Each year, the Laveen Elementary School District hosts a Winter Festival for the community. The 10th annual Laveen Winter Festival is scheduled for Friday, December 1, 2023. The event runs from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the David Glasser Athletic Complex, 5001 W. Dobbins.

This year’s Winter Festival will feature obstacle courses (for both big and little kids), games, activities, student performances, photo opportunities, holiday gift vendors, food, and much more!

Admission is free. Tickets will be available for purchase for select activities. Credit cards accepted.

All proceeds benefit the Laveen Education Foundation.

Visit our Winter Festival page for more info.

See the schedule of student performances.

This year’s festival is sponsored by

Premier Sponsor Chasse Building Team
Silver Sponsor Ghaster Painting & Coatings
Bronze Sponsor Laveen Dance

Each Spring, all students in Grades 3-8 participate in the statewide academic achievement test. The test, Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA), measures a student’s mastery of the standards in two subjects: Math and English Language Arts (Reading and Writing). We had 70 students from across the district achieve perfect scores in either of the tested areas. We also had thousands of students who worked very hard throughout the year and on this assessment and we congratulated them.

At the September Governing Board, we recognized 13 students that have achieved perfect scores in consecutive years. This is an amazing accomplishment that is worth celebrating.

Each year the district recognizes select administrators who exhibit exceptional leadership, outstanding accomplishment, and dedicated service to Laveen’s students and community. This year we are recognizing Tim Thomas, Asst. Superintendent of Human Resources; Jon Rohloff, Principal of Paseo Pointe; Kaitlin Gretkierewicz, Asst. Principal of Desert Meadows; Megan Hamburgh, Principal of Rogers Ranch; Asia Glover, Asst. Principal of Estrella Foothills; Nancy Ramirez, Director of Federal Grants; and Robert Jacobson, Director of Support Services.

We had some outstanding 5th-8th grade students participate in the Math Olympiad competition during their gifted time at Paseo Pointe, M.C. Cash, and Estrella Foothills in May. Several students were awarded with gold and silver pins for scoring in the top 2% and top 10% in the country, and the rest of our participating students received patches for scoring in the top 11-50%. One student, Benton Abegg of Paseo Pointe, received a medallion for earning a perfect score.