About Our School
What Makes Us Special
At Dietz, we value each child's learning experience and will work to support and nurture our students. Our efforts were encouraged by the visit of TUSD Superintendent, Dr. Gabriel Trujillo. Dr. Trujillo joined members of our Dietz Neighborhood Association as they hosted the first of their quarterly meetings in the Dietz cafeteria. Members were able to ask questions about the direction of the District and how that journey will include Dietz K-8. Thank you Dr. Trujillo for being an awesome Dragon!
National Junior Honors Society
The Honor Dragons Chapter of National Junior Honor Society is dedicated to building up our school and surrounding communities. Our students embody excellent academic merit and standards of character. They volunteer their time to improve and support others in various service projects all while standing as exemplary citizens among their peers.
By Laws
Tucson Korea Ambassador Program
Mission
The Tucson-Korea Ambassador Program builds cultural, language, and friendship ties between students from Dietz and students from Ulleung-gun and Yeonyang-gun in South Korea.
Ambassador Program
Students from Ulleung-gun and Yeonyang-gun in South Korea are hosted by our Dietz families for 3 1/2 weeks. Student ambassadors will partner with each of the Korean students during the school day to form cross-cultural experiences and bonds. Host families will welcome each of the Korean students into their homes so they will experience living with an American family. Tours of local sites and cultural venues will be collaboratively arranged by the district and the Korean community to provide students with a fun and enriching experience.
The Tucson-Korea Ambassador Program builds cultural, language, and friendship ties between students from Dietz and students from Ulleung-gun and Yeonyang-gun in South Korea.
Ambassador Program
Students from Ulleung-gun and Yeonyang-gun in South Korea are hosted by our Dietz families for 3 1/2 weeks. Student ambassadors will partner with each of the Korean students during the school day to form cross-cultural experiences and bonds. Host families will welcome each of the Korean students into their homes so they will experience living with an American family. Tours of local sites and cultural venues will be collaboratively arranged by the district and the Korean community to provide students with a fun and enriching experience.
A huge thanks to The Adair Group for donating t-shirts to our grade team for their economy unit. Students designed a good/service, wrote a business plan, and hosted a marketplace where they sold their products with pitches. Check out their website https://www.theadairgroup.com/
Fine and Performing Arts
TUSD has been named one of the Best Communities for Music Education by the National Foundation of Music Merchants. This is the second time our district has received this award. Our school site features support in this area by Alanah Hafen.
OMA - Opening Minds through The Arts
Inspired by exciting, ongoing research into connections between brain development and music, Tucson's Opening Minds through the Arts (OMA program) is a leader in a national movement to integrate arts education with core curriculum. OMA uses instrumental music, opera, dance, theater and visual arts to help teach reading, writing, math and science to children in kindergarten through 8th grade. Each fully implemented OMA school has an Arts Integration Specialist and a team of seven artists who work alongside classroom teachers, adapting each lesson to support teaching of core content and knowledge. In addition, children learn to play the recorder, violin, a wind instrument and keyboard. In Tucson, the OMA program employs 26 artists from the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Arizona Opera Company, University of Arizona Schools of Music and Dance and other arts organizations to teach 30-minute, twice-weekly classes for 36 weeks of the school year that support core curriculum goals.
GATE
Advanced Learning Experiences
The study and exploration of national, state approved content using 21st Century Learning Models, Project Based Learning (PBLs) Models and computing technologies. Student Centered Teaching synergized with Computer Based Instruction are effective modalities that offer adaptive, immersive learning environments that inspire Digital Natives to become productive Digital Citizens.
The study and exploration of national, state approved content using 21st Century Learning Models, Project Based Learning (PBLs) Models and computing technologies. Student Centered Teaching synergized with Computer Based Instruction are effective modalities that offer adaptive, immersive learning environments that inspire Digital Natives to become productive Digital Citizens.