The theme for Oakcrest Elementary this year is “Oakcrest Rocks!” Students are rocking and rolling to success by embracing the school values to roll with the challenges, rock with kindness, give a rockstar effort, and roll out new ideas. To encourage and support the school in its mission to rock this school year, “The Superintendents of Rock” performed a concert for Oakcrest students. The superintendents, including Jordan School District’s own Dr. Anthony Godfrey, entertained the students with classic rock cover songs and even an impromptu dance contest with teachers and staff.

Keep rocking in the new year, Oakcrest Eagles!

At Butterfield Canyon Elementary School, excitement filled the air as third grade students prepared for a magical ceremony to honor those who had worked so hard to gain great knowledge. For months, students studied their math facts in preparation for a skills test to induct them into the Butterfield Canyon “Division Tables Knighthood.”

During the monthly “Knighting” ceremony, the school’s PTA rolled out the red carpet for students who had demonstrated they mastered their math facts and slayed the “Division Dragons.” Principal Kimberley Andersen dressed in her finest queen’s gown and adorned with a ceptor, greeted the students as they knelt before her, marking their transition from math squire to math knight.

Each student then received a certificate that read, “By slaying the Division Dragons, you have been dubbed a Knight of the Division Tables.” Each student was then able to pick out their favorite 3D printed knight or dragon and greet their families with their new status at the school.

Congratulations to all the students who have earned their title among the many knights of Butterfield Canyon. Your stories of triumph will live on for years to come.

Students at West Hills Middle School banded together this holiday season to help families in need in Utah with their holiday food drive. The main entrance at West Hills was filled with several large containers of canned food, ramen, macaroni and cheese, and other staples to fill the shelves at the Utah Food Bank.

Kudos to the Wildcats student body officers who made daily announcements to bring awareness to the food drive and helped sort and organize the donations, and to everyone who donated to help those in need!