What are you willing to do to motivate students and staff? Arizona charter school teachers show that they’re willing to go above and beyond the call of duty. At a pep assembly earlier this spring Sonoran Science Academy junior Tyler Robbins had the “honor” of shaving off teacher Bill Bennett’s beard – a beard he had worn with pride for 37 years! Bennett agreed to have the beard shaved off if Sonoran Science Academy generated $30,000 in Arizona School Tax Credits. Bennet is the school’s robotics instructor.

Bennett is not the only Arizona charter staffer to sacrifice hair follicles for a good cause. Toni Post, principal at Northland Preparatory Academy in Flagstaff, recently dyed her hair pink as part of a schoolwide challenge to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.