Antelope Canyon Elementary School’s “Rise Up Spirit Week” has encouraged students to finish the school year strong. For sports day, students and staff dressed in their favorite team apparel and were visited by special guests from the Salt Lake Bees. Players Zach Humphreys, Dylan Phillips, Jared Southard, and Donovan Walton dropped by to read some of their favorite baseball books to classes, answer questions about their careers as professional athletes, and encourage students to continue to reach for their goals.
West Jordan High School Student Named Unified Partner of the Year at Governor’s State of Sport Awards
Unified Sports is all about leadership, dedication, and inclusion. West Jordan High School student Colton Reed was recognized for bringing all of
that and more to the Jaguars Unified Sports program at the 2026 Governor’s State of Sports Awards as a Unified Partner of the Year.
Colton was named a Unified Partner of the Year and was honored alongside Olympic, professional, collegiate, and high school athletes as the best of the best from Utah. Twenty-three-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was a special guest at the banquet held at the Delta Center.
Congratulations, Colton, on a well-deserved honor. Thank you for leading with kindness and inclusion at West Jordan!
How “Pony Races” Track Progress in Standardized Science Testing
Supercast Episode 345
Elementary schools in Jordan School District are giving each other a run for their money in the second annual “Pony Races.”
On this episode of the Supercast, hear how two incredible science specialists came up with the idea of “pony races” to track RISE standardized testing progress and make science exciting and fun for students and staff. It’s turning out to be a win-win for everyone.
- Episode info & audio transcription for Episode 345: How “Pony Races” Track Progress in Standardized Science Testing
- Previous episodes can be found at supercast.jordandistrict.org
Come One, Come All to the Oakcrest Elementary Production of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Students will take the stage singing, dancing, and performing memorable moments and lyrics like “oh you, pretty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you,” in a production months in the making.
Oakcrest Elementary School would like to invite everyone to a magical evening of music, adventure, and imagination, as students take the stage in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr.” starting Tuesday, April 21 and running through Friday, April 24. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. in the school gym and admission is free. Concessions are available and all proceeds will support the school.
Bring your family and friends for a fun, unforgettable night enjoying the hard work and talents of students, staff, and parents involved.
Jordan Education Foundation Awards Banquet ‘Off the Hook’ at Living Planet Aquarium
The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium traded in schools of fish for some of the most outstanding people our schools have to offer at the Jordan Education Foundation Awards Banquet. The banquet honored the top fifteen “Outstanding Educators of the Year” and the “Outstanding Principal of the Year.” In addition, two Jordan School District students were recipients of the “Teri Timpson Legacy Scholarship” and the “Dr. Patrice Johnson Superintendent Scholarship.” A student from each District high school also received a “Rising Star Scholarship.”
It was a whale of a time celebrating many of the students and teachers who make Jordan School District an amazing place to be.
