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The mighty Class of 2019 graduated on May 16 at Armory Park Senior Center. Baccalaureate service and family dinner were held the night before at the school. Hundreds of family, friends, and friends of the school were on hand to recognize our scholars’ achievement and wish them well as they scatter to high schools all across Tucson. We will miss …

Congratulations to our scholars on excellent projects, and thanks to our expert judges, and to all the parents who attended. You all made this year’s school science fair the best so far. Now, on to SARSEF!

Thanks to our dear friends at Santa’s Helpers, Pappas Kids Schoolhouse Foundation, Intuit, Nationwide Vision, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, and Casas Adobes Rotary, our 70 scholars received personalized gifts on the Thursday before Christmas, plus gifts for siblings and the whole family. They went home for winter break happy, sugared up, and staggering under the load of presents. Thank you …

With the help of Live Theatre Workshop, our fifth-graders presented Jackie and the Chile Stalk at the Screening Room on Friday, December 7. Congratulations to all on a great show!

The Revs. Anne and Susan came back to Tucson for the first time since Spring 2017 for the school’s first Founders’ Day, celebrating the school’s mission, history and future – and the incredible vision and love of its remarkable founders. On Wednesday, Anne and Susan joined the entire school and many alumni for a special eucharist, led by The Rev. …

The Bement School made its second annual visit to Imago Dei from Massachusetts at the end of September. Our combined 8th-grade classes made unforgettable visits to the UA campus, Buenos Aires Wildlife Preserve, Kitt Peak, and Nogales, Sonora. In the spring, our kids will again visit their new friends from the Northeast.

Seventy Imago Dei scholars and more than a dozen staff spent four days at the end of August in the cool pines of Prescott, where they had fun, developed teamwork, and kicked off the school year right.

Eighth Grade Commencement 2018 took place on Friday, May 18, in the courtyard at Tucson Museum of Art downtown. Many family members, IDMS Board members, and other friends of the school joined in us in celebrating this very accomplished class’s achievements. Please click below to see highlights of this gala evening. (Please excuse the lighting conditions, which were far from …

Twenty grads and their families joined us at the school for Baccalaureate service and dinner on Thursday, May 17. Special thanks to the parishioners of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, who once again decorated, underwrote dinner, and baked many many dozens of delicious cookies. It was a wonderful evening.

Thanks to Dolphins of the Desert Swimming Academy, S.W.I.M Tucson, USA Swimming Foundation, and the mighty Arizona Swimming and Diving, Imago Dei kids enjoyed an inspiring morning at the beautiful Oro Valley Acquatic Center on Saturday, April 21, receiving individualized swim instruction and having a great time. Access to swim lessons for minority and low-income children is an important issue …