The sidewalk at Elk Ridge Middle School took students through time at the school’s annual Chalk Art Festival. This year’s theme was eras of art, starting with prehistoric pieces depicting cave art and dinosaurs, moving through ancient, medieval, the age of invention, and roaring neons, and ending with the digital dawn of contemporary and future-inspired works. Students designed and created all the pieces during a fun school day, getting dirty as they made memorable, temporary works of art.

Nearly 500 Jordan School District students were celebrated at Multilingual Learner Family Night for becoming 2026 WIDA graduates and earning a Seal of Biliteracy. Students of all ages who passed the WIDA (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) test received certificates and medals certifying their proficiency in English.

The night included a presentation of the 2026 WIDA graduates and highlighted multilingual learners with student performances and speeches. Tara Matiga, representing Herriman High School’s Asian Student Union and Foothills Elementary School’s sixth grade Chinese Dual Language Immersion students each performed songs. Several students spoke to the crowd about what being bilingual means to them. 

Congratulations to the 2026 WIDA graduates! Keep making biliteracy your superpower.

Sunset Ridge students got a look into the future as the school hosted its Career and Technical Student Organization Fair. Student ambassadors from more than a dozen Jordan Academy for Technology & Careers programs visited the school to teach students about the wide range of opportunities available through JATC in high school. Programs represented at the career fair included everything from auto collision to dental assisting, digital media, and biotechnology, giving students plenty of options as they look forward to continuing their education.

Students at Bluffdale Elementary became the latest recruits preparing for a mission to Planet Kindergarten. The Planet Kindergarten initiative challenges kindergarteners to learn all the letters and their sounds by November 1, setting them up for early reading success.  

At Bluffdale, the administration got into the space theme and dressed as an astronaut and Earth. Together with the students, they read the book Planet Kindergarten and encouraged the students to reach for the stars and collect special trading cards and pins as they demonstrate their mastery of letters and sounds.