Cactus Canyon Oro Yearbook

05/14/2024

Only 25 books left! Order at yearbookforver.com or bring $44 cash to Mr. Davis in Room 403.

05/07/2024

05/05/2024

Make sure you order your yearbook by May 7 so you can attend the signing party! Order online at yearbookforever.com or bring $44 cash to the office or Mr. Davis in Room 403.

05/04/2024

Make sure you order your yearbook by May 7 so you can attend the signing party! Order online at yearbookforever.com or bring $44 cash to the office or Mr. Davis in Room 403.

04/13/2024

Order at yearbookforever.com to guarantee your spot at the signing party! Books are only $44 and will last a lifetime!

04/11/2024

yearbookforever.com is the place to order your 2024! Look for more previews like this in the coming days!

12/24/2023

Last week, JEA recognized C. Dow Tate as the 2023 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year. Today, we celebrate seven as distinguished and special recognition yearbooks advisers. Congratulations!
Distinguished Yearbook Advisers:
• Makena Busch, CJE, Mead High School, Spokane, Washington
• Jim McCrossen, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
• Barbara Tholen, MJE, Lawrence (Kansas) High School
Special Recognition Yearbook Advisers:
• Jason Davis, CJE, Apache Junction (Arizona) High School and Cactus Canyon Junior High School
• Glenn Krake, CJE, West Linn (Oregon) High School
• Sharon Kubicek, Round Rock (Texas) High School
• Christina Manolis, MJE, Oakville High School, St. Louis
Read more: https://jea.org/wp/blog/2023/12/15/tate-named-2023-h-l-hall-national-yearbook-adviser-of-the-year/

12/14/2023

We are thrilled and honored to be named an NSPA Pacemaker Finalist! Congratulations to all our 2023 staffers and thanks for this incredible recognition!

10/06/2023

Congratulations to our four finalists in the National Scholastic Press Association junior high individual awards!

Savannah Hancock - Yearbook Design of the Year
Riley Parris - Sports Photo or the Year
Emma Solie - Sports Photo or the Year
Kayden Spicer - Feature Story of the Year

Since NSPA added a middle school category in 2018, Cactus Canyon students have been finalists 24 times. Thank you for recognizing the outstanding work of middle-school student journalists!

08/17/2023

Thanks for the shout out, ! This was one of our favorite spreads, too! (But that skeleton was a bear to cut out. 🤣)

03/17/2023

We won our first Gold Crown today! 👑

03/13/2023

We take deadline camp seriously! We’re working on our break to make sure your yearbook is amazing.

12/23/2022

Thanks to the Prospector staff for coming over on Tuesday for our first Bigs and Littles Secret Santa party!

12/18/2022

Proud to be a Pacemaker finalist! A huge congratulations to the ‘22 staff!

12/18/2022

We got more good news yesterday we’re a Pacemaker finalist. It’s always an honor to see our school and community names broadcast to the world. AJ has great kids and amazing student journalists!

12/17/2022

It was great to see some former staffers today to celebrate being a Crown finalist, pass out some individual awards, and have some doughnuts! And we got to do it at two schools!

12/16/2022

A big congratulations to our ‘22 staff for making the list of Crown Award finalists!

10/02/2022

07/09/2022

Minions, peletas, and summer bonding among AJHS and CCJH staffs.

06/27/2022

Thanks to our friends at for including our book in the 2022 theme gallery! 😎

05/27/2022

Taking down the board today, but one last thank you to the amazing teachers and administrators who support us so much every year!

05/26/2022

We started a new tradition - the passing of the octopus. 2022 EIC Ragan Stoltz passed our mascot and travel buddy, Oro, to new boss Haily McCrary. Believe it or not, work on the 2023 book has begun!

05/25/2022

We had a great week celebrating our year, handing out class awards, and honoring our winners in the JEA National Student Media Contest.

05/21/2022

We're so excited to see how Cactus Canyon Junior High in Apache Junction, AZ displayed their spread in our Possibilities book along with their trophies! You all deserve it and we're so proud of you!

05/17/2022

Thanks to everyone who came to the autograph party on Friday! Let’s do it again next year!

05/14/2022

Jason Davis has had quite the journey. He grew up in Minnesota, but now lives in Arizona. His first job was as a fry cook in his family's restaurant, then