Riverton High School hosted the 2026 Jordan School District Chinese Culture Festival, bringing together students from across the District to celebrate Chinese language learning and cultural exchange.

The festival included a Chinese language Jeopardy-style competition, cultural activity stations, a student talent show, and a new student and parent panel discussion. During the panel, high school students and parents shared their experiences in the Chinese Dual Language Immersion (DLI) and Bridge programs, encouraging younger students and families to continue studying Chinese through high school and highlighting the opportunities language learning can provide.

Special thanks to Carolyn Gough, Dr. Amanda Bollinger, and Rochelle Waite for presenting awards.

The event was also supported by student leaders from the RMR Chinese Club and the Chinese Bridge programs at Riverton High School and Mountain Ridge High School, who volunteered many hours to help organize the festival, prepare materials, and run activities.

• KD Price (Elk Meadows Elementary)
• Whitney Olsen (Welby Elementary)
• Brynn Spitzer (Elk Ridge Middle School)
• Tami Beck (Golden Fields Elementary)
• Thomas Boulay (Eastlake Elementary)
• Claudia Pamplin Kamp (Daybreak Elementary)

Please join us in congratulating Mountain Ridge High School sophomore Linda Boegui who was crowned Utah Miss Amazing Teen 2026 over the weekend. We are so proud of Linda and this incredible accomplishment. Linda truly is an amazing teen who took the stage during the talent competition with a dance performance, saying it is her dream to be a dance instructor one day.

The Utah Miss Amazing program creates spaces where girls and women with disabilities can define who they are and who they want to be – on their own terms. It supports programs that build confidence, community, and self- advocacy with participants exploring their passions and defining their futures with pride, purpose, and power.

Congratulations Linda Boegui, the reigning Utah Miss Amazing Teen and Mountain Ridge High School student!

March Madness started early as teams from Copper Hills, Herriman, and West Jordan High School traveled to the Delta Center to compete in the Special Olympics Unified Basketball state championship. A total of 32 teams from across the state earned their way to play on the same court as the Utah Jazz, with four coming from Jordan School District. 

The teams competed on the hardwood all season long to make it to the championship round, refining their skills, working on their jumpers, showing great teamwork, and having a great time in the process. A special congrats goes out to the Herriman High Blue team, who took home the title in their division.

Thank you to all the athletes, coaches, volunteers, and athletes who have made the 2026 Unified basketball season such a success!