About Our School

Here at Manzo

Offering your Child:

Leadership Development Opportunities: Empowering students to build confidence and become future leaders.
Hands-on Learning Experiences: Equipping students tools they can use to support their academic growth.
Garden and Ecology-Focused Education: Integrating math and science into real-world environmental learning using our on-site garden, greenhouse, and animal habitats.
Essential Instructional Tools: Providing comprehensive academic resources, including English Language Development (grades K–5) and early childhood preschool (ages 3–5), to equip students with the fundamental skills required for long-term academic and career success.

Manzo Fast Facts

1939 – Opened our doors to the Tucson community.
1994 – Founded the innovative Desert Biome Ecology Project.
2006 – Established the Manzo School Garden pto boost academic achievement, spearheaded by school counselor Moses Thompson.
2012 – Awarded Best Green School by the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools.
2013 – Named an Environmental Education Success Story by National Environmental Education Week.
Flagship Status – Designated as a Flagship School by the University of Arizona Community and School Garden Program.
Global Research – Proudly collaborating with the Biosphere 2 Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) project.
Kindness Certified – Officially recognized by Ben's Bells as a certified Kind School in March 2026, celebrating Manzo’s commitment to spreading kindness.

Why Choose Manzo

Why Choose Manzo

At Manzo Elementary, we empower children to become future leaders. Through innovative math and science initiatives and immersive, project-based learning, we develop the whole student—preparing each child for greater heights of education, achievement, and global citizenship.

From their first day to promoting into middle school, we cultivate critical thinkers, problem solvers, and lifelong learners.

GO GREEN. An award-winning Eco-School named Best Green School by the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools. We pride ourselves on teaching students to not only care for the Earth but actively cultivate it, incorporating essential gardening skills directly into our core curriculum.

GO HANDS-ON LEARNING. Our interactive environment features a premier on-site Ecology project, complete with a greenhouse, garden, and animal habitat. By combining rigorous math and science with green living and composting, we provide innovative spaces to work cooperatively, problem-solve, and learn responsibly.

GO FUTURE LEADERS. We build a rock-solid foundation of knowledge, experience, and confidence. We are dedicated to empowering every single student to reach their full potential.