In December, students at South Jordan Middle School banded together for spirit days and a holiday fundraiser to support Primary Children’s Hospital. The student body combined to raise over $2600 for Primary Children’s and unlocked some fun rewards in the process. Student body officers were pied in the face, but the grand finale was a sliming of the administration. SBO’s concocted a thick, cold, and blue slime that they poured on Mr. Jenson, Ms. Erickson, and Mr. Rambadt during lunch to celebrate raising funds for a great cause.

Well done on a great holiday fundraiser, South Jordan Middle!

Are you interested in signing your kindergarten student up for one of Jordan School District’s Dual Language Immersion programs in first grade? Attend one of our parent meetings to learn more about the benefits of DLI!

Parent meetings are:

• Jan. 14, 2026, at 5 p.m. at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium Door “A”, 7905 S. Redwood Rd., West Jordan
• Jan.15, 2026, at 5 p.m. on Zoom
• Jan.21, 2026, at 5 p.m. at the JATC-South Auditorium, 12723 S. Park Ave, Riverton

DLI is offered in four different languages at 10 elementary schools:

• Chinese – (Eastlake, Foothills, Monte Vista, Southland)
• French – (Fox Hollow)
• Portuguese – (Bluffdale)
• Spanish – (Herriman, Mountain Point, Riverside, Welby)

It’s not often you find a 4^th grade student who has something strikingly in common with the Superintendent of Schools. But take one look at Daybreak Elementary School’s Camden Glover and you will immediately see the similarity. Camden appears to be a youthful double or doppelgänger of Superintendent Anthony Godfrey.

When Camden got all gussied up wearing a smart suit and tie, the resemblance was even more striking. And, the 4^th grader shares some really great personality traits with the Superintendent. Both love to meet new people, are fun to interact with and be around, and both are very energetic. But when Dr. Godfrey asked Camden if he would like to follow in his footsteps and be a superintendent one day, Camden said no thanks. Camden actually would like to be an assistant principal like TJ Davenport at Daybreak Elementary. Camden says if he were an assistant principal, like Mr. Davenport, he would get to play basketball every day at recess and “school” the competition like Mr. Davenport does.

We’re pretty sure no matter what he decides to pursue, Camden has a very bright future ahead. Thanks, Camden for playing along in the fun photo shoot with Superintendent Godfrey!

Mr. Sanderson’s 8th-grade Language Arts classes at West Hills Middle School turned a lesson about Gail Halvorsen into a sweet, creative project. Students read about Halvorsen, who is a Utah native best known as the “Candy Bomber,” and for his humanitarian missions to improve morale in Berlin by parachuting candy into the city. The students used those lessons to design their own chocolate bars, selecting the type of chocolate and mix-ins, as well as creating a name, slogan, and wrapper for the candy bars.

Their ideas were then worked into a persuasive presentation for the class, with a winner in each class advancing to the finals. The entire student body voted on their favorite candy design, selecting one winner to represent West Hills Middle.

Ryan Jazayerli prevailed as the overall winner and will have his fictional milk chocolate bar brought to life by Taste Artisan Chocolate in Provo this Spring.

Along with Mr. Sanderson’s class, a sister class in Berlin has completed a parallel project to commemorate Halvorsen. This spring, the two classes will meet in Utah to have their candy bars actually made into delectable bites. Then they will stage their own “Candy Drop” at West Hills to celebrate the anniversary of the end of the Berlin Blockade.

Great job, Ryan and everyone in Mr. Sanderson’s classes!