Page 47 August 2011 5409 East Camelhill Road Brought buyer to this stunning 5 bed, 4.5 bath Mediterranean style 5100 s.f. home on lushly landscaped 1.25-acre CDS lot w/ gorgeous mountain views. Graciously remodeled by one of our top designers as her own home which includes an additional 4 car garage + tennis court. $1,200,000. 602-526-1213 Anna@AnnaMcDowell.com • www.AnnaMcDowell.com ABR, CRS, GRI Beautiful remodeled ranch on one of Arcadia’s favorite streets. 4 beds + office, 3.5 baths, 3226 s.f., wood floors, French doors, great kitchen & large master suite. .4 acre lot with stunning backyard for entertaining! 4002 North 54th Place To view these and all Arcadia and Valley homes, including short sales & foreclosures, visit: www.AnnaMcDowell.com P remier M arketing G roup www.LostOurHome.org A nonprofit group of real estate professionals who rescue pets left behind due to foreclosures or other financial hardship. We can help! “I have happy current & past clients available for references!” Just Listed! 4826 E Calle Redonda Brought buyer to this wonderful original condition 2450 s.f. home ready for a full update. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, north facing backyard, great street near shopping. $395,000. 4153 North 49th Street Gated Arcadia Estates 2 blocks from Hopi Elementary in the heart of Arcadia. 4 bed/4bath, 3700 s.f. beautifully appointed home on one of the largest lots with a wonderful private park! $799,000 . SOLD! 9516 East Monument Drive Golf Course property on the Monument golf course in Troon North. Very private setting with spectacular views, 4 beds, 3 baths and 3200 s.f. of relaxed living in this wonderful gated community. $745,000 . SOLD! SOLD! 4611 East Calle Tuberia Charming, move-in ready 4 bed/3 bath 2445 s.f. ranch home with 2 car garage, no pool, on charming, quiet street. Updated kitchen and baths, very open. $575,000 . See virtual tour at www.annamcdowell.com. Don’t get lost in the crowd. You deserve personalized marketing from staging to close. Lis g 611 min me . See ou so ar ta vorite streets. 4 rs, great kitche or entertaining keting G roup G G & past rences!” 4 beds + en & large ! p ” isted! 4 4 4 4 46 46 6 Charm ranch ho quiet street $575,000 . Yo pers ma from st $995,000 Anna McDowell Arcadia resident & parent proudly serving the neighborhood for 16 years. 12 years banking experience to serve you. SOLD! SOLD! WHERE LEARNING COMES TO LIFE With our small class sizes and low student-teacher ratios, we foster a true love of learning, engaging students and encouraging them to explore their interests and passions within a positive and supportive environment. Now accepting applications for preschool through high school Tesseract is a non-profit, private independent school. tesseractschool.org 480.385.3673 FINANCIAL AID AND HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Lower School Campus (PS - 4th Grade) 4800 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd. Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 Middle and High School Campus (5th – 12th Grade) 3939 E. Shea Blvd. Phoenix, AZ 85028 Arcadia teacher selected for elite exchange program By Brittany Morris Annette Reiley, an Arcadia resident and Spanish teacher at Independence High School in Glendale, will spend the next school year in Pachuca, Hidalgo in Mexico after receiving a Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Award. She was one of 60 teachers chosen nationwide. Sponsored by the U.S. government, the program allows a recipient to switch roles with a teacher from a designated city for the academic year. Rather than teaching beginning and intermediate levels of Spanish in Arizona, Reiley will be teaching university level English at the University of the State of Hidalgo. Isabel Cervantes, Reiley’s partner in the program, will assume her post teaching high school Spanish. Prior to teaching, Reiley was a secretary for the state and city-court systems in both Arizona and California. In the span of nine years she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Phoenix College and Ottawa University while working full time. She has taught for the past 15 years. “What’s funny is that with this opportunity with the Fulbright program, I’ll be able to use my master’s degree for the fi rst time. Its focus is teaching English as a second language,” Reiley said. In addition, the program will help her improve her Spanish speaking skills, she said. Much of her current skill is derived from a course with Phoenix College that allowed her to travel to Cuernavaca, Morelos in Mexico for three weeks at a time, staying with host families and submersing herself in the culture. “My No. 1 goal is to achieve the fl uency,” she said. “Although Morelos was a wonderful opportunity, we can’t achieve fl uency in the three weeks and plant yourself. It will make me a much better Spanish teacher when I return.” Reiley said she has forged a bond with Cervantes and has begun the orientation process. “The program puts you in touch with your partner and has various orientations that cover culture shock, the location and various other topics.” She will meet her partners and her fellow participants at orientation in Washington, D.C. when she departs this month. “Following orientation I’ll fl y to Pachuca where school will have already started. I’m very excited.”

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