Phoenix Union High School District -

Today, PXU hosted our Job Fair at Central High School and had a great turnout 🎉 Thank you to everyone who works to put our Job Fair together, and congratulations to all who signed letters of intent today! 🔥

Tonight, Central and Carl Hayden Boys Basketball played an amazing game against one another 🏀 Central will advance to the semifinals after winning the game 71-44. We are so proud of both teams for making it this far in the season! Congratulations to both Hayden and Central, and we wish Central luck in the next round ❤️🖤

Today, the US Department of Labor and the Industrial Commission of Arizona held a presentation at South to educate students on youth workers’ rights. We are excited to have had this opportunity, and we hope our students learned a lot 🎉

Today, via Arizona House Proclamation, is officially Adrian “Ace” Stubbs Day! The Proclamation was read on the House floor today with the entire Maryvale Basketball team in attendance. We are so proud of Adrian! Thank you to the Arizona House of Representatives, to Representative Hernandez, Representative and PXU Board Member Marquez, and to the entire Maryvale community for their support. 🎉

The PXU Job Fair is in 1 week 🚨 Join PXU for our annual Job Fair on Saturday, February 28 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM at Central High School. Leave with your next job in education lined up ✅ Visit PXU.org/Talent for more info and to see what positions are available.

PXU is proud to share the news of another Class of 2026 Million Dollar Scholar 🎉 Gilbert Torres from Phoenix Coding Academy has reached over $1.1M in total offered scholarships. He plans to attend Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to study computer science. Congratulations, Gilbert! 👏

PXU Families, please watch this video address from PXU Governing Board President Francisco Pastor-Rivera. https://youtu.be/Adtr9ltAYhk

Today is Presidents' Day! Phoenix Union schools and offices are closed in honor of today's holiday and will reopen tomorrow. We hope you have a fun and safe long weekend! 🔥

Attention North High School, Academies at South, Wilson College Prep, and Bioscience High School families! We invite you to attend a community listening session hosted by Governing Board President Francisco Pastor-Rivera and Ward 2 Governing Board Member Signa Oliver on Friday, February 20, 2026, from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm in the North High School Library. The listening session will focus on future goals and guardrails being developed by the Board. Have your voice heard in this important process! Light refreshments will be available for those in attendance.

Happy Birthday to our beautiful home state, Arizona! 114 years ago today, Arizona became the 48th state in the United States of America. We are proud to call this state home. ❤️

PXU Family, just a reminder that we have a 3 day weekend and our schools will be closed on Monday, February 16! We’ll see everyone back on campuses on Tuesday✨

We visited Betty Fairfax today to check out their Future Freshman Day 🩵💙 Hundreds of 8th graders from the Laveen Elementary School District made their way to Fairfax to see all of the incredible programs and offerings there. We are so excited to welcome the class of 2030 to our campuses next school year! 🔥

Today was a huge day for the Maryvale community! Students from Maryvale GTA and the Maryvale Basketball Team made their way down to the Capitol to be recognized by the Arizona Senate through Proclamations, one in honor of the Basketball Team and one in honor of Maryvale GTA 📜💛🖤 Thank you to Senator Analise Ortiz for educating our students on how Arizona’s Congress operates, for giving our students a tour, and for the two Proclamations today. 🔥

Today, ESS students from across the district made their way over to Carl Hayden for the annual CBT Valentines Dance ❤️ We are so excited that our students experienced this wonderful opportunity to connect with one another and have fun. Thank you to Carl Hayden’s CBT program for being incredible hosts! 🔥

Please join us in congratulating Ms. Amy Steinbugl for being named the next Desiderata Principal. See the attached press release for more information.

Listening session TODAY! Attention Academies at South, Wilson College Prep, and Bioscience High School families! We invite you to attend a community listening session hosted by Governing Board President Francisco Pastor-Rivera and Governing Board Member Signa Oliver TODAY from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm. The listening session will focus on the future goals and guardrails being developed by the Board. Have your voice heard in this important process! Light refreshments will be available for those in attendance. The listening session will take place in the Cafeteria located at The Academies at South Mountain. We hope to see you there!

Yesterday, a Counselor appreciation banquet was held at Metro Tech in honor of National School Counselor Week 🍽️ Counselors from across the district came to celebrate together, enjoy some great food, and win prizes! Thank you to Metro Tech and Central Culinary for making the food and providing exceptional customer service to everyone in attendance! 🔥 We hope all of our Counselors district-wide have had a great week!

Last night, the Governing Board had a lot of incredible individuals to celebrate 🎉 First, the Board welcomed students from Betty Fairfax to present in honor of Black History Month, followed by a wonderful performance from the Legacy STEP team. They then recognized all of our new and maintaining National Board Certified Teachers. Finally, the Board honored Mr. Richard Rubin, safety assistant at Phoenix Coding Academy, for his heroic act in saving a recent PXU graduate’s life on campus. Congratulations to all who were recognized!

Happy National School Counseling Week, PXU Family! We love and appreciate our counselors district-wide for ensuring the success of our students not only during their time at PXU, but beyond graduation and in life. Thank your counselors this week 🔥🎉