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education
On your mark, get set, go! North Star Academy students and family members recently participated in a “Fun Run” fundraiser at the school. School has a ‘fun run’ at a fundraiser
Year after year students at many schools around the valley are asked to raise money for their schools to offset certain costs or provide a little something extra. This year, Natalie Hall, the pre...
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Rose Creek Elementary School 6th-graders Nicole McDonald (left) and Alexis Butterfield hang green ribbons to promote driver and pedestrian safety awareness during the school’s Green Ribbon Month campaign. School community participates in auto and pedestrian safety campaign
The students, parents and staff at Rose Creek Elementary kicked off the school year with an important campaign aimed at creating safety and awareness for pedestrians and drivers. The campaign was...
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Chelsea Holland has been hired to be a dance specialist at Midas Creek Elementary. The school is one of five in the Jordan District to receive a grant to incorporate arts in learning. Elementary school students will learn to dance thru core subjects
Midas Creek Elementary was recently awarded a grant to hire a full-time dance specialist to incorporate the arts into learning. Soon, the students will dance their way through science, math and h...
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Riverton’s newest school, Saint Andrew, recently held its dedication. The school is located at 11835 South 3600 West. New catholic elementary school opens in Riverton
The much-anticipated opening of the newest catholic school in the valley opened it doors to students on Aug. 20. Like its sister schools at the Skaggs Catholic Center, Saint Andrew, 11835 South 3...
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Ryan Carlsen, a senior at Riverton High School, became the only student in the state to get a perfect score on the ACT. Local senior achieves perfection
Riverton High School senior Ryan Carlsen recently received the results of his ACT college entrance exam: a perfect score of 36, making him the only student in Utah and one of 162 in the nation ...
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This group of Butterfield Canyon Elementary School fifth-graders volunteered to work in voter registration booths as part of an effort to educate the students about the importance of voting. Fifth-graders to help get the word about voting
The fifth-graders at Butterfield Canyon Elementary School are learning about American history and government as part of their core curriculum. And since it is an election year, they are learning ...
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Bluffdale Elementary School teacher Karen Gorringe accepts a check for $2,500 from the 100% For Kids Credit Union Education Foundation to purchase materials for science classes. Elementary schools to purchase classroom materials with new grant money
Bluffdale Elementary School and Rosamond Elementary School were recently awarded grant money to help teachers purchase much-needed classroom materials, without dipping into their own wallets. The...
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Workers install wiring in Bingham High School library for new computers Bingham High school receives grant for new computers
Bingham High school has had a computer shortage for quite some time but that is about to change. Librarian Jeri Albrecht applied for a grant through Library Services and Technology Art and was gi...
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Riverton High School graduate Stephanie Olsen recently received a scholarship to help her with her career goals in the medical laboratory science field. College student receives fraternity scholarship
On July 29, Stephanie Olsen, a Riverton High School graduate, received a $1,500 scholarship from Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity, an organization that supports students who choose the career choice in cl...
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North Star Academy second-grader Jakob Barker holds Derek Para’s 2002 Olympic gold medal. Olympian inspires students to follow their dreams
Students at North Star Academy in Bluffdale had a unique opportunity on their first day of school Aug. 11. Derek Para, a 2002 Olympic gold and silver medalist, visited the school and talked to th...
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Visitors to Bingham High School’s 100th year celebration will see memorabilia such as this lining the hallways. Bingham High to celebrate century milestone
On Sept. 9 Bingham High School will celebrate its 100th year. To commemorate this milestone, the Centennial Celebration Committee has arranged for various events to take place at the school, incl...
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Students from Rosamond Elementary School in Riverton participated in the “Jump Rope for Heart” fundraising program, sponsored by the American Heart Association. More than 183 students from 4th, 5t...
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Providence Hall, a new charter school in Herriman, welcomed its students for their first day of school Sept. 2. The elementary school, located at 4795 West Ogden Peak Drive, has 700 students enrol...
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Butterfield Canyon recruiting new safe school ambassadors
When Butterfield Canyon Elementary opened its doors two years ago, there wasn’t a problem with bullying, and parents and teachers wanted to keep it that way. After listening to the concerns and p...
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South Hills Middle Scholl teacher Tara Osborn, shown here in the rotunda at the University of Virginia, participated in an American history seminar this summer Middle school history teacher participates in renowned seminar
Tara Osborn, history teacher from South Hills Middle School in Riverton, was one of five educators from the Jordan School District accepted into the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History f...
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Riverton High School’s James Daniel Obray at the White House during his trip to Washington, D.C. with the American Legion Boys Nation. Riverton senior attends American Legion Boys Nation in Washington, D.C.
Daniel Obray, senior at Riverton High School, was one of 98 high school student representatives throughout the United States to participate in the American Legion Boys Nation in Washington, D.C. ...
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Academic Honors
South Jordan resident Devan Thorne will attend Utah Valley University this fall, where he’ll be pursuing a degree in political science. He is the son Sgt. Doyle Reed Thorne, who was serving with ...
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Carmen Freeman New west side school district board sworn in
On June 24 voters chose the board members who will represent the newly-formed west side Jordan School District and on July 15 the new members were sworn in at Elk Ridge Middle School, 9800 South ...
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Riverton High School counselor, Debi Warr (left) and Barbara Ferris (right), the Chairperson of the Salt Lake County Commission on Youth. Local high school counselor recognized for work with youth
Riverton High School counselor Debi Warr was honored by the Salt Lake County Commission on Youth May 20 for her efforts in starting the HOPE Squad at the school. Warr initiated the HOPE Squad...
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South Jordan’s Andrew Jolley recently became one of 10 Utah high school students to receive a scholarship from the National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation. Local graduate awarded national entrepreneur scholarship
Andrew Jolley, South Jordan resident and Juan Diego Catholic High School graduate, was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneu...
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