted the “House of Hope,” which raises awareness of sexual abuse, before a high school audience Tuesday, February 22nd at University and Rincon High School. Read the Perspective’s article on the project here. Photo Credits: Lindsay Mulcahy, UHS 2012.

February 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Photograph of the Week | Read More »

Photograph(s) of the Week: Mardi Gras Floats

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UHS first and second year French students celebrated Mardi Gras by forming krewes and submitting their entries in the 6th annual shoebox float contest.

February 21st, 2012 | Posted in Photograph of the Week | Read More »

Awards and Accolades, February 20, 2012

Math Club Currently, UHS is 3rd in the nation in the Sigma Mathematics League, which is a freshman-only math contest. In our 12-state regional division of the Mandlebrot Competition, Math Club’s first tier and second tier teams are in 15th and 35th places respectively. Additionally, senior Xiao Wang is in 27th place as an individual. UHS [...]

February 20th, 2012 | Posted in News | Read More »

Thirteen seniors named National Merit Finalists

Emma E. Baker

Jingjing Fan

William A. Fines

Andrew G. Loucks

Brian T. McElroy

Reed Thomas Patterson III

Delia Pepper

Emeric Quade

Anna Andrea Sanova

Nicole M. Urman

Samuel C. Williams

Allyson J. Yoder

Zhenglong Zhou

February 14th, 2012 | Posted in News | Read More »

Come and Get Your Love 2012

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—– Cara, my almost wifey dear, I think this is pretty clear that once we are married our lives will be grand. We will go to the beach and play in the sand. We’ll go hang out with Buffy. And hate bunnies that are fluffy. We’ll slay some vampires and then slay their sires. Love, [...]

February 13th, 2012 | Posted in Features,Top | Read More »

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