FREDONIA — For the first time, a yellow school bus with a STUFF THE BUS sign greeted visitors in the parking lot of the Fredonia-Moccasin Unified School District during its annual Back-to-School Night on Monday, Aug. 12.
Parents and other visitors loaded the school bus with boxes and bags filled with school supplies.
We are proud to have Peter Van Wyck serving as President of the Board of Directors and President of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth.
(Editor’s note: Part of a continuing series of profiles of CCC&Y partners and members)
His efforts to help communities in need have taken him to the far reaches of Mongolia and brought him right back to Coconino County to help families and communities throughout the region.
Peter Van Wyck serves as the Regional Director for First Things First, which partners with families and communities throughout Arizona to support the healthy development of young children, including serving the Hopi, Havasupai and the Kaibab Band of Paiute people, as well as others in the Coconino region. Click here to become a member
Kids are heading back to school this month and they’re likely full of first-day jitters, even some anxiety over new teachers and homework. Some schools in Flagstaff are trying to reduce stress in the classroom by giving lessons in mindfulness. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports from a classroom at Flagstaff Junior Academy, where a group of first and second graders are giving it a try.
