Kyrene School District students from across its campuses gathered at the District Office for Student Senate on Thursday morning to hear from Superintendent Laura Toenjes about the role of student voices in shaping middle school futures.

Kyrene School District is one of Arizona’s leading public school districts, providing excellence in education for more than 135 years. Kyrene is known for high academic achievement, with schools consistently outperforming peer districts, charter schools, and state averages on AzMERIT and other academic benchmarks. Kyrene is comprised of 22 schools (15 elementary, 6 middle and one K-8). District boundaries encompass all of Ahwatukee and parts of Chandler, Guadalupe, Tempe, and the Gila River Indian Community. Kyrene enrolls approximately 13,000 students in grades K-8 and offers preschool options on many elementary school campuses. K-8 program offerings include world languages (Spanish and Mandarin), STEM, college prep, fine arts, performing arts, and computer science immersion. Kyrene is also home to a Traditional Academy and an IB World School. Kyrene also offers an impressive selection of courses and program options that occur before, during, and after school hours. Join #TeamKyrene The Kyrene School District boasts a variety of programs to promote health and well-being, such as paid sick days, personal or vacation days, an employee assistance program, life insurance, medical, vision, dental, flexible spending and 403b/457b benefits for eligible employees. Recent district wellness awards include being named Arizona's Healthiest Employers for the second year by the Phoenix Business Journal, A Fit-Friendly Company by American Heart Association, and A Leader in Wellness Innovation by the Wellness Council of AZ. Our employee wellness program, WOW - Win on Wellness, is integrated with the Let's Move in Schools, Kyrene initiative.