Higley Elementary and Middle School

Stevenson Elementary School

Students listen to instructions during class at Mesa's Stevenson Elementary School.

Pioneer Elementary School

Sophie Randall and Trenton Moser work in Jenny Hagen’s fourth-grade class Nov. 1 at Gilbert’s Pioneer Elementary School. [Stacie Spring/Tribune]

Hermosa Vista Elementary School

Hermosa Vista Elementary School sixth-graders work on the schools old computers during class Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Hermosa Vista Elementary School

Hermosa Vista Elementary School sixth-graders work on the schools old computers during class Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Hermosa Vista Elementary School

Hermosa Vista Elementary School teacher Ron Bowers,right, helps sixth-grader Makenna Morris,11, during class Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 while working with schools old computers. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Hermosa Vista Elementary School

Hermosa Vista Elementary School teacher Ron Bowers,left, helps sixth-grader Tyler Barnes,12, during class Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 while working with schools old computers. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Ishikawa Elementary School

Student teacher Sam Villiba works with students at Mesa's Ishikawa Elementary School during "reading adventure" time. The school started the small-group sessions this year to "enrich and reteach" students in reading. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Ishikawa Elementary School

Student teacher Sam Villiba works with students at Mesa's Ishikawa Elementary School during "reading adventure" time. The school started the small-group sessions this year to "enrich and reteach" students in reading. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Ishikawa Elementary School

Student teacher Sam Villiba works with students at Mesa's Ishikawa Elementary School during "reading adventure" time. The school started the small-group sessions this year to "enrich and reteach" students in reading. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Ishikawa Elementary School

Student teacher Sam Villiba works with students at Mesa's Ishikawa Elementary School during "reading adventure" time. The school started the small-group sessions this year to "enrich and reteach" students in reading. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Ishikawa Elementary School

Teachers and students works together during a small-group session at Mesa's Ishikawa Elementary School. The school started the small-group sessions this year to "enrich and reteach" students in reading. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Ishikawa Elementary School

Teachers and students works together during a small-group session at Mesa's Ishikawa Elementary School. The school started the small-group sessions this year to "enrich and reteach" students in reading. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Ishikawa Elementary School

Teachers and students works together during a small-group session at Mesa's Ishikawa Elementary School. The school started the small-group sessions this year to "enrich and reteach" students in reading. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Four Peaks Elementary School

Students in Shannon Miller's class at Four Peaks Elementary School in Apache Junction collected stuff animals for the local fire department to use when helping young victims of fires. The students also wrote thank you letters to the firefighters after learning about the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Gilbert Elementary School

Gilbert Elementary School fifth-graders work in the school's Success Lab, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Gilbert. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Gilbert Elementary School

Gilbert Elementary School fifth-graders work in the school's Success Lab, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Gilbert. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Gilbert Elementary School

Gilbert Elementary School fifth-graders work in the school's Success Lab, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Gilbert. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Gilbert Elementary School

Gilbert Elementary School fifth-grader Khorey Thomas,left, along with his classmates works in the school's Success Lab, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Gilbert. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Knox Elementary School

Fifth-grader Katie Dussault, 10, works with an iPad in a class at Chandler’s Knox Elementary School. Knox is home to the district’s gifted academy. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Carlson Elementary School

Jennifer Cole organizes books in her third-grade classroom at Chandler’s newest district school, John and Carol Carlson Elementary School. Classes begin for students Monday. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Carlson Elementary School

First-grade teacher Rosalinda Eckert, front, and administrative assistant Marianne Fairchild set up shelves in Eckert’s new classroom at Chandler’s John and Carol Carlson Elementary School last week. Classes begin Monday for students. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Broadmor Elementary School Garden

Broadmor Elementary School second graders study in the school’s garden as part of the classroom curriculum. [Stacie Spring/Tribune]

Carlson Elementary School

Construction is underway of the $12.4 million Carlson Elementary School in Chandler.