Challenger School

05/28/2026

05/25/2026

🧶💙 Huge shoutout to Coach Jacob! 💙🧶

At every student festival this year, Coach Jacob has hand-crocheted blankets to raffle off for our Bulldogs—and we truly can’t say enough about how amazing that is. 👏

That means she created TWELVE blankets this year just to make our students feel special and celebrated. The time, care, and heart behind that kind of generosity does not go unnoticed.

Congratulations to our recent blanket raffle winners:
🎉 7th Grade – Melanie Marquez
🎉 2nd Grade – Destiny Malaika
🎉 3rd Grade – Damian from Mrs. Howell’s homeroom

Thank you, Coach Jacob, for helping create memorable moments for our students and for always going above and beyond for our Bulldog community! 🐾💙

05/23/2026

☀️🎉 About two weeks ago, our Bulldogs celebrated the end of Quarter 4 with our End-of-the-Year Summer Festival! 🎉☀️

Students enjoyed games, activities, treats, music, and time with friends as we celebrated all of their hard work throughout the year. 💙🐾

It was such a fun way to wrap up the school year and celebrate our amazing students. Thank you to everyone who helped make the event a success!

05/20/2026

🏛️✨ 2nd Grade Wax Museum ✨🏛️

Our 2nd graders did an AMAZING job bringing history to life during their Wax Museum presentations! 👏🎭

Students worked hard researching important figures, creating costumes, and sharing what they learned with confidence and creativity. We are so proud of all of their hard work and courage presenting in front of others! 💙🐾

What a fun and memorable learning experience for our Bulldogs!

05/19/2026

🚲🎉 Congratulations to our Challenger Bicycle Safety Winners 2026! 🎉🚲

We are so proud of our Bulldogs for demonstrating safe biking habits and participating in this important opportunity through Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Thank you to Phoenix Children’s Hospital for supporting bicycle safety awareness and helping encourage safe choices for our students and community! 💙🐾

Way to go, Bulldogs! 👏

05/19/2026

🎓🐾 Promotion Memories — Part 2 🐾🎓

More special moments from our 8th graders just before taking the stage and celebrating this huge milestone! 💙

Thank you for letting us be part of their journey. We can’t wait to see all the amazing things this group accomplishes next!

05/19/2026

🎓✨ Promotion Memories — Part 1 ✨🎓

The last smiles, last laughs, and last moments together before walking across the stage 💙🐾

We are so proud of our 8th grade Bulldogs and all they have accomplished during their time at Challenger. Enjoy some of these special behind-the-scenes moments before promotion began!

05/18/2026

🎓🐾 Here they come… our Class of 2026 Bulldogs! 🐾🎓

Watching our 8th graders walk into promotion is always such a proud and emotional moment. It feels like just yesterday they were walking through our halls as little Bulldogs, and now they are preparing for their next big adventure. 💙

We are so proud of all they have accomplished and can’t wait to see the amazing things they do next. Once a Bulldog, always a Bulldog! 🐾✨

05/18/2026

05/16/2026

💼✨ About a week ago, our Bulldogs participated in Challenger’s 1st (and hopefully annual!) Career Day! ✨💼

Students had the opportunity to learn from an incredible lineup of presenters representing a wide variety of careers and experiences. From healthcare and public service to business, technology, trades, and beyond, our students were able to explore future possibilities and make real-world connections.

A HUGE thank you to all of our amazing presenters for taking time out of your day to inspire, encourage, and invest in our students. Your willingness to share your journeys and experiences made a lasting impact on our Bulldogs! 💙🐾

We would also like to give a special thank you to Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers for taking time to speak with our students and support our Career Day event.

And a very special shoutout to Yolanda Camacho for organizing and coordinating this entire event. Thank you for all of the time, effort, and heart you put into creating such an amazing experience for our students! 👏💙

We are so grateful for the support from our community and are already excited for next year!