School Awards
Our Most Recent Awards
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The MUSD National Board Certification Selection Committee is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s district-sponsored scholarships for National Board Certification: Lindsey Buckler, teacher at Coyote Trail Elementary School, and Lily Tate, teacher at Tortolita Middle School.
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Tortolita Middle School Earns High Reliability School (HRS) Level 2 certification, Ensuring Effective Teaching in Every Classroom!
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As the principal of Tortolita Middle School, she has taken TMS to the next level, moving them from an F-rated school to a B-rated school in a matter of years, and following the pandemic!
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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!
![Mrs. Megan Hawkes with Superintendent Dr. Dan Streeter]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1728664921/maranausdorg/ngywiwyvvgwbk4r6djqp/IMG_3568-300x300.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1728664921/maranausdorg/ngywiwyvvgwbk4r6djqp/IMG_3568-300x300.jpg","width":300}])
Congratulations to Mrs. Megan Hawkes, a Tortolita Middle School Teacher, who was honored as a 2024 Legendary Teacher! Mrs. Hawkes was surprised with the honor in her classroom this week.
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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!
An Award Winning School!
The following is a list of awards earned by our school, staff, and school academic and athletic programs:
2026
- Best of Northwest "Best Place to Work"
2025
- Best of Northwest "Best Place to Work
- Level 2 High Reliability Certification
- Lily Tate Earns NBCT MUSD Scholarship
- Principal Mrs. Vroegh Named MUSD Spirit of Marana Winner
2024
- Best of the Northwest "Best Place to Work"
- PBIS Level 4 Award
- Summer Success Program: Award of Excellence
- Megan Hawkes Honored as Legendary Teacher
2023
- Level 1 High Reliability Certification
- Best of the Northwest "Best Place to Work"
2022
- Amy Nguyen, National Junior Honor Society Outstanding Achievement Award
- Orchestra receives Excellent rating at ABODA Large Group Festival
- Best of the Northwest "Best Place to Work"