Westwood Elementary

Educator in neighboring school wins national award, keeps GCU alum reign rolling

The Milken Family Foundation doesn’t go halfway in its celebration of teachers, staging a surprise announcement at the school where a teacher is awarded the […]

Alumni teachers fill 2 neighborhood schools

Lope spirit abounds at Westwood, Sunnyslope with 22 GCU grads Photos by Ralph Freso While noted for helping combat a nationwide teacher shortage, Grand Canyon […]

GCU's Learning Lounge boosts Westwood

The Learning Lounge is making an immediate impact on students at Westwood Elementary. Based on first semester test results, 50 percent of the third and […]

GCU and Westwood: Teacher training accelerated

College of Education students from Grand Canyon University are taking advantage of an innovative pre-service resident teaching program that enables them to create and implement […]

GCU is all in with assisting Westwood Elementary

GCU's Academic Excellence Site (AES) partnership with Westwood Elementary is multi-faceted, from a pre-service resident teaching program to the Learning Lounge, Canyon Professional Development, Leadership […]

Colangelo makes the call: Teacher/alum gets wish

It was a serendipitous moment when Jerry Colangelo dialed Nathan Johnson's number, granting his wish for $5,000 in physical education equipment for his students at […]

GCU students accelerating teaching process

Eighty GCU students are in the class room already, gaining valuable experience by teaching lessons in math, science, social studies and art at nearby Westwood […]