HJHS teachers Karen Estridge and Alicia Jiminez were awarded the 2024-2025 Grants in Place Fellow Award!
Karen Estridge is a 7th grade English Language Arts teacher at Holbrook Junior High with 25 years of teaching experience spanning Kindergarten through 7th grade. Karen is passionate about increasing community involvement with her students and looks forward to fostering connections through this project.
Alicia Jimenez is in her 18th year of teaching. She currently teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Science, STEM and AVID at Holbrook Junior High School. She has taught kindergarten through 8th grade, has been a Technology Instructional Coach, and also teaches for Northern Arizona University.
Their project, Walking Through History Historical Footprints of Holbrook, creates a walking tour of Holbrook’s history, starting at the historic courthouse. Participants will use a student-designed pamphlet and map to explore 5-6 key locations around town, each featuring interactive exhibits. These exhibits will include QR codes linking to videos, audio clips, and additional information created by students. Students will conduct interviews with local community members, write scripts, and produce videos for each site. A field trip to the courthouse, guided by local historians, will deepen students’ understanding of the town’s history.
This project will benefit both students and the local community. Students will gain valuable skills in research, writing, technology, and collaboration, while developing a deeper connection to Holbrook’s history. The community will benefit from the preservation and sharing of its historical stories, as well as increased engagement with local heritage through the walking tour. Additionally, visitors to the town will enjoy an interactive, educational experience that highlights Holbrook’s unique historical significance.
Congrats Karen , Alicia and HJHS! Making history come alive, The Roadrunner Way!
Attention All Roadrunner Entrepreneurs!
Local Holbrook business, Studio 66 Cafe, will be hosting their annual business fair, which provides an opportunity for children aged 17 and under to develop their own businesses, brands, and products. Students are encouraged to establish their enterprises to market their goods and services. This event features the youth from our community and the Holbrook School District.
Route 66 Cafe would like to extend an invitation to our community to support these young entrepreneurs who have dedicated significant effort to this endeavor.
Come support these young entrepreneurs on Dec 21st from 8 am - 12 pm at the Route 66 Cafe located at 2226 Navajo Blvd. in Holbrook! There may be some great Christmas gift ideas!
Building the future, one Roadrunner at a time!
Rietta Wagoner, a 2010 graduate of Holbrook High School, is earning her PhD in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Arizona on December 21st. She previously completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Public Health also at the U of A. Rietta attended grades K-12 at HUSD #3!
In high school Rietta played volleyball & softball and was the school's student body president and salutatorian her senior year.
During her time at U of A, Rietta led research focused on the relationship between heat strain—such as overheating and dehydration—and kidney disease in farmworkers in Sonora, Mexico. Her work has taken her far beyond Arizona, as she has presented her findings at conferences across the United States and internationally in Mexico, Taiwan, Chile, Lithuania, Canada, and the Netherlands.
To fund her education, Rietta worked on several impactful research projects. Notably, she contributed to a community response to the Gold King Mine Spill, where researchers partnered with the Navajo Nation to collect and analyze environmental samples from farms along the river. This work helped farmers decide whether to plant crops or not. Her dedication to addressing environmental health issues in communities recently earned her a place in the prestigious Boston University Emerging Scholars Program.
Now, Dr. Wagoner continues her research with the University of Arizona and San Diego State University, focusing on how the environment affects human health, particularly in agricultural communities. Agriculture being of significant importance as she grew up ranching and continues do to so with her family.
Rietta is the daughter of Derrek and Ilene Wagoner.
Way to go Rietta! That's The Roadrunner Way!
When One Roadrunner Succeeds, We All Succeed!
Greetings Roadrunners!
The City of Holbrook is hosting the first-ever Tumbleweed Drop on New Year's Eve from 7-9 pm with live music and the big Tumbleweed Drop!
Organizers would love for all Roadrunners to participate. Start your search now for the best tumbleweed to be "dropped" on New Year's Eve & bring that tumbleweed to Gillespie Park on December 28th from 12 pm to 1 p.m. to vie for the Tumbleweed King crown.
Let's ring in the New Year with the first ever City of Holbrook Tumbleweed Drop!
HUSD got into the holiday spirit this past weekend with IWES and Park Elementary participating in the Festival of Trees and parade!
HUSD will begin winter break Monday, December 23rd and will return to school on Monday, January 6th!
Happy Holidays Roadrunners!
ROADRUNNERS ARE IN THE ROUND VALLEY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES!! Boys play at 6 pm vs Morenci! Girls play at 7:30 vs at. Johns! Both games will be streamed live on iTalk 106.7. All games are played at the Round Valley Dome. Come out to support our Roadrunners if you can!!! Go Roadrunners!
Greetings Roadrunners!
The SY 25-26 school calendars for IWES and Hulet, Park, HJHS and HHS have been approved. Please see the links below to view next school year's calendar. You can also find the school calendar on the HUSD #3 webpage at: www.holbrook.k12.az.us
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HhJX-w8L594KYBWGZq4K2RZ8YLgrY6gE/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HjIkwzIKurpR135ixygZp0GKWwtK8y6t/view?usp=sharing
The Holbrook Grad Night Committee will be hosting Breakfast with Santa this Saturday, December 14th from 8-11 am at the Holbrook Firehouse. Breakfast is $10 and will include pancakes, sausage, juice, face painting and cookie decorating. Get a printed photo with Santa for $2. All proceeds will go towards the 2025 Grad Night Party and prizes for this year's senior class. Thank you for your support and we hope to see you there!
Happy Holidays Roadrunners!
Looking for a holiday gift? Don't forget the HHS Roadrunner Nest that has a lot of Roadrunner apparels, bookbags, hats, beanies... You can check out the Roost online at: https://hhs-roadrunner-nest.square.site/
Celebrating the holidays "The Roadrunner Way"!
IWES Christmas Concert Tonight!
Twas the Night Before Christmas
6p at the George Gardner Performing Arts Center
Come one, Come all!
Calling All Roadrunners!
The City of Holbrook is seeking feedback on recreational programs and improved amenities for the City of Holbrook. Your feedback will help the City enhance recreational opportunities and improve amenities in Holbrook. Please share your thoughts and preferences by completing the survey below.
https://forms.gle/AXRXQ7g7ua5JUveb7
The HUSD #3 JOM program will host a JOM Parent Meeting at 5 pm on December 11th at Indian Wells Elementary School. Please attend if you can to learn more about the HUSD #3 JOM goals and outcomes.
Holbrook Elk's Lodge 2450 will host their annual Hoop Shoot contest on 12/14/2024 at Hulet Elementary School. Doors open at 8:30 and the hoop shoot will begin at 9 am. All boys and girls ages 8 to 13 as of April 1, 2025 may participate. Each contestant will shoot 25 free throws with the contestant making the most made free throws in each age group advancing to the District competition on January 4th at Camp Verde. Come give it a shot!
HUSD Roadrunners Bernice Gover and Chris Ervin participated in the Northern Arizona University Institute for Native-serving Educators (INE) this year which concluded today with presentations of their curriculum guides and leadership practice guides. Thank you to both Chris and Bernice for your participation -The Roadrunner Way!
Come do the Turkey Trot on November 30th at 9am at the Navajo County Complex to support the 2025 grad night!!
Sponsored by the Holbrook Booster Club!!
Go Roadrunners!!!
When One Roadrunner Succeeds, We All Succeed!
Tyler Tapaha just scored his 1,000th point as a Roadrunner! Congrats Tyler and the Tapaha family. Thanks for being Roadrunners!
A THANKSGIVING FEAST!
We are thankful for our food service program, staff that help serve students every day and our wonderful governing board members & district office staff that came together to help serve the annual Thanksgiving lunch at Park and Hulet! It was a wonderful time for student and families to enjoy a delicious school lunch! Thank you everyone that helped out and thank you for showing The Roadrunner Way for our students and family! Happy Thanksgiving Roadrunners!
Greetings Roadrunners!
A quick reminder that HUSD #3 will not be in session next week November 25th-29th. We are thankful for each of you as Roadrunners and wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season!
Indian Wells Elementary invites all Roadrunners to this year's Native American Heritage Night on Thursday, November 21st from 5 pm to 7 pm!
Come celebrate with the IWES Roadrunners!
Roadrunners- a reminder about our season passes!
Come out and support our Roadrunners:
Golden Pass = $25
Individual Season Pass = $30
Individual Year Pass = $50
Family Season Pass = $60
Family Year Pass = $100
Golden pass is age 60 and up
Family passes are for up to four people
Passes may be purchased at the Holbrook District Office!
Go Roadrunners!
