Category Archives: School Stories

It was a really cool morning of fun, celebrating a school where amazing things are happening every single day. Congratulations, and well-done South Hills Middle School!

Students from Jordan School District high schools met at the Salt Lake Community College Herriman Campus for the Future Founders Business Conference. In partnership with Cyprus Credit Union, SLCC, and the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business, the conference aimed to help students turn their entrepreneurship dreams into reality. Students spent the morning learning from experts about how to create market opportunities, fund their businesses, and build their brands as they travel down the path to owning and operating their own businesses.

Hayden Peak Elementary School hosted Literacy Night, bringing students and their parents together for pizza, prizes, and learning about reading. Students enjoyed a movie night in the gym as they laid out blankets and watched Monsters, Inc. While the students were having a great time watching the movie, parents were learning about ways to support their children’s reading. Teachers helped parents understand the Acadience Reading score system and gave them simple, practical tips they could implement at home to help their children become even better readers.

Congratulations to the Bingham High School Miners girls’ tennis team on winning a pair of 6A State Championships this weekend. Kamryn Newman marched through the 1st singles bracket without dropping a single set, taking home the championship 6-1, 6-0. It was a breakthrough for the junior who finished as runner-up in her freshman and sophomore seasons. 

In 1st Doubles, the senior pair of Madison Yeates and Evalyn Roberts prevailed in a tight championship matchup over the top-seeded doubles pair from Skyridge High School, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.

Unified High School Soccer teams from Bingham, Copper Hills, Herriman, Mountain Ridge, Riverton, and West Jordan joined teams from across Northern Utah to compete in this year’s Special Olympics of Utah Unified Soccer Championship.

Congratulations to all the athletes who competed, and thank you to the coaches, volunteers, officials, and supporters who make unified sports in Jordan School District a memorable and special experience for everyone involved. A special congratulations to the teams from Copper Hills, Herriman, and West Jordan that advanced to their Championship matches to be played at America First Field, home of Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals, in Sandy at the end of the month.