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Palo Verde Elementary

School History

The Palo Verde School was founded in 1896. The school over the years has seen many great student and staff pass through its doors. It is sure to be remembered for its academic greatness and its sports dominance. The school has seen times of prosper and times of hardships but the school stood strong through those times. During the hard times the school never stopped its strive for perfection. Certainly the school in the future will hold true to its motto “Attitude Is Every Thing” and will hopefully see the west side of Arizona blossom into a thriving city, and watch as Palo Verde grows into its full potential and hopefully stick to its roots as a successful farm town.

Stolen School House Saga

Palo Verde/Arlington first school house was located by Hassypama river. It was a one room little wooden and shingled roof. Both schools funded it equally but there was problems. Arlington was unhappy because most students were from Palo Verde and it didn't seem fair to pay for education of outsiders. On the other end parents in Palo Verde thought the location of the school near Arlington made no sense their kids had to travel the farthest. One night the people from Palo Verde(unknown) left a large stout, low wagon and plenty of horses, the schoolhouse was lifted out of the foundation and carried over to the northeast corner of Sec. 8, Township 1 South, Range 4 W est or diagonally across the internship of Palo Verde and U.S. Highway 80 or the Northwest corner of Sec. 16 TIS. Some of the first Arlington citizen still are ready to fight at the mention of the schoolhouse.

Past Events

Palo Verde pasts events has brought many cultures together to have fun and reminisce with others. Some events we no longer have them so I will give examples of some of them. Here is some of the events that we had and still have with us today.

Palo Verde Rodeo

Frog Pond Relay

Track Meet

October Program

Thanksgiving Program

Christmas Program

March Program

April Program

Pioneers Westward Pageant

Music Department

Art Program

Cultivate News Paper

Kite Contest

Marble Tournament

Attendance Contest

Boy Scout Activities

Better Housing Essay Contest

Educational Films

Currenet Events We have many events at our school some old, and some new but either way they all celebrate Palo Verde's rich heritage of family, and community development. Here are some of our current events, and a short description of them.

8th Grade Disney Land Trip Every year since 1979 the Palo Verde eighth grade has been going to Disneyland for their eighth grade trip. It is fun and exciting, we are glad to see that this wonderful tradition didn't stop with our generation.

BBQ Dinner This dinner is one of the funnest events of the year to attend. The event consists of a extremely delicious barbecue dinner followed by the main event the Historic Palo Verde Pie Auction.

Mexican Food Dinner The Mexican Food Dinner is one of the best dinners that Palo Verde puts out. The Green Chili burros are always tasty and the beans are cooked to perfection by the School staff. Then after the dinner guests are encouraged greatly by the student to check out the silent auction and bid on the many different themed goody bags. AR Carnival Every year for a reward to the students who worked hard on their accelerated reading. Palo Verde School puts on a carnival where they have fun games and awesome food. Pancake Breakfast This fund raiser was once a regular event in the Palo Verde School. Yet for some reason it took a break for a couple years but in 2009 it made it's grand return as a early morning breakfast. The purpose of the event is to help the 8th grade students reach their money goal to attend the Disney land trip.

Monday Fun day Is a very special day that students look forward to for most of the year. It is a yearly celebration of the hard work that both students and teachers put in to prepare for the difficult A.I.M.S. And Tera nova tests that take place in April. Track Day This event has been a very popular event for parents and friends to come out and watch the current students try their hardest to break the records of past Palo Verde alumni. Palo Verde FAN Club The Palo Verde FAN was put in play in the 2009 school year to help encourage a healthy life style for students and faculty. FAN stands for Fitness and Nutrition. We learn all about how to stay healthy and fit, every month there is also a one mile fun run every month.

So now you know all about Palo Verde's current events. Maybe sometime u\you'll be able to come and check it out.

Sports

Palo Verde School has always been very big on sports. For example the oldest trophy that was found in the office is a 1951 girls softball championship trophy. The oldest document that was found stating the existence of Palo Verde sports is a 1935 year book that had the following sports listed Indoor Baseball,  Boys Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Girls Volleyball, there were also Girls and Boys track teams. In a 1951 yearbook a team was mentioned as the Palo Verde Colored team. After recent inventory of the schools trophy cases there are 11 Girls Softball, 2 Baseball, 8 Football, 18 Girls Basketball, 25 Boys Basketball, 10 Volleyball, 2 Track, 2 cheerleader, 1 Boys Softball, and 3 unknown trophies. Which adds up to a total of 82 trophies.