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 […]

Published January 21, 2026

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 […]

Published November 10, 2022

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 […]

Published February 15, 2019

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 […]

Published February 14, 2019

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 […]

Published February 13, 2019

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 […]

Published November 9, 2018

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 […]

Published October 18, 2018