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Welcome to Kyrene de los Cerritos!

Kyrene de los Cerritos Leadership Academy embraces its desert surroundings to create an environment that sparks students’ curiosity in STEM subjects and cultivates their leadership abilities. See how Cerritos prepares its roadrunner flock to be the next generation of leaders and problem-solvers.

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Your tax credit donation helps fund activities like athletics, art and music programs, character education and field trips.

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2025-26 Enrollment Opens Jan. 14
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Kyrene School District is one of Arizona’s leading public school districts, providing excellence in education for more than a century.

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As part of #TeamKyrene, Educational Support Professionals enjoy competitive pay, benefits and working in one of Arizona's top-performing school districts!

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Community Education Enrichment Classes
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Kyrene Community Education provides enrichment classes for children K-8, which are held on campuses throughout the Kyrene School District.

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Welcome to Kyrene de los Cerritos!

Kyrene de los Cerritos Leadership Academy embraces its desert surroundings to create an environment that sparks students’ curiosity in STEM subjects and cultivates their leadership abilities. See how Cerritos prepares its roadrunner flock to be the next generation of leaders and problem-solvers.

Tax Credit Donations
Male elementary school student smiling and playing with a sensory table.

Your tax credit donation helps fund activities like athletics, art and music programs, character education and field trips.

Make a Tax Credit Donation

2025-26 Enrollment Opens Jan. 14
Student smiling at her desk

Kyrene School District is one of Arizona’s leading public school districts, providing excellence in education for more than a century.

Learn More

Join Our Team: Support Schools
A Black woman sits behind a front desk smiling at the camera.

As part of #TeamKyrene, Educational Support Professionals enjoy competitive pay, benefits and working in one of Arizona's top-performing school districts!

Support Student Success

Community Education Enrichment Classes
Three girl students and one boy playing with legos.

Kyrene Community Education provides enrichment classes for children K-8, which are held on campuses throughout the Kyrene School District.

Explore Courses

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Thank you Cerritos students, staff and families for another amazing year! Cerritos staff wishes all of you a safe, relaxing and fun summer! Important Summer and Back To School Information can be found here.
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Thank you for making Cerritos your school of choice; you are now officially Cerritos Roadrunner and part of a wonderful community of leaders. As a Leader in Me School, our families discover and practice a set of leadership and life skills from Stephen Covey’s book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. The 7 Habits are: Be Proactive, Begin With the End in Mind, Put First Things First, Think Win-Win, Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood, Synergize and Sharpen the Saw.

Our Mission and Vision

Leaders of today inspiring leaders of tomorrow.

Curriculum: We will create a purposeful pathway for educating our leaders of tomorrow.

Traditions: We will promote leadership by igniting a strong sense of community.

Systems: We will implement effective systems that are communicated and practiced to ensure the needs of all school community members are met.

Modeling: We will take ownership of our character and our community by modeling proactive habits.

Environment: We will create an atmosphere where talents are nurtured and leaders are celebrated.

Instruction: We will ensure instructional practices spark a passion for learning.