Do you have concerns about your child’s social and emotional wellness? On April 22, the Jordan Health and Wellness Team will be providing virtual mental health consultation interview appointments every 30 minutes between 3:30 and 7 p.m.

• At each event, licensed professionals will:
  • Discuss possible mental and behavioral health needs for your child.
  • Connect students and families to available community resources.
• These screenings are by appointment only. Space is limited.
  • Appointments take approximately 30 minutes and the screening tool takes 15 minutes to complete, prior to your appointment.
  • Interpreters will be available upon request.
• Visit calendly.com/rachel-dangerfield/jsd-mental-health-screening to schedule an appointment, email wellness@jordandistrict.org or call Jennie Hansen at 801-567-8195

Students from the Kauri Sue Hamilton School celebrated an early Arbor Day, planting two trees on the school’s grounds. The trees were donated by Jeran Farley from the “Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands,” Tree Utah, and Rocky Mountain Power. The event gave students a chance to get up close, feel and smell the soil and grass, with a few of the students helping to plant the two trees. Principal Courtney Titus says the students are excited to watch the trees grow that they helped plant.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this a memorable day for all the students are Kauri Sue Hamilton School.

Students from across the State had an opportunity to talk directly with Governor Spencer Cox this week in his first Student Town Hall. Among them were two students from West Jordan Middle School. In fact, Emma Sosa and Austin Poitras were the only middle school students invited to participate by submitting and then asking the Governor their question.

Emma Sosa, from West Jordan Middle, asked Mr. Cox whether he would bring back health or mask mandates with the onset of the flu season in the fall or winter. The Governor responded by saying his hope is that there will not be another mask mandate.

Austin Poitras, also a student at West Jordan Middle, asked the Governor “What are you and the State actively doing to help prevent gun violence in schools?” Governor Cox explained what is currently being done to invest in safety and security at schools and talked about a new study that is underway to understand why school violence occurs. He encouraged all students to use the SafeUT app which he says has proven to be very successful.

The Governor said this first Student Town Hall was an effort to provide a platform for young leaders to share their voices.

We are proud of Emma and Austin from West Jordan Middle for sharing their voices and representing their school so well!