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Silver Crest Safe Walk Route Change
For parents and guardians of Silver Crest Elementary students:. There will be a change to the safe walking route for students of Silver Crest Elementary School, effective at the start of the 2024-25 school year. The adjustment will affect students walking to the school from the Herriman Towne Center to the school.
Alta High music legacy lives on in new instrumental room
Community members check out the band photos in Alta High yearbooks at the grand opening of the new school instrumental room. (Julie Slama/City Journals) When Caleb Shabestari was a band student at Alta High in 2008, he, as many of those before him and after, signed a brick in the music room. He was the band historian, and it was the first year Alta High had put its recordings on YouTube so he wrote YouTube along with his name.
Copperview Elementary music program enhances, reinforces classroom learning; community supports year-end performances
Copperview Elementary students perform for families and the community at the end of the school year. (Julie Slama/City Journals) Rami Ivers settled herself on a blanket to watch the program which included her “grandbabies”—kindergartner Sloane, first-grader Emmie and third-grader Nevaeh. “We come every year to watch the...
From curiosities to discoveries: Hawthorn Academy STEM night intrigues students
Students are engaged with hands-on learning during Hawthorn Academy STEM night. (Photo courtesy Joy Leavitt/Hawthorn Academy) About 300 students and their families explored the world with wonder — without leaving their community. It was Hawthorn Academy’s STEM night which offered activities for students to test density, program Sphero Indi...
Tooele falls in championship series
After three months of offseason play, summer league baseball has come to an end. Following Monday’s championship series against Murray High, the Tooele High Buffaloes dropped a two-game series to end the summer league baseball season. Tooele opened the tournament July 15 with an 11-1 victory over the Alta...
Reality Town: Union Middle students learn real-life scenarios through simulation
At Union Middle School’s Reality Town, students learn to manage their finances in the real world. (Julie Slama/City Journals) Brooke Gundersen wasn’t ready to be a “grandmother”—let alone, three times over. Luckily, it was a mock situation for her daughter who is an eighth-grader at...
Murray High students share, immerse themselves in classmates’ cultures
Many students sampled a variety of international dishes shared at Murray High’s multicultural night. (Julie Slama/City Journals) Murray High School’s Latinos in Action President Will Diaz was dishing up portions of Ají de Gallina, a Peruvian cream chicken dish made with ají peppers. It complemented the...
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