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Contact: Estella Zavala or Susan Cergol, 225-6437
Posted on: April 26, 2002

Santa Rita High School, 3951 S. Pantano Road, has won first place in a national contest sponsored by the Channel One Network for students’ participation in Habitat for Humanity Tucson. The first-place prize is a live concert by Maverick recording artist Michelle Branch, to be held at 1 p.m. Monday, April 29, in the school’s newly remodeled auditorium.

The school won the competition, whose theme was "How Do You Make a Difference in the World?" because of its partnership with Tucson’s Habitat for Humanity High School Building Program. Santa Rita High School was the first in the country to build a Habitat for Humanity house on its campus and then move it to the permanent home site. Students have built one new house every year for the past 10 years.

The Channel One Network broadcasts a 10-minute daily news program, Channel One News, to middle and high schools across the country. Since its first broadcast in 1990, Channel One News has garnered more than 150 news and educational programming honors, including the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award.