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To celebrate Thanksgiving this year, pre-kindergarten students at Blessed Sacrament School dressed up as pilgrims and sang songs. They also performed an adaptation of the Creek Indian Ribbon Dance,...
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Quail Hollow has the Bright IdeaQuail Hollow Elementary was a circus Nov. 15 when the Bright Ideas program hosted “Under the Big Top,” a half-day event of circus-themed activities for accelerated elementary-aged students from t...
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Alta High football program holding fundraiser to improve stadiumAlta High School has teamed up with the Bank of American Fork to raise money toward improvements for the school’s football field. The fundraiser was kicked off during homecoming, Oct. 10, when Ba...
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Fighter pilots land at Peruvian Park, talk about fighting drugsWhat do the students at Peruvian Park Elementary have in common with F16 fighter pilots? They say “no” to drugs. “We’re all winners up here,” said Captain Russell Piggott. “But we didn’t get here...
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The Sunrise Singers from Sunrise Elementary in Sandy brought holiday cheer to the Gateway Center Nov. 11. Under the direction of Jennifer Moe, the students performed at the Junior Achievement Cit...
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Academic honors
Local educator named Lutheran schools’Administrator of the Year Charles Gebhardt, a Sandy resident and Salt Lake Lutheran High School’s principal, was named recently named 2008 Rocky Mountain Dis...
Local educator named Lutheran schools’Administrator of the Year Charles Gebhardt, a Sandy resident and Salt Lake Lutheran High School’s principal, was named recently named 2008 Rocky Mountain Dis...
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Sandy teachers’ classroom wishes granted
Katie Abo was the picture of surprise when a local charity donated a document camera to her classroom Sept. 17. Abo, a third grade teacher at Sunrise Elementary, was one of five teachers in the J...
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Ballet West brings beauty of ballet to Crescent View“Ballet West for Kids” members visited Crescent View Elementary recently, keeping students on their toes as they demonstrated just how tough it is to be a ballerina. The dancers put on an assembl...
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Blessed Sacrament breaks ground on new wingScience and art have something in common at Blessed Sacrament School: a new science lab and fine arts wing planned to open in early March. The school broke ground on the building Sept. 21 in a sp...
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Hilltop gets fun run done, despite no sun
Raindrops kept falling on their heads, but that didn’t slow participants at Hilltop Christian School’s second annual Fun Run Oct. 4. The fun run was a school-wide event centered on raising money ...
Raindrops kept falling on their heads, but that didn’t slow participants at Hilltop Christian School’s second annual Fun Run Oct. 4. The fun run was a school-wide event centered on raising money ...
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A return of the arts to local schools
For most students, each day is usually filled with logical, analytical thinking. Math requires them to find the value of ‘x.’ Literature requests that they find a deeper meaning of a story. And s...
For most students, each day is usually filled with logical, analytical thinking. Math requires them to find the value of ‘x.’ Literature requests that they find a deeper meaning of a story. And s...
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Jordan Valley School hosts annual Western Roundup
The Jordan Valley School, a specialized school that serves students with severe multiple disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy and communication impairments, welcomed back students this ...
The Jordan Valley School, a specialized school that serves students with severe multiple disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy and communication impairments, welcomed back students this ...
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Waterford School holds open house
The Waterford School, 1480 East 9400 South, Sandy, will host its annual admissions open house, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 8 – 11 a.m. Interested parents and students are invited to come to the Lower Schoo...
The Waterford School, 1480 East 9400 South, Sandy, will host its annual admissions open house, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 8 – 11 a.m. Interested parents and students are invited to come to the Lower Schoo...
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Jordan Valley School teacher receives Educator of the Year award
For Kat Winch, teaching students with severe multiple disabilities at Jordan Valley School for the past 20 years has been partially intuitive. “To be able to understand and communicate with stude...
For Kat Winch, teaching students with severe multiple disabilities at Jordan Valley School for the past 20 years has been partially intuitive. “To be able to understand and communicate with stude...
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Second annual Lone Peak Jog-a-thon raises money and attitudes about healthLone Peak Elementary recently held its second annual Jog-a-thon bringing in over $16,000 to fund this year’s PTA programs and encouraging each student to get moving and thinking about their hea...
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Car accident brings community together to connect with its historyThanks to the support of a committee with deep roots in historic Sandy, something positive has come out of a 2006 car accident which destroyed the cultured stone flagpole on the Sandy Elementary...
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Jordan High PTSA Student Board sets up Healing FieldThe Jordan High School PTSA Student Board showed their commitment to the their community by helping set up the Healing Field in honor of those who were killed in the terrorist attacks on Septem...
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Sunrise Elementary Family Month seeks to involve parents in educationStart with the bright idea of a parent and add a supportive PTA with 41 active members and you get Sunrise Elementary’s first Family Month — a month dedicated to educating parents on the ...
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Dual language immersion pilot program to benefit Lone Peak Elementary
Lone Peak Elementary has been selected to share a six-year $18,000 grant with Draper Elementary to pilot a Mandarin Chinese immersion program at each school. The grant comes from the Internationa...
Lone Peak Elementary has been selected to share a six-year $18,000 grant with Draper Elementary to pilot a Mandarin Chinese immersion program at each school. The grant comes from the Internationa...
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Four chosen to represent Sandy area on new school boardAs the result of the Jordan School District split, Sandy will have four members on the new east-side school board. According to the June 24 election results posted by the Salt Lake County Clerk’s...
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