Surprise Arizona is one of the fastest growing cities in Maricopa County and it has a SECOND brand new school opening tomorrow morning! It's named Desert Moon Elementary School and is located on the corner of Pat Tillman Blvd and 166th Avenue in Surprise. [Pat Tillman Blvd was named after the American hero who played football at Arizona State University and the Arizona Cardinals. Mr. Tillman lost his life in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004.]
If you travel on Grand Avenue, you can't miss seeing the gigantic new school building off to the east of Grand and north of the 303. The school is located about 2 miles from Sun City Grand and Sun City West entrances. The address is 23251 North 166th Drive. 
Desert Moon Elementary is part of the Dysart School District with grades kindergarten through 8th. Jason Black, a Surprise resident, is the school principal. School colors are black, blue and yellow. I like this one, the school mascot is an owl - how wise and clever!
According to a recent press release, there are 25 schools in the Dysart School District which is made up of 3 high schools, 20 elementary schools, an alternative program and a early childhood center. Kudos goes out to the City of Surprise present and past officials for being progressive in building schools and infrastructure necessary to sustain the rapid growth in this beautiful city.
Good luck students, teachers and Mr. Black. I wish all of you a successful school year!
Aloha and Mahalo!
Sun City Grand ~ I live here, I work here, I know this community!
Maybe that's why they call it Surprise....stuff keeps popping up and the town keeps growing :)
Sally, Whenever I tell someone that I live in Surprise Arizona, they laugh and yell out SURPRISE! Like yelling out at a birthday party.
Leolinda, isn't amazing how quickly our valley has grown? AND Surprise? Who would have thought? It has just bloomed during the last three years....;-) Good information....families are all about schools. Typically here in the Valley, schools and hospitals have to try hard to keep up with the growth.;-)
Teri, I remember Surprise when it was just a lot of cotton farms. How the area has beautifully transformed from the open fields to a centralized residential area.