School Climate Survey

This post was written by Carol Cox, retired human resource Senior VP at PetsMart. Dr. Gestson and I met several times and reviewed human resource issues which included the need to find out if the changes at CBHS were having an effect on the students and what...

A heartfelt letter of thanks

This letter was written by Julia Bourdo, Marketing Teacher at Camelback High School. You can reach Julia at bourdo@phoenix union.org.  Thanks for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts concerning SVPAZ and Camelback Partnerships’ work at Camelback over the...

A Master Toastmaster Mentor

This post is Jeff Stevens’ description of his work with the DECA and Toastmasters classes over 27 years. Jeff is a local architect. In February of 1987, I was approached by a fellow member, Doug Ullrich, of my Toastmaster group who asked if I would be interested...

An ongoing conversation

My Turn The goal of this website is to tell the CBHS story and keep updating it with its successes and stumbles. A case study of sorts. The hope is that those who find this website and look at what has happened at this once troubled school will find hope and...