REMINDER: No USDA Free Summer Meals on Monday, June 15
The free meal service will resume on Tuesday, June 16. All children 18 years old and younger are welcome to enjoy free breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday, until July 31, excluding June 15, July 3, and July 24.

The free meals will be available at four locations:

• Columbia Elementary School, 3503 West 7800 South, West Jordan
• Heartland Elementary School, 1451 West 7000 South, West Jordan
• Terra Linda Elementary School, 8400 South Old Bingham Highway, West Jordan
• Westvale Elementary School, 2300 West Gardner Lane, West Jordan

🥞 Breakfast service is from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
🌭 Lunch service is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Music filled the air at Terra Linda Elementary School as first grade students stepped onto the dance floor, transforming their school into a royal ballroom for a day. The school hosted its first grade Cinderella Ball, a special event designed as the grand finale to a unit in the District’s Wit & Wisdom English Language Arts curriculum. The unique lesson goes beyond the traditional fairy tale, teaching students to explore and analyze what people around the world admire about Cinderella’s character—such as resilience, kindness, and perseverance.

To bring the global literature unit to life, students traded in their usual school clothes for fancy attire, including sparkling crowns, tiaras, and ballgowns. The event was a family affair, with parents and older siblings asked to join their first-graders as their royal dance partners. Teachers taught everyone how to dance the Waltz.

Connecting physical activities such as dance and dress-up to classroom texts helps younger students engage more deeply with the reading material, making the core virtues of the curriculum both memorable and impactful.

Thank you to the teachers and staff at Terra Linda Elementary School for putting together such an incredible and memorable event for students and families.

Two Jordan School District students were honored for their essays against youth violence at the 26th annual “Do the Write Thing” contest.  Fort Herriman Middle School eighth graders Brooklyn Billman and Jack (John) Parry were named state finalists in the competition hosted by the Utah State Board of Education. Each student received a $300 My 529 Scholarship.

The initiative, sponsored by the USBE Prevention team and the National Campaign to Stop Violence, challenges seventh and eighth graders to reflect on the causes of youth violence and propose real-world solutions. “The ‘Do the Write Thing’ challenge proves that our students have the insight and the courage to lead the way toward a safer future,” State Superintendent Molly Hart said.

This year, nearly 2,000 Utah students participated in the program’s classroom discussions, with Billman and Parry rising to the top among 261 state-level final submissions. Jordan School District congratulates both students for their exceptional leadership and powerful writing.