About Akimel A-al
Akimel A-al is the fourth of six middle schools in the Kyrene School District. The name is from the language of the Akimel O'odham (Pima) People and means "Children of the River." It is pronounced "Ah' key mahl."
The name was chosen to honor the Akimel O'odham people. There are fifty square miles of Akimel O'odham land in the Kyrene School District -- a part of the large Gila River Indian Reservation. This land was included as part of the Kyrene School District in 1956. The Akimel O'odham Native American students from the Gila River Indian Reservation attend Akimel A-al.
We take great pride in our school's name and its history.
Akimel A-al
While we pronounce the school's name "Ah' key mahl", we always write it as Akimel A-al. To leave off the A-al changes the meaning of the school's name.
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