The Cactus/Shea Corridor refers to the rectangle from Tatum east to 104th St and from Thunderbird south to Shea. Other agents call it the Shea Corridor, the Cactus Corridor, or sometimes the Kierland Corridor. In order to simplify your search we’re grouping it all into the Cactus/Shea Corridor.

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Desert Springs Preparatory Elementary School is a premier elementary school in the Paradise Valley Unified School District for families seeking an engaging and rigorous school experience in a small-school setting.

Sonoran Sky Elementary is located at 12990 North 75th Street in Scottsdale in the Paradise Valley Unified School District. It boasts a 10 out of 10 rating on GreatSchools.org.

Principal Jeras’s message to his Sandpiper students: “Nothing great happens without hard work. Sometimes that hard work involves academic material that is challenging, and sometimes is it involves being willing to risk failure. Those moments when we feel uncomfortable and unsuccessful are opportunities to work a little harder and to grow as people.”

The staff and parents are proud of the quality of education students receive and the positive learning climate of the school. The school is known for its exceptional staff and students, and is a great place to learn.

Sunrise is the district’s only Digital Learning Center for the Gifted (DLC). The objective of the DLC program is to develop and implement an information technology-infused middle school program for gifted students.

In addition to a traditional comprehensive middle school education, Desert Shadows Middle School also offers several honors programs.