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D-backs honor two Southern Arizona schools

Posted at 12:53 PM, Jan 08, 2020
and last updated 2020-01-08 14:53:32-05

TUCSON, Ariz. - Two Southern Arizona schools earned accolades from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

All around Arizona, 22 schools are the winners of the "D-backs $100,000 School Challenge" held by the University of Phoenix.

Out of those honored, Tucson schools Envision High School with its Culinary Arts Program and St. Johns High School with their agricultural education are recipients of this challenge.

Schools that won will use the money for a myriad of necessities, such as providing for homeless students or courses for elementary children.