To get their day started right, third graders at Chandler Unified School District’s Tarwater Elementary School begin with exercise. The students from Megan Dingman’s and Karen Meyer’s classes take a brisk walk to get everyone ready to learn and put forth their personal best.

After a near three-month absence of such incidents that received extensive media attention, a Chandler 12-year-old girl was approached Friday afternoon by a man in a white pickup truck offering her candy before she was able to run away.

A cluster of 114 fourth-graders pump hands in the air, swing feet and shout. High energy fills the room through laughter, silliness and fun.

Youth Frontiers, a leading character education organization in the Midwest, will partner with Tarwater Elementary School in Chandler to host a comprehensive “Kindness Retreat” to help reduce bullying on Nov. 2.

Students from Chandler's Tarwater Elementary School were honored by the Sun Lakes Kiwanis Club as "Kiwanis Terrific Kids" for the winter months.

Fifth-graders at Tarwater Elementary School in Chandler read the novel, Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad, about Christopher Columbus' first voyage, according to a news release from the school. They learned about the reasons for exploration and the impact on early European explorers on the American Indians. Each student did research on a specific explorer and wrote a diary depicting the explorer's life and travels.

Having served on the Chandler City Council for 8 years as well as the Chandler School Board for 8 years, I am running for the City Council again because I believe experience matters, especially during these tough economic times. We have lived in Chandler for 30 years and had a small business in Chandler for 39 years. Chandler has been a wonderful community to live and raise our 2 children.

The Chandler Unified School District’s governing board will hear a proposal at 7 p.m. Wednesday to change attendance boundaries for incoming students at Ryan Elementary School.

Arizona K-12 students were chosen to adorn the 85-foot blue spruce Capitol Christmas Tree, also known as The People's Tree, in Washington, D.C.

Mesa Desert Ridge High School and Gilbert Highland High School have combined efforts with the Arizona High School/College Relations Council to present information to students and parents about community college and university programs available throughout Arizona.

ING awarded two East Valley schools $2,000 grants to help student combat childhood obesity.

As classes resume Monday in the Chandler Unified School District, some teachers may feel they've won the lottery -- because they landed jobs. 

Students returned to class at two Chandler elementary schools Tuesday ready to see friends. And parents following them said they didn’t hesitate bringing their kids back to school.

On the eve of children returning to two Chandler elementary schools closed after classmates fell ill with swine flu, Maricopa County’s public health authority is explaining his decision to scale back the initial aggressive response.