Looking for a great way to get rid of your household clutter and make some extra cash at the same time? Join your Denair neighbors on Saturday, May 2, 2015, and have a garage sale! It’s a great way to recycle all of those items around your house that are collecting dust, but may have along life ahead of them, for someone else.
Grandma’s Treasures is sponsoring the city-wide garage sale. You can contact Sherrie at Grandma’s Treasures to get put on the map for the event.
Submitted by Denair Unified School District
A familiar face will be pacing the sideline this fall at Denair High School. Anthony Armas, who once played for the Coyotes and later was an assistant coach, has been hired as Denair’s new varsity football coach.
Armas, 35, is a former lineman who graduated from Denair in 1997. He spent five years as a varsity assistant in Denair after earning his degree fromCalifornia State University, Stanislaus and has been an assistant coach at Pitman High School in Turlock since 2008. He also has been involved with the Denair Youth Football League. This will be Armas’ first head coaching job at the high school level.
“I’m a little nervous, but I think that will calm down once we get started,” he said with a chuckle. “It’s very exciting to be coming back to Denair.”
Armas replaces Ted Howze, who guided the Coyotes to a 3-7 record last fall in his only season as head coach. Howze resigned earlier this spring because he is moving to Stockton with his fiancée.
Armas was one of four men interviewed for the position – two from Stanislaus County and two from outside the region, said Athletic Director Darrin Allen. He said Armas’ “passion for the game” and “maturity” impressed the selection committee.
“I just like the way he interacts with kids. How he talks to them and he gets them to develop on the field,” said Allen, who coached Armas as a player and later worked alongside him as a varsity assistant.
“He was the reason I stayed out there as an assistant line coach when I was principal at the middle school. I knew then this guy was going to be a head coach. I saw the ability that he was meant to lead a team and a staff,” Allen said. Continue reading “Denair High Alumnus Anthony Armas New Varsity Football Coach” »
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Two of Denair High School’s top students were honored this week by the Southern League for their academic and athletic accomplishments.
Andrew Knapp and Kaelee Martinez have excelled in the classroom and as four-year members of the Coyotes’ sports teams, and have been actively involved with various school clubs and volunteering in the community.
Knapp carries a 4.34 grade-point average, ranking him first in Denair’s 82-member senior class. He led the Academic Decathlon team to a third-place finish in the Stanislaus County competition earlier this year, scoring the most points in school history. He also has played varsity tennis and soccer all four years, is a member of the county Leadership Academy, the high school Drama Club, is president of Denair Matters, volunteers at the We Care Men’s Shelter in Turlock and plays guitar at his church.
“I can say without hesitation that he is one of the finest students it has ever been my pleasure to teach,” said Paul Michaelis, a former Denair math teacher, Academic Decathlon adviser and tennis coach. “… Whether it is soccer or tennis, Andrew is the type of athlete that every coach wants to have on the team. He works hard to better himself in both the physical and mental sides of sports. He leads his team by example, putting in the extra time and work necessary to be successful.”
Knapp will major in biology and music at Fresno State University, and said his goal is to become a high school teacher.
“Andrew is diligent in the classroom and in all of his extracurricular activities. He strives for excellence in everything he does,” praised Denair High Principal Aaron Delworth.
Added teacher and Athletic Director Darrin Allen: “I look forward to seeing what he will accomplish in the future.” Continue reading “DHS Top Athlete Scholars Recognized” »
Submitted by Denair Education Foundation
Denair Education Foundation will be holding an eCycle event at Denair High School on Saturday, April 25, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Gather those old TV’s, CPUs, monitors, laptops, printers, cell phones, scanners, and copiers. Donating them is free and helps raise funds for activities and equipment for the students of Denair Schools.
This is the last eCycle event until August. Just think of all that extra room in the garage, if you load up the outdated TV’s and tech equipment and donate!
Your donations help students go on field trips, buy new technology equipment, sponsor scholarships, and enrich music, art, and theater curriculum.
Denair Education Foundation was established in 2005 to “enrich and improve the quality of the educational environment for the students of the Denair Unified School District.” The list is long of funded opportunities for the students. They are made possible through donations and our main e-cycle fundraiser. Thanks to all who have donated! You are helping Denair’s students and the environment! Continue reading “Denair Education Foundation April eCycle Event” »
Submitted by Denair Unified School District
Two veteran educators will move into different leadership roles in the next school year within the Denair Unified School District, which has launched a statewide search to fill the vacancies their new assignments will create.
Michelle Bush will take over as the senior director of curriculum and instruction, student support services and state preschool. For the past two years, she has been the principal at Denair Charter Academy.
Aaron Delworth will become the full-time principal at Denair Middle School. He has been principal at Denair High School and the middle school the past two years.
“These changes are made solely to enhance the effectiveness at each of our schools and across the district,” Superintendent Aaron Rosander said in a note to the staff.
Bush began teaching in the district in 1991 and previously was the principal at Denair Middle School for three years. She will replace Fawn Oliver, who plans to retire at the end of this school year after working in various administrative roles since 2001.
“Michelle’s many talents and skills will be put to powerful use in this new capacity,” Rosander said.
Delworth, a Denair graduate, has worked as a teacher and administrator in the district since 2004. The new role returns him exclusively to the middle school, where he served as principal from 2010-13.
“(He) has extensive experience at the middle school level. His full-time leadership at DMS will undoubtedly be welcomed and invaluable,” Rosander said.
New principals will be recruited for the high school and DCA, Rosander said, and are expected to be in place when the new school year begins in August.