School Awards
Our Most Recent Awards
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As the 2024–2025 school year comes to a close, Twin Peaks K-8 School has much to celebrate. This year has been marked by a strong commitment to academic excellence, innovative teaching, student achievement, and community recognition.
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MUSD Voted #1 Best Place to Work for a fourth year in a row in the 2025 Tucson Local Media Best of the Northwest competition! Plus Best School, Best Principal, Best Teacher and Best Mascot!
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Twin Peaks K-8 School achieved Level 3 and 4 PBISAz Achievement Award. This award celebrates the positive school climate and culture that our Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) team has helped to create at our school.
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Twin Peaks K-8 School Earns High Reliability School (HRS) Level 2 certification, Ensuring Effective Teaching in Every Classroom
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Congratulations to these ten schools for their hard work instilling and sustaining Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to improve academic and behavioral outcomes for students!
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Marana USD has several winners in the Best of the Northwest contest! Voted #1 Best Place to Work for a third year in a row, we have many schools, teachers, and leaders to celebrate!
An Award Winning School!
The following is a list of awards earned by our school, staff, and school academic and athletic programs:
2024
- Martha Bishop receives federal grant for Ninja Life Hacks course
- HRS Level I Certification
- GEM Students Place in Kidstruction Competition
- Level 4 PBISAZ Award
- Best of the Northwest: Best School, Principal, and Teacher
- Fiesta Bowl Wishes for Teachers Grant Recipients
2023
- HRS Level I Certification
- Level 4 PBISAZ Award
- Best of the Northwest: Best School, Principal, and Teacher
2022
- PBISAZ Silver Award
- Best of the Northwest: Best School
- Martha Bishop Arizona Science Teachers Association Elementary Teacher of the Year
- Heidi Kornacki United Way Literacy Champion
- Kendra Lewis National Board Teacher Certification
2021
- PBIS AmAZing Award
- Heidi Kornacki Recognized: 100 Outstanding Tucson Teachers at Camp Cooper
2020
- PBISAZ Silver Award
- Best of the Northwest: Best School
- Martha Bishop Arizona Science Teachers Association Elementary Teacher of the Year Honorable Mention