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- ↑ "MetroCenter Academy (Formerly Christown Academy) GUHSD". GUHSD. SchoolMessenger Presence. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ↑ Glendale Union High School District | Glendale, Arizona Archived 2006-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Glendale Union High School District Online Learning Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
