Ducey Prize
STOP for Arizona Education
Congratulations to these outstanding education providers, winners of the STOP for Arizona Education Awards who have made an incredible commitment to expanding their work to more families to be able to use the state’s pioneering Empowerment Scholarship Accounts for their students. Learn more about them below!
Ducey Prize
Winner
Location:
Phoenix
Category:
Microschool
Science Prep Academy is a STEM prep school for students with autism, delivering both education and workforce preparation, operated by the Neurodiversity Education Research Center. With the Ducey Prize, they will be able to create five more microschools throughout Metro Phoenix in 2023, reaching 100 more students, and share their model with others to be able to better serve neurodivergent students across the state, and nation.
Prize Finalists
Location:
Tuscon
Category:
Private School
Students who will be fortunate enough to benefit from the expansion at Kino that the STOP Award makes possible will find themselves in an engaging education environment with a highly individualized education that permits them the freedom and responsibility to develop their own passion for education.
Location:
Statewide
Category:
Parent Engagement
Location:
Lake Havasu City
Category:
Catholic School
The demand for great education in this rural community is high, and the next closest faith-based option is 113 miles away. With this award, OLOL will be able to train new teachers to serve more students and add both a middle and a high school.
Location:
Tuscon
Category:
Catholic School
St. John’s leadership will work to develop a first of its kind, faith-based blending online learning program, using its pandemic-era experience to help the community potentially double the reach of their outstanding educational program.
