Today, South Upward and Onward helped their community by hosting Market on the Move, a mobile market where members of the community can stop by and receive multiple boxes filled with fresh food for $10 šš„¦š
The interns had an assembly system for creating the boxes of food and even checked people in and loaded vehicles. We are so proud of them for their hard work giving back to our community. š Follow @upwardandonwardsmhs for their future Market on the Move events!









Yesterday, Central Culinary had an exciting afternoon after individuals from Project Roots arrived with three brand new grow towers for them to grow their own ingredients in the classroom šæ Culinary students had the opportunity to assemble the grow towers themselves, and they are excited to grow fresh ingredients on their own. Congratulations, Central Culinary! š










Tonight, the PXU Governing Board had some incredible celebrations š First, the Board recognized our Questbridge Matches from across the district. Congratulations to Suri Hernandez Chavez, Sofia Villa, Sara John, Susanne Guerrero Sanchez, Miraje Jemal (not pictured) and Fabian Melton (not pictured). The Board also recognized Kauwan Ellis, Safety Team Member from Cesar Chavez who recently saved a studentās life, making local and national news for his act of heroism. Congratulations to all who were recognized!


Happy School Board Recognition Month! We are thankful for our Board for all they do for our district. The next PXU Board Meeting is tonight! If you cannot make it in person, tune in virtually at PXU.org/JanuaryBoardMeeting!

PXU Family, we are so excited to kick off the second semester tomorrow! We will see everyone back on campuses tomorrow to finish out the 2025-2026 school year strong š„

Mayen Usoro is a senior at Cesar Chavez who is a track superstar āļø Breaking state records as early as her freshman year, she plans to continue her track career in college. Read more about Mayen in the latest edition of our magazine at PXU.org/Magazine š»

Now that it's 2026, Class of 2026, graduation will be here before you know it šIt is not too early to make plans. Here is the schedule. Visit PXU.org/Graduation for more details including parking info!



PXU family, we hope that your break has been great! Just a reminder that school is back in session for the second semester on Monday, January 5! Please look out for scheduling communications from your schools for our first day back.

Happy New Year, PXU Familyš We are looking forward to this new year with our incredible studentsš„ Let's make this year our best one yet!

Happy New Year's Eve, PXU Family š„Thank you for spending 2025 with us, and we look forward to another year with our incredible students āØ

Dominik Hart is a sophomore at Camelback Montessori who is very involved on campus and is considering a semester abroad in Germany š©šŖ Learn more about Dominik in the latest edition of our magazine at PXU.org/Magazine š»

Luis Aguilar Munoz is a senior at Trevor G. Browne who plans to study either robotics or engineering to prepare for employment at a local company like Intel, Honeywell, or SRP š Read his full story in the latest edition of our magazine at PXU.org/Magazine š»

Javier Godinez is a senior at Central High School who plans to attend college in California to study dermatology šRead his full story in the latest edition of our magazine at PXU.org/Magazine š»

Gracie Talavera is a freshman at Alhambra who is a part of the brand new 3DE program! Learn more about her and the 3DE program in the latest edition of our magazine at PXU.org/Magazine š»

Trang Tran is a senior at Bioscience who plans to attend college to study both psychology and education with the hopes of becoming a professor š Read her full story in the latest edition of our magazine at PXU.org/Magazine š»

Happy Holiday Season, PXU Family! No matter what you celebrate or where you celebrate, we are thinking of you and hope you have a great Holiday season. ā¤ļø

Happy Winter Break! Just a reminder that PXU is closed until Monday, January 5. We will see you in the new year!

PXU Family, we hope you have a safe and restful break! Reminder that PXU schools and work sites are closed until Monday, January 5. We will see everyone back on campuses in the new year āØ

Today, students from across PXU traveled to Phoenix College to participate in Coding in Colorās Day of Compute š» This event is for students with interest in STEM fields to explore the options they may not know are available to them. What an incredible opportunity for our students! Thank you to Coding in Color and Phoenix College for welcoming our students.










Today, Phoenix Coding Academy was the place to be! PCA 9th graders held a stop motion film festival where they watched multiple stop motion films created by the students themselves š„ We are always so impressed with the talent of our students. Way to go, PCA!









