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Gila High School has numerous rigorous academic and robust extracurricular offerings. Learn about just some of them below.
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Yuma High offers courses with a focus on academic rigor through the Cambridge Curriculum.
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Students can choose from over 25 clubs to join at Gila Ridge High School.
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Report urgent concerns anonymously to school officials.
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There are 18 varsity sports at Gila Ridge High School for students to choose among other extracurricular offerings.
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Students can choose from 16 CTE courses at Gila Ridge High School.
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There are many ways to contact Gila Ridge High School, including through our handy email form.
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The Gila Ridge High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter has been named a recipient of the 2025 Superior Chapter Award by the Arizona FFA Association.
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Students from the Gila Ridge High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) Agriculture Mechanics Career and Technical Education (CTE) course built and donated a bike rack to the Foothills Community Park in collaboration with Yuma County.
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YUHSD's Migrant Education Program will host early registration events for the 2025-26 school year in June and July for incoming and returning migrant students, including End-of-Eligibility (EOE) students.
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Each of the six scholarships are worth up to $15,000 per year and is renewable for up to three additional years.
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Seniors from all six Yuma Union High School District graduating classes will appear on billboards across Yuma County
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Yuma Union High School District is proud to sponsor the Summer Food Service Program at no cost for all children, ages 18 and younger through U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Arizona Department of Arizona (ADE) funds this summer.
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Yuma Union High School District is proud to sponsor the Summer Food Service Program at no cost for all children, ages 18 and younger through U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Arizona Department of Arizona (ADE) funds this summer.
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Gila Ridge High School junior Joshua Olan Lopez has been accepted into the 2025 MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) summer program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is launching the 2025 SUN Bucks program, also known as Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer-EBT).
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Yuma Union High School District will administer the ACT Aspire Exam on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 to 9th Grade (Class of 2028 cohort) students.
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Five Gila Ridge High School band students earned the prestigious opportunity to represent the State of Arizona as members of the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, a world-class ensemble that competes at the highest level within the Drum Corps International (DCI).
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Yuma Union High School District will host summer learning at all seven school sites, June 3-13, 2025 from 7:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.