March 2025 - Superintendent's Update

March 3, 2025

New board members
In February, Maricopa County Schools Superintendent Shelli Boggs appointed two new members to the EVIT Governing Board. Jared Hancock, a partner with CapFi Consulting and Cave Creek Unified School District parent, will represent District 4. Jayson Hunt, an administrator with a long-term nursing facility and parent of an EVIT Cosmetology student, will represent District 9. Welcome, board members Hancock and Hunt!

Apprenticeships
Students are continuing to enroll in EVIT’s new registered apprenticeship programs in Airframe Mechanic, Electrical, HVACR (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration), Plumbing and Structural Metal Fabricator (Welding). If your business is interested in becoming an apprenticeship site, please contact Lindsey Gregor at lgregor@evit.edu.

Wrestling partnership
EVIT’s radio station, 88.7FM The Pulse is partnering with Phoenix Championship Wrestling and the Arizona Pro Wrestling Training Center to offer a platform to highlight talented local wrestlers while giving EVIT Radio/Audio Production students real-world experience in production and on-air hosting. The partnership will feature WrestleZona, a student-hosted program on The Pulse. WrestleZona airs at 8 a.m. on Sundays and can also be streamed on www.887ThePulse.com.

Regional SkillsUSA
Congratulations to EVIT students who competed in the SkillsUSA Region 3 event. Their results included first-place finishes in Advertising Design, Automotive Service Technology, Firefighting, Audio-Radio Production and Welding.

Parents: Make a plan
Planning ahead is key if East Valley parents want their students to reap the benefits of career and technical education. They can combine EVIT options to ensure their students are on the way to rewarding careers or higher education. Learn more: http://bit.ly/41AXOoF. Read more EVIT branded content on our azcentral.com page: https://www.azcentral.com/sponsor-story/evit/

Thank you for your support in helping EVIT change lives.