Join us November 17th from 5-7pm at California Pizza Kitchen and 20% of your purchase will be donated to Citizens Project. Come say farewell to the outgoing board members and meet the incoming board and the staff.
If you can't make it to visit while we're there, don't worry, the donation offer is good all day long! Just show this flyer (printed or on your mobile device) to get some great food and benefit a great cause!

At Mesa Ridge High School students are actively encouraged  to look beyond the campus for opportunities to be an involved citizen. One way teachers do this is to get students thinking about  the implications of elections at the local, state, and federal level.  From this discussion, the students wrote an essay that reflected their views on this important subject. 

With the school board elections in mind, students were asked to think about the school board as an institution. They were prompted  to think about the role a school board plays. Who are they working for? To what end? Who's interests should they serve?

Chirstoper Varano teaches 10th and 11th grade English and Speech classes at Mesa Ridge High School.

He selected this essay by Terra Vigil  to represent this class assignment.