Rotary Club of Green Valley AZ

Club Meeting & Lunch 11:30 Tuesdays
Grill on the Green at Canoa Ranch Golf Club
5800 S Camino del Sol
Green Valley, AZ 85622

Price of lunch: $15.00

About Rotary Club of Green Valley

If you would like to know more about Rotary Club
of Green Valley,visit us at a meeting.

Rotary Club of Green Valley September 2019 Meeting Schedule

Link here to Calendar Page for monthly calendar details



	Guest Speakers: Dr. Mauel Valenzuela Dr. Manuel Valenzuela, who is in his 35th year as an educator, has been SUSD Superintendent for 15 years. As the son of Mexican immigrants, he is a passionate believer in education. “It is the ticket to opportunity.” This year the district opened its 9th school, Wrightson Ridge, which has 750 students. He added that Walden Grove High School was the last one the State helped build. There are now 6533 students in the district, double what it was 15 years ago. The video he showed began with praise for the tireless dedication of the teachers and staff “to go the extra mile” for the students, helping them to success not just in classes but in life. It showed shop classes, cooking classes, ROTC, band, dance (5x state champions), photography, computers, athletics, and just plain playgrounds. Last year the graduates earned more than $8 million in college scholarships to more than 40 institutions, including West Point. Dr. Valenzuela noted the District is constructing new buildings to replace ancient portables, and they are working with Pima County regarding the construction of the new library. He discussed DAA money (daily average attendance), which has not yet recovered from the 2008 recession. He spoke about new math and social studies curriculum, and about “solutionists” who try to change things without quite knowing what they’re doing. He pointed out that some charter schools do better than public schools, some do worse, some do just about as well. Regarding school vouchers, he asked, “Is public education a public investment or a public commodity?” He said the schools have a human resource dilemma, 350,000 new teachers in a year but 530,000 leaving.

Scholarships help local students get a head start
on their college education. Applications for
scholarships can be found on our forms page.

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	Program Chair - Scott Lamb
Date	Speaker	Topic	Greeter	Invocator	Special
September 3	Pat Pease	District Matching Grant - Makerspace	Richard Moll	Jerry Kreibel	Peanut Butter Tuesday Success for Students Supply Drive
September 10	Julie Glass	AZ Youth Partnership	Eugene Friesen	Bill McCreery	Success for Students Supply Drive
September 17		Club Assembly	Charlie Reppenhagen	Julie Reppenhagen	Board Meeting - Members Welcome Success for Students Supply Drive
September 24	Dr. Maddie Paschal		Chris Ashcraft	Michael Pease

Growing the Club
Membership Chair Jack Carter reminded us that
when we bring a friend (prospective member) to
lunch, we don’t immediately press them to join.
People are looking, not just for friendly
socializing, but also for meaningful activities in
our community. We take service above self to heart.

Club members Scott Lamb and Ken Frahm share
a light moment at the meeting. Looks like we
will be drawing for the growing pot of cash
again this week.

Rotary Club of Green Valley is currently running their
Success for Students supply drive for 2019-20. Although
we accept donations of school supplies as any time during
the school year, we are actively requesting supplies from
our club members through the third week in September. Any
school supplies are needed, particularly art supplies
(construction paper, pencils, glue, rulers, crayons, copy
paper, etc.) These supplies will be donated Sahuarita
Unified School District.




	Banner Exchange Joan Patko, who has just moved to Green Valley from Media, PA, exchanged a Club banner with President Paul Loomans.