Student of the Week Marcus Perea

Posted May 6, 2019, 7:00 AM. Updated April 23, 2019, 11:03 AM.

5th grader at Chaparral Elementary School

Nusenda Credit Union, in partnership with the APS Education Foundation, highlights an APS student each week.

What Marcus' teacher says about him? Marcus is extremely helpful and truly loves his classmates and his school. Marcus possesses a tremendous amount of curiosity and loves to explore new things.

Favorite subject? Science

Hobbies and activities: Marcus loves anything mechanical. He loves to take things apart and put them back together. He also loves puzzles. He takes pride when he completes one and can show it to everyone. He truly enjoys Curious George on PBS, which creates and inspire him to explore even more.Marcus is also a very talented photographer with his iPad or a cellphone camera!