School Awards
Our Most Recent Awards
![Best Place to Work BON Logo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742394995/maranausdorg/u1fwvuiymefn542pd20d/MUSDBONSocial2025300x300.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742394995/maranausdorg/u1fwvuiymefn542pd20d/MUSDBONSocial2025300x300.jpg","width":300}])
MUSD Voted #1 Best Place to Work for a fourth year in a row in the 2025 Tucson Local Media Best of the Northwest competition! Plus Best School, Best Principal, Best Teacher and Best Mascot!
![PRE staff standing on steps with HRS certificate]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736186141/maranausdorg/ifpxjllbnxampkgki2y2/IMG_8107-300x300.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736186141/maranausdorg/ifpxjllbnxampkgki2y2/IMG_8107-300x300.jpg","width":300}])
Picture Rocks Elementary School Earns High Reliability School (HRS) Level 2 certification, Ensuring Effective Teaching in Every Classroom!
![PBIS Level 4 Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1725400307/maranausdorg/fozhfaydjutypeitwab5/AZPBISlevel4300x300.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1725400307/maranausdorg/fozhfaydjutypeitwab5/AZPBISlevel4300x300.png","width":300}])
Congratulations to these ten schools for their hard work instilling and sustaining Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to improve academic and behavioral outcomes for students!
![Picture Rocks Elementaray Front Entrance]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722445176/maranausdorg/osdwt0lzsvc4bkz7nwkp/PREPrideBadge.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722445176/maranausdorg/osdwt0lzsvc4bkz7nwkp/PREPrideBadge.jpg","width":300}])
Level 1 certification as a High Reliability School means that we have created a “Safe, Supportive, and Collaborative Culture,” which is the foundation for every level that follows.
An Award Winning School!
The following is a list of awards earned by our school, staff, and school academic and athletic programs:
2026
- Tom Carmichael Named MUSD Teacher of the Year
- Best of Northwest "Best Place to Work"
2025
- Best of Northwest "Best Place to Work"
- Level 2 High Reliability Certification
2024
- Best of the Northwest "Best Place to Work"
- PBIS Level 4 Award
- Summer Success Program: Award of Excellence
2023
- Level 1 High Reliability Certification
- Best of the Northwest "Best Place to Work"
2022
- Best of the Northwest "Best Place to Work"
2021
- Best of the Northwest "Best Place to Work"