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8th graders had a special guest speaker after promotion practice: Mr. T’s BFF, Shawn Charles - a Santa Rita alum & former ASU head wresting coach. He shared his amazing and inspiring story with us! 

We celebrated 33 NJHS inductees with over 1,100 hours of service to our community! Our alumni speakers were Brooklynn G. and Maddie W. We are so proud of these student leaders and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish next!

Dodge has been recognized as a 'B' school by the Arizona Department of Education for the 2023-2024 school year!

Ms. McKechnie’s class was visited by Dr. King to learn about how she uses math in her job as a hydrogeologist as well as in her personal life.

Students explored how to find the volume of a well drilled when analyzing ground water and the volume of sand needed to create a pad and support the weight of a rain water basin!

Two of our 8th grade students presented the Land Acknowledgement and Pledge of Allegiance at the April 15, 2025 Governing Board meeting!

Our 6th grade team attended their annual UA Science Sky School field trip. This is a science-based overnight experience at the University of Arizona's Mount Lemmon campus. Students got to participate in field experiences that focus on science areas such as sky island ecology, earth sciences, dendrochronology, hydrology, and astronomy that meet Arizona State Science Standards.

Join us in welcoming Mr. Phil to our school community! We are so excited to have him as part of our staff 🐾

Congratulations to the Dodge boys and girls soccer teams, which both won the Division 1 middle school championship game on March 18! See the gallery page for more photos from the games.

Congratulations, Iris, for earning a Sponsored Award from the Association for Women's Geoscientists at SARSEF! We are very proud of you!

Kathryn and David met when they were teaching and coaching sports at Secrist Middle School 24 years ago! They have been married for 20 years, with David now teaching at Dodge and Kathryn as the program manager for Advanced Learning Experiences (ALE). David has worked for the District for 26 years and plans to retire at the end of this school year. Both their children are products of TUSD, with their daughter graduating from Tucson High last year, and their son is a senior there this year, and their granddaughter will start kindergarten in Tucson Unified in the fall!

It was another beautiful day to conduct research at the Santa Cruz River with a new group of 7th graders! 

A huge thank you to Rotary Club of Rincon, Tucson for meeting with our NJHS students and helping us restock our PBIS store!

40 students from Ulleung and Yeongyang, two small regions in South Korea, landed in Tucson on January 17 for the Tucson Korea Ambassador Program (TKAP) with TUSD. Read more about this program.

Congratulations to Dodge student Cleo Gelt, for coming in second place in the District Spelling Bee! She will go on to compete at the Pima County Bee at Canyon Del Oro High School on Saturday, February 15th at 10 am. Good luck, Cleo!

Watch the video above to learn more about Dodge's magnet program!